Disney-It-Yourself: DIY Mickey Mouse-Inspired Big Hair Bow

Ok, so I save my scraps! Really, I have tons of fabric scraps, ribbon scraps, scraps of lace, etc... Anyways, I like to use my scraps and extras to make other stuff, usually matching accessories. So, I'm going to use my scraps and extra button from the Mickey Mouse-inspired skirt from the first post to make a cute hair bow to match the skirt!

Here's what you'll need:

1/4 yard of 44/45" wide red cotton fabric, such as Quilter's Cotton in "Christmas Red."

OR the scrap of red cotton from making the Mickey skirt. (When you make the fabric strips for the skirt tiers and cut a red strip in half- that extra half is what I'm using.)

1 big yellow or white button

I'm using the extra yellow button from the 3-pack of buttons I bought for the Mickey skirt.

A purchased hair clip or headband to put the bow on

I bought a pack of black hair clips at the Dollar Store. You can get headbands for a dollar, too.

Matching thread

So, if you're using the scraps and extras from the skirt, then the cost for this project is just $1 for the hair clips or headband. Otherwise, it's still only about $3.50.

Here's how to make the bow:

Cut two 7-inch by 9.5-inch rectangles of red fabric.
Put the two rectangles right sides together and sew around the edges using a 1/4" seam allowance. Leave a gap about 1-2 inches long on one of the long sides.
Turn the rectangle inside out. Make sure the corners are pushed out well. (A knitting needle or pencil can help.) Press it really well with a hot iron.
Topstitch all the way around the rectangle.
Cut a 2-inch by 2.5-inch rectangle.
Sew a really narrow hem on one of the short edges.
Fold the little rectangle in half so the long edges are together. Sew a 1/4" seam. You'll have a little tube.
Turn the tube inside out. Press the little tube so that it's flat with the seam on one of the flat sides.
Tuck the unfinished edge inside the hemmed edge. Sew it together. (You'll probably have to use a needle and thread to hand sew it.)
Pull the large rectangle halfway through the little loop created from the little rectangle so that it's in the center.
Fluff up the bow!
Sew the button to the center.
Fluff up the bow some more!
Slide the hair clip or headband through the back of the center loop.
Put it in your hair, and fluff up the bow some more! (Bows can always use more fluffing!)