Serger Hibiscus hair flowers

I serged a couple Hibiscus hair flowers for my girls while they were napping today in case they ever make it to Hawaii. Keep dreaming because it isn't happening in their near future. The Hibiscus flowers are detachable from the headband so we can change them around. Above is Sophia's and Kaylee has one too shown below.




Sophia says she wants one in blue now. Guess it I have to make Hibiscus hair flowers in blue.
Notes to make these again.  Cut out oval shape and serge edges of shiny fabric with a rolled hem (3 thread).  Sew gathering middles and attach to hair barrette or elastic

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Fancy baby burp cloths

I used flannel on one side and a baby cloth diaper on the other side for extra absorbency.




The blanket binding is made out of pink gingham flannel sewn on my serger with a rolled edge stitch.



Today I  wanted to try something fun so I made fancy baby burp cloths. I used a try-fold baby diaper and flannel. On my serger I made the blanket binding out of the pink and white gingham. Then, I assembled the fancy baby burp cloths. It was a little windy outside when I took these photos and the fabric was blowing around and it was a bit too cold to stay out and redo so it doesn't look very straight in the picture. It is much cuter in person.

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Scarves and Hair Tieback

Today I made a few quick fun little scarves and hair tieback bows with my serger. I am learning a new technique -  rolled hems on my serger and wanted to practice on some small stuff before I made a larger project with this technique. Can I say, I just love, love, love, my serger. I can do so many things one wouldn't dream of making on my regular sewing machine. I also learned an exciting new trick on my serger beside this one today. More to come when have a chance to make a project out of that one.  Hint, gathering fabric is much easier on a serger than a classic sewing machine.  Yahoo!