Chic Shamrock Hair Clip for St. Patrick’s Day
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A cute and chic take on a shamrock – and lucky too! This chic shamrock hair clip is perfect for St. Patrick’s day. It’s also a nice way to add some green to make sure you are pinch proof!
YOU WILL NEED:
- 1/8 yard green satin
- Gem or button for center
- Clip or pin backing
- Candle and lighter
- Hot glue gun
- Needle and thread
- Pen
- Few inches of ribbon
- Adult supervision (this project is NOT for kids)
- Get the free pattern here.
Chic Shamrock Hair Clip for St. Patrick’s Day Tutorial
Step 1 – Gather Your Materials
Print up the pattern (you can get assembly instructions here – but there is not a need for this pattern.)
Because you’ll be tracing the pattern pieces printing on cardstock works best.
Step 2 – Cut Out the Fabric for Your shamrock hair clip
Trace the shamrock or clover pattern pieces onto the satin fabric – there is no need to use a washable marking pen – a regular pen will work nicely.
Cut out the shamrock pieces. Snip a short slit into the leaves of each piece.
note
If you want a smaller clip, start with a lower number template piece (for example 4), if you want a larger clip use a higher number (like 6).
Step 3 – Heat-Singe the Edges
This step should be done by an adult – and cautiously.
Light the candle. Holding the edges of the shamrock pieces neat the flame – carefully singe the edges taking care not to light the fabric on fire or burn yourself. Take your time with this step – you may want to try this on a practice piece before attempting it on your cutout shamrocks.
Step 4 – nest the shamrock hair clip pieces
Nest the shamrocks into each other – depending on how you singed the edges you might need to take eliminate one of the pieces to make it fit properly.
Step 5 – sew or glue for a Durable Shamrock Clip
Now that you have the pieces places how you like them sew a few stitches into the center or you can glue each piece to each other.
I like to use a combination of both – I sew the center and then glue the stem sections so it lies nicely.
Step 6 – Add bling
Cover up the stitches by gluing a jewel or button into the center of the shamrock
Step 7 – Attach the Hair Clip Backing to Complete Your Accessory
Glue a clip or pin back in to the back of your shamrock hair clip. You can cover part or the entire clip with ribbon using the glue gun.
Now you have a chic shamrock hair clip.
Download the Free Pattern for This Chic Shamrock Hair Clip
You can get a free copy of Adobe reader here. Click the picture below and fill up the form to download the pattern. By downloading you are agreeing to pattern terms of use.
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