SO! This is the head band I will be teaching you how to make! Just a cute bow. And this ties at the bottom of your head. Thats the style I like because I can wear them as head bands or if i cut it shorter a wrist band. Or keep it a little long it can be a belt! =)
So the first step is to find some scrap fabric! This should be really easy to find around the house if you sew. If you don't Joann's has a Clarance rack which hold pieces about the size I was using for really cheap! Heres my scrap I have laying around.
So now you want to even it out because as you can see its pretty uhhh not straight =) lol. The the next step is that you need to decided how thick you want you head band and cut double the amount. Please make sure you cut up the long ways so you can tie it around your head with no problems!
So the smaller part is double what i want my head band to be. Now I am going to fold this in half the long way. And I want the front of the fabric to be on the inside of the fold. So you should only see the outside after you fold it. Usually this side is more white.
Now you have to get out that sewing machine! OR NOT. if you would like you can tie this in your hair and call it good. But if you want the bow you need the sewing machine. But yea so we are going to stitch the long open part at 1/4 inches.
The next is cutting of half of the seam allowance. Be sure you are cutting between the stitch line you just made and the side that still has a little opening.
After this you want to sew one of the shorter ends closed.
Now you have to find a away to turn this inside out. I find the easiest way to do this is stick a regular pencil in the closed it and use the pencil to shove the closed end in to the open end.
Just so your opened end does not fray out You want to push the ends inside the head band a little bit. Then you want to make a stick at the end like this.
Then sew here.
Now you want to iron this out so all the wrinkles are gone from you turning it inside out. And also that it lays out flat. So heres a pic.
Tie your hair up anyway you like.
Then fit the head band to your head. Make sure it fits comfortably.
The you have to let your hair down.
Letting your hair down hides the tie. Thats way i said have to. So thats the head band. Lets get started on the bow! For this you need to cut out a rectangle. This should be Folded in half long ways and the short ways to get a good size estimate. The end product of those fold is about the size your bow will turn out. So heres my rectangle.
So now I sew it long ways just like the head band. And turn it inside out.
After you have turned it inside out you have to fold it the other way
The you sew that edge together!
So it should look something like this by now.
Now you need to flip this inside out! lol A lot of flipping stuff inside out huh
Place the seem in the middle of the bow and iron and this will be your back.
Dont worry if it is imperfect. As you can see mine is not perfect. So now we need to make the knot of the bow. This has to be about half the size of the loops. So you start out with a square. Fold in half both ways to make sure its the right size. Heres my square.
Repeat the same steps you did with the rectangle for this square.
So these are the pieces we end up with. Headband loops and knot.
Now scrunch up one side of the bow.
Stick that side in the Knot or square. What ever you like to call it.
Pull the loop through the knot until the knot is in the middle. Now you just even it out until its your perfect bow. Heres mine.
Now you just go to the mirror with your head band on and find a good placement for the bow and super glue it on. Or you can hand sew it on but super glue is a lot easier and thats the whole point. This is supposed to be pretty easy! =)
And there you have it. Cute head bands!
