Felt Crowns

I made the crowns from felt, iron-on medium weight interfacing,  1 inch wide elastic, beads and buttons .





Making a Crown :

• With an estimate of 21 inches for the circumference of a six to seven year old head I drew a crown front measuring 11 inches across on to paper.
• Cut a strip of interfacing 11 inches wide and as tall as a crown shape.
• Ironed the interfacing on to a piece of felt  measuring 11 inches across. (Non-iron interfacing would also work.
• Placed another piece of felt on top of the interfacing.
• Pinned  the paper drawing  on top.
• Used a  straight stitch on the sewing machine to sew along  the top and bottom  template lines. (I left the sides open to insert the ends of the elastic later)
• Cut out the crown shape leaving a quarter inch border.
• Tore off the paper template.
• Decorated the crown .
• Cut a 10 inch piece of elastic  and inserted each end into the openings and the sides of the crown.
• Sewed down each side edge to secure the elastic.