winter's coming: ear warmer tutorial

Welcome visitors who are hopping over from The Train to Crazy! (That is possibly the best blog name ever!) I hope you will poke around a little and be inspired to make at least one handmade gift this holiday season.  If you are a twelve crafts' reader, check out The Train to Crazy because Andrea is hosting Make it for Winter this entire month.

Winter's coming . . . I'm hoping it's not coming soon though!  Of course, you know that I've been preparing for winter for a while now with this:

and this:

and this:

With the help of some old sweaters, I'm adding a few ear warmers to our winter stash.  Add a little hook and loop to these and all the girls in our family (including this big girl) can wear the exact same ear warmers.  Woo hoo!  More options for all of us!

Adjustable Ear warmers

Here's what you need for the ear warmer:
~an old sweater or some fleece
~2 pieces of 2 to 3 inches of hook and loop

Here's what you need for the removable flower:
~various sizes of circles cut out from the sweater, fleece of other fabric
~follow this tutorial

Here's what you do for the adjustable ear warmer:
1)  Measure around the head of the largest head you want these to fit and cut that length by 6 inches wide from the sweater.

2)  Pin on one side of the two strips of hook and loop to the right side of the ear warmer about an inch from the long edge and the short edge.  Pin the other side of the hook and loop strips to the diagonal corner.  Sew strips on.  

3)  Fold sweater strip in half right sides together and pin.  Sew along long edge.  Turn.  Fold in ends and pin around entire perimeter.  Top stitch all the way around the strip.

5)  Make flower using circles and this tutorial.

Done!  The top picture is of my five year old wearing the ear warmer.  The bottom picture is of me wearing it.  It fits my two year old as well.  However, I couldn't get her to sit still long enough to take a picture.  She's an elusive little Monkey!

Go check out other ideas in Make it for Winter, and come back here later tonight for Stuff Your Stockings.

Craft on!

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