How to Make DIY Scrunchies: Quick and Easy Guide
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How to Create Stylish and Professional Hair Scrunchies
Sewing scrunchies with a polished look can be a fun and rewarding project. Follow these simple steps to create your own professional-looking hair ties using various fabrics like silk, velvet, and t-shirt knits.
Gather the Necessary Supplies:
- Fabric (18 in x 4 inches) – Consider a bundle for a variety of fun scrunchie fabrics.
- 8 to 9 inches of 1/4 inch wide elastic (9 inches for thicker hair)
- Needle and thread
- Safety pin
- Optional – tube turner
Steps to Sew Your Own Professional Hair Scrunchie:
- Cut the fabric: Measure and cut an 18-inch by 4-inch strip of your desired fabric using scissors or a rotary cutter.
- Fold and press: Fold the fabric lengthwise with the right sides facing each other and iron it to create a neat crease.
- Pin and sew: Align the edges and pin them together. Using your sewing machine, stitch the length of the fabric with a 1/4-inch seam allowance, leaving both ends open.
- Turn right-side out: Attach a safety pin to one open end and use it to guide the fabric through, turning it right-side out.
- Press again: Iron the strip once more to ensure a crisp, professional finish.
- Cut and attach elastic: Measure and cut an 8 to 9-inch piece of 1/4-inch wide elastic depending on your hair thickness. Attach a safety pin to one end of the elastic and thread it through the fabric tube.
- Join the elastic: Overlap the ends of the elastic and sew them together securely with a needle and thread.
- Finish the ends: Tuck in the raw edges of the fabric tube, and align the open ends. Hand sew the ends together using a discreet invisible stitch, ensuring no visible stitching on the exterior of the scrunchie.
Now you have a beautiful, professional-looking hair scrunchie that you’ve created yourself! This method can also be used to make headbands and infinity scarves – simply alter the fabric dimensions and omit the elastic for those projects. Happy sewing!
Supplies to Sew a Scrunchie:
To make your own DIY scrunchies, you will need the following materials:
- Fabric: A rectangular piece of fabric (preferably cotton or satin) measuring about 3.5 inches by 22 inches to create the main body of the scrunchie.
- Elastic: An elastic band approximately 8 to 9 inches long and 1/4 inch wide for a snug fit around your hair.
- Thread: Matching thread to sew the scrunchie together.
- Sewing materials: Sewing machine or needle, scissors, pins, and a safety pin or bodkin to assist with threading the elastic.
With these supplies at hand, you are ready to begin sewing your scrunchie and personalizing your hair accessories.
How to Sew Scrunchies
Follow these simple steps to create your own DIY scrunchie:
- Fold the fabric in half and stitch the long edge with a gap: Match the long edges, ensuring there’s a 1-inch gap close to one end.
- Partially turn the tube inside out and align the short raw ends: Be cautious to keep the gap in the seam on the outside of the tube.
- Sew the tube’s short ends together: Align the seams and short raw edges. Use a needle and thread to stitch the raw edges, as the tube is too small for a sewing machine presser foot.
- Turn the scrunchie right side out through the seam gap: After stitching the ends together, reach through the seam gap and turn the scrunchie right side out, forming a ring.
- Insert the elastic: Attach a safety pin or bodkin to one end of the elastic and thread it through the ring/tube. Be careful not to lose the elastic end inside.
- Close the seam gap: Overlap the elastic ends and stitch them together. Blind stitch the gap closed, and you’re done!
Now you have a fashionable and comfortable hair accessory perfect for ponytails, buns, or just to wear as a bracelet. This DIY method allows you to create scrunchies in various sizes for thin or thick hair, as well as in an array of colors and patterns to match your personal style. Happy sewing!
