Braided Curtain Tie Backs

 

After changing color schemes in our master bedroom with the new paint and headboard, the old blue curtain tie backs just didn't work anymore.

I wanted something that would tie in all the new colors though. 

What to do? Well, braid them all together of course!

I still had some fabric left from the headboard and some other fabric in the same colors that I ended up not using on the headboard. 

I cut the fabrics into strips about 2 inches wide and about twice as long as I wanted the tie backs to be leaving the edges raw. Then I followed the tutorial from Make It and Love It for braided headbands and created two braided strips for each tie back. Since they weren't a stretch fabric like with the headbands, I skipped stretching out the fabric. Once each braided strip was finished a sewed them together side by side by hand (I sort of used a whip stitch) and added a piece of fabric on each end. 

The fabric helped to finish off the edges of the braids and provides a smoother surface for sewing on the Velcro. Each piece of fabric was actually a sort of pocket that fit over the ends of the braids. Once the Velcro was attached, they were finished and ready to use on the curtains!

I love having all the colors of the room braided together!

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