The mothers of young girls are well aware of the importance of beautiful costumes and holiday dresses for raising children's taste. In addition, it is always nice to pamper your child with interesting crafts.
This article is about how to make a lace crown with your own hands. It will be useful to those who are going to make an accessory for a New Year's costume or just a cute little thing for fun. It should be noted that such crowns cannot be called exclusively children's products. Being executed on a larger scale, they are quite suitable for entertaining girlfriends at hen parties and other similar events.
What is a handmade crown of lace?
In fact, this is a piece of lace ribbon, treated with a special solution and decorated with various decor. Therefore, such crowns are very fond of economical craftswomen who do not want to overpay money for a one-time item.
A crown made of lace with your own hands can be of very different shapes and sizes, that is, you can use almost any lace. Of course, narrow openwork ribbons will fit only the smallest, because on the head of an adult they will practically not be visible.
Which material is better to choose?
Based on the fact that any crown should have a certain stiffness, for such work it is preferable to choose a wide dense lace with a maximum number of teeth.
A crown of lace with your own hands can be made of any color material, because the finished product is extremely easy to paint. On hardened lace, paint is applied with a brush or sprayed from a spray can.
Crowns painted with metal shine paint (gold, silver, bronze) look original. In this case, you get a really "precious" little thing.
DIY lace crown: workshop
For work, you should prepare the following materials:
- Lacy border or fabric.
- Thick cardboard.
- Sharp scissors.
- PVA glue, gelatin, sugar or starch.
These are the basic devices necessary for the manufacture of the product. In addition, a handmade crown of lace can be decorated with some beads, beads, sequins or stripes.
Work sequence:
- Measure the head of the person for whom the crown is made. The product should be 10-15 cm smaller. Or the crown will be very small, tiny (about 15-17 cm in diameter).
- Dissolve starch, gelatin, sugar in a small container or mix water with PVA glue in a ratio of 1: 1.
- Cut the required piece of lace and dip into the solution.
- Prepare a cardboard blank: cut a wide strip from a sheet of cardboard (at least 10 cm wide, the length is the circumference of the head plus a centimeter), stick a wide tape on one side, fold the cardboard overlap (one centimeter) and glue it with tape or glue.
- Soak the lace well, squeeze and lay around the cardboard blank. In this case, it should be laid on the side where the adhesive tape is applied so that the lace does not dry on the paper.
- The edges of the fabric can be glued or stitched.
In this position, the crown should be thoroughly dried. It will take at least one day. Some craftswomen use the method of emergency drying - in the microwave, but there is a risk of burning the product. The power should be medium, and the heating time should be no more than 30 seconds. The product is dried in several approaches.
When the crown dries, it can be removed from the workpiece and covered with several layers of undiluted PVA glue. Each layer is also good to dry.
There is an interesting way to attach the crown to the hoop. Although such a crown of lace on the rim, made with his own hands , is more like a diadem. The algorithm of actions is almost the same, but for a greater strength it is worth forming a wire frame on the hoop.
It is fixed with silicone glue or sewn onto the fabric surface of the hoop.
That's the whole story of how to make a lace crown with your own hands.
How to decorate?
There are no special rules for decorating such an item. Shiny beads and beads, as well as elements of unnecessary jewelry (brooches, earrings) are perfect. If the craftswoman has loose sparkles, they can sprinkle the crown when it is still wet.
True, trying to get an elegant and bright accessory, do not go overboard and sew everything in a row. The lurid crown will not decorate anyone; rather, it will be inappropriate.