Here are the materials you'll need to transform your fabric flower into a hair clip:
- felt scrap
- craft glue
- alligator clip
The only tools needed are scissors with a sharp point and a pen or pencil.
Start by making a circle of felt. Set a quarter coin on top on your felt scrap and draw around it with a pen or pencil.
Cut out the felt circle inside your pen or pencil lines.
Place the alligator clip across the felt circle.
Make two dot marks on each side of the alligator clip (four dots in all) a bit to the left and a bit to the right of center, as shown below. Then, remove the clip.
With the sharp point of your scissors, pierce one of the lower dots and make a cut from the lower dot to the upper dot above it. Repeat for the other two dots so that you have cut two parallel slits in the felt.
When you finish, you'll press open the alligator clip and slip it between the slits as shown below, but, for now, set the clip aside.
Press the glued side of the circle onto the center back of the fabric flower.
Once the glue has dried, press open the alligator clip and slip it between the slits. The curved part of the clip should be facing out since it will be against the head. Note that the alligator clip isn't permanently affixed, which makes it easy to replace it in case of breakage, or you could use a bobby pin instead of the alligator clip, if you prefer.
All done!
Now you're ready to wear your fabric flower as a hair clip.
If you want to turn your fabric flower into a brooch, see my article "How to Make a Fabric Flower into a Brooch."
If you'd like to learn how to make the wool felt daisy flower pictured above as our example, see my article "How to Make a Wool Felt Daisy with a Needle Felted Center."
