Thursday, September 25, 2008

Ten Minute Headband Tutorial



Ten Minutes--seriously! I know many headband makers painstakingly sew, flip, iron, top stitch and attach elastic. This is my easy way of having a similar effect in 1/3 the time.


Materials: You will need the following: a 4"-6" x 22" piece of material (20" or 18" if you are making if for a child or toddler), a hair band of your favorite variety, thread.


Step 1: Cut your material to the appropriate size and iron flat.





Step 2: Fold in half lengthwise (the hot dog way for those of you with children) and iron.



Step 3: Fold one edge to the center and iron. Do the same to the other edge.




Step 4: Fold the material in half along the first iron mark and iron flat.



Step 5: Top stitch one side of the strip, then the other.




Step 6: Fold over 1/4" of end and iron. Fold that again 1/2" and iron. Repeat at other end.





Step 7: Place the hair band inside the flap created by the 1/2" fold and pin. Repeat at other end.




Step 8: Zig-zag along the casing for the hair band on each end.



Step 9: Wear!




52 comments:

wendy said...

nice! I love the idea of using the hair elastic at the bottom instead of some covered elastic.

Unknown said...

I love this! Can't wait to make a few of them for myself and my daughter! Thanks for sharing!!!

teresajoy said...

GREAT Tutorial!!! I'm going to have my 10 year old daughter make some of these! I've been looking for an easy sewing project for her!

wyndesnow said...

Exactly what I have been looking for, for my nieces! Thanks for sharing!!

The Sew What! Girls said...

I've been looking for an easy headband tute for ages!! What a great idea! Thanks heaps...

liyana said...

nice and easy..must try =)

Tracy said...

great tutorial I must make some for my girls

Anne said...

I love how you simplified the headband so it goes together so quickly!

I've posted a link to this tutorial on Craft Gossip sewing blog:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-ten-minute-headband/2009/01/06/

trishia said...

how incredibly brilliant! love, love, love it. thank you!

Ally said...

Thanks for the tutorial! I just made a headband, and it really was ten minutes (including getting out the ironing board.) It turned out really cute.

Jennifer said...

oh that ROCKS! Thank you for the marvelous idea - my addicted-to-headbands-and-nothing-else daughter will be THRILLED with this!

Nikkers said...

Can I just say that you're a genius? I've never thought of using a hairband.

Thanks so much!

Emily said...

Better late than never, right? Love this... just made matching one for me to hide the bad hair day I'm havign!! Thank you!

Kim @ Life of a Modern Mom said...

This headband is AWESOME! Thank you so much for the great tutorial, I put a link to your tutorial on my blog,
http://lifeofamodernmom.blogspot.com/2009/03/sew-something-saturday_21.html

Coralee said...

what a great tutorial!

She Crafty said...

Great tutorial! I love the way you used hair elastics! I just gave you a shout out on my twitter feed (@shecrafty).

yarnahoy said...

love the variety in colors. so nifty.

Emily (Laundry and Lullabies) said...

I just made one of these and it really is that easy. Thanks! I do wonder, though, if having the wide width all the way around, without tapering at the neck, will make the band tend to slide back. It seems like it is in the (granted limited) time I have had it on. Have you run into this problem?

I wanna be creative said...

I love your tutorial. Complete novice at sewing and are making these in double quick time for little girls around me. Thanks! Pics at http://www.flickr.com/photos/iwannabcreative/3492809958/

Katie said...

thank you so much for this tutorial. I made one this afternoon and it was sooo easy.

Unknown said...

can't wait to try this! Looks so much simpler and quicker than other tutorials!

Unknown said...

This is really nice and easy steps. Thanks for sharing this headband tutorial. :)

Baby Gift Baby Shower Girl said...

Great step by step instructions. Thank you very much.
Sara @ 'babygiftsandshowers.com

Cee said...

Such a simple little headband which suited my needs perfectly. You can see the ones I made on my most recent blog post where I also linked here.

Thanks again.
Cee

Lisa said...

