fabric covered hair clips tutorial

 Today I’ll be sharing a fabric covered hair clips tutorial.  I’ve seen a lot of cute hair clips floating around Pinterest, and tried (unsuccessfully) to make glitter covered clips in the past.  After my glitter hair clip attempt I thought it would be easier, and hopefully look nicer, to cover clips in fabric instead. I love the way they turned out.  I think they would make a great small Christmas gift, or dress up your holiday outfits.

Free Barrette Base Template

See the video here to see how to use this variation with barrette blanks!

Download the template below. Print at 100%.

FABRIC BARRETTE TEMPLATE

Materials:
–clasp barrettes
-fabric scraps
-scissors
-hot glue gun
-quilting batting scrap (for clips made with thin fabric)

*If using thick fabric (like pleather or velvet) skip to Step 3

Step 1: Cut a scrap of quilting batting about a half inch larger than the hair clip on all sides and hot glue the top of the clip onto the batting.

Step 2: Trim batting so it meets up with the edges of the clip top.

Step 3:  Place fabric right side down and hair clip on top of the fabric, clip side up.

Step 4: Cut fabric about half an inch bigger than the clip on all sides.

Step 5: Hot glue along one long side of the clip and press the fabric around the clip onto the glue.

Step 6: Make sure the fabric is pulled tight and hot glue the second long side of the clip.  Trim excess fabric if there is any.

Step 7: Glue the corners down to make the fabric on the ends into a triangle, fold the ends over and glue and you’re done!