SO YE I FINALLY GOT ROUND TO DOING THIS.
If you, like me are a curly (big haired) girly and the majority of hairbands snap after a weeks use, then scrunchies are a beautiful solution. And they look fab.
My ever growing collection has now branched with matching previous DIY jobs, like my 'Halterneck Top.' Which I have made matching scrunchies for, how adorable. Link for that DIY is heeeeeeeere.
Below are a "small" selection of one's I have previously made, however not all as I couldn't fit them all on my arm:
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| From left to right: Velvet, Velvet, Silk, Cotton, Denim, Cotton, Silk, Velvet |
YOU WILL NEED:
- Material of your choice
- Sewing machine or a lot of patience
- A needle
- Thread that matches your chosen material
- An elastic band
- Fabric scissors
THE MAKING:
So to start you will need to measure and cut a piece of your material, I normally do it around 3.5" across and 22" wide, but obviously that is personal choice and preference to how thick you want the scrunchie and how 'scrunchie' you want the scrunchie.
Cutting really doesn't need to be neat you wont see any of the seems. The next step is to simply fold the material in half length-ways INSIDE-OUT and pin it vertically. Pinning vertically is magical in the sense that it means you can sew the fabric in a sewing machine without removing the pins as you go along, this is much quicker and ensures the material stays exactly where you want it.
Sew the whole length, and back-stitch the beginning and end so the thread doesn't unravel.
I do this stitching twice, because through previous experience if it snaps, the scrunchie will stay 'whole.'
Now you need to turn the fabric back the right way round, thread it through itself so to speak. And it should look something like the picture below:
Cut your elastic band at one point and then using a safety pin, attach the pin through one end of the band.
Use the pin to thread the band through your 'tube' of fabric, making sure you hold onto the end of the elastic band that isn't attached to the pin.
Then simply tie the elastic in a double knot, checking it fits your wrist snugly with a bit of room to avoid hand suffocation. And cut off excess elastic band as this will just become annoying when sewing up the scrunchie.
Finally, take your matching thread (or as close as you can get) and double thread a needle making sure the knot at the end is large enough that it won't pull through the fabric. Fold 'in' one side of the fabric to make a seem and tuck the other side of the tube inside that tube... if you know what I mean. Then proceed to sew the whole way round, try to only sew the side of the tube you are sewing to the opposite tube as opposed to sewing through all 4 pieces of fabric. Something like this:
ET VOILA,
la finished scunchie:
*Blue Peter Voice*
[Here's one I made earlier]
Hope that was easy to understand, once you make one you will get the hang of it pretty quickly. They only take me about 10 minutes to make now, from start to finished product in hair.
Anyway, I have gone a little DIY-mad but these halterneck's are so so cute and although I did try (and fail) to make matching shorts I didn't have enough material left so I made matching scrunchies instead. Thinking about maybe selling these, let me know if you would be interested in having one as I can always buy more material!
These tops look quite strange on the hanger, but if you pop over to here or here you can see what it looks like on.
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Over and out
xo