I LOVE this thank you! I have very few sewing skills, but I was able to do this. I am building "piles" for Christmas baskets and this is so far the best young girl teen addition. I actually simplified it,I bought bandana's at 10@$10.00 and cut them in 1/2 YAY
hoovesandhounds.blogspot.com

Vicki said...

I'm teaching 6-11 year old girls in our church to sew this summer, but only by hand. We've modified this headband a bit, and what a hit!!

lusi said...

Fantastic! Thanks so much - just whipped up a couple tonight; such a great idea!
Lusi x

Heather said...

I love this headband! What a simple attractive headband. I will have to make it this week! :)

Anonymous said...

I love these! I made one for my daughters American Girl doll to match an outfit I made for it. I'm going to make more for her, my girls, and myself!!

Ellen VE said...

thanks! I made one yesterday, with succes!!! Easy and lovely for my girls.
regards from belgium
www.boontjes.be

Amanda said...

I am so going to make those! Thanks for the tutorial :)

Lise said...

Just wanted to say thanks again for this great tutorial. I made some for gifts this year and blogged about it here.

The old lady arts specialist said...

It really did take five minutes, even for me:) Thanks!

SurgVetTech said...

I've never sewn by myself (my mom was always helping me) but I made this for my first "by myself" project. It was so easy and really boosted my confidence is my sewing abilities! Thanks for the tute!!

SurgVetTech said...

I hope you don't mind, but I liked your project on my blog. Thanks!

PandaChook said...

What a great idea! Too easy - thanks heaps!

Unknown said...

this was easy and inexpencive. my daughter is 12 and very fussy about head bands and hair ties. she had no complants about these she wants to bring some to school and find out if her friends want any. thanks for the great instructions.

Red de rOuge said...

GENIAL idea!!!
So I'll make one (or 2, or 3, ...)for my girl with these system! Thank you very much.

JoAnn said...

Thank you for this tutorial!! I have used another tut before and it was definitely a much longer process. With this I can make three in about an hour with my 5,3 and 22month old running around. Everyone gets a headband and mama gets to sew!

jewchick said...

Just made one for my daughter -- so fast! Can't wait for her to wake up from her nap to try it on her.

Fine. I can wait for her to wake up from her nap. I'm a big fan of LONG naps... but I'm still looking forward to trying it on her!!

Unknown said...

you're a genius! Thanks!!

Unknown said...

Just now found this and I'm so glad I did! I can't believe it actually did take only 10 minutes! I found this on Friday and have made 5 headbands for my daughter and me :) Thanks for a cute and easy tutorial!

i cant decide said...

Thanks for the directions! I'm making some for my daughters for Christmas gifts.

Lynette @ My Craft Discovery said...

Woah! That's slick! love it. I can't wait to try. I thought my way was pretty easy, but you beat me! Thanks for sharing! :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tutorial - I made several and your directions were easy to follow! I love how they turned out! I linked you over at my site: www.addicted2tutes.blogspot.com Thanks!

Stephanie S said...

Wow! I love it! I've made 2 for my mom so far, and I plan on making a few more for the both of us! Thanks for this wonderful tutorial! (When I get it up and running, I would like to share this on my craft blog, if that's okay with you. :D)

***Sharon*** said...

What a great tutorial! And you were right...SUPER easy! I linked to you!
http://mamasamess.blogspot.com/2011/03/girl-scout-aprons-and-headbands.html THANKS!!!

Sarah said...

I heard about this post on another blog so I came to check it out, I can't wait to make this! Thank you for the tutorial, I am a new follower! www.mooseandtater.com

Zainab said...

So cute and easy..thank you!

Chic Crafter said...

Thank you for this great easy headband tutorial I featured this to my blog and make my one already for myself :)

http://craftmenot.blogspot.com/

Spiderjayne said...

This is so super brilliant!! You ROCK!!!!

handmade_mama said...

Just pinned this on Pinterest tonight. This looks SOOOO incredibly simple and I've got tons of bits of fabric that I can use to make zillions of these, as well as more ponytail holders than any person would ever actually need. Thank you for sharing this!