The Mom I Want to Be

I made “flower fairy” crowns for the girls. I used pure wool felt from A Child’s Dream Come True for the embellishments; for the crowns I used larger pieces of pure wool felt from the local fabric store. I stitched the flowers and leaves to the top layer of the crown, then added metal flower brads to cover the center of each flower, where my seams met and were backstitched for sturdiness. I think I would hand-embroider a small piece of felt over the centers in the future, but I didn’t have time to do so this go-round. I then sewed the back layer of the crown to the front and added hook-and-loop closures to secure it. 

For the boys, star crowns. We decided to call them “star sprites” to keep the fairy theme going. Yes, I could have done flowers for the boys too, but sadly, even at age five, the notion of gender difference appears to be firmly entrenched. (The boys did wear the gauzy tulle wings that I made for everyone, which delighted me.) So blue stars seemed reasonably manly for our little men.

I enjoyed working with the felt, and had fun choosing color combinations. The kids really loved the crowns, and they all looked so cheerful with them on! While this project took longer than I expected, and required more crowns than I really wanted to sew, it turned out well enough that I was happy to have done it. And do fairies and sprites actually wear crowns, you ask? Why of course, my daughter informs me. Of course.