Scrunchies were popular in the 90s, and are making a comeback.They are easy to make.You can make a few if you enjoy wearing them.You will save a lot of money, and you will be able to match them to your favorite outfits better.
Step 1: There is a hair tie.
Try to get a fabric coated hair tie instead of the rubber band.They are very strong and will last a long time.
Step 2: The width of the fabric is 10.16 centimeters and the depth is 45.72 centimeters.
You can use cotton or jersey knit fabric.It can have a small print on it.Try some stretch velvet instead.
Step 3: The right side of the rectangle should be folded in half.
You will turn the fabric inside out after you sew it.
Step 4: The hair tie should be inside the rectangle.
To get the fabric to wrap around the hair tie, you will need to suck it up.The long, raw edges of the rectangle should be outside the hair tie when you are done.The folded part should be inside.The hair tie should be sandwiched between the folded rectangle and the right sides of the fabric.
Step 5: To keep the fabric in place, pin the corners together.
The right corner should be pinned to the left corner.The left corner should be pinned to the right corner.The fabric can be pinned along the long edge.
Step 6: Using a 12 inch seam allowance, sew along the long edge.
Use a thread color that matches the fabric's color.It is possible to do this by hand or on a sewing machine.Don't put the narrow ends together.You should have a tube around your hair tie when you are done.You may have to squeeze the tube to fit.When you are done, remove the pins.
Step 7: The right sides of the fabric should be facing out if the tube is turned inside out.
There is a safety pin on one of the narrow edges.It can be Tucked inside the tube.Pull the safety pin through the tube if you crunch as much fabric as you can.Continue until the safety pin reaches the other side of the tube.The right side of the fabric should face you, and the seam should be on the inside.The safety pin should be removed when you are done.
Step 8: The raw edges should be Tucked into the tube by 12 inch.
You should do this on both sides of the tube.When you are done, this will give you a nicer seam.
Step 9: Bring the two edges together and sew them together using a ladder stitch.
Don't sew through the hair tie if you sew all along the edge of the tube.You will have to do this by hand.
Step 10: It was finished.
Step 11: Cut a piece of fabric that is about 4 inches wide and 18 inches long.
Cotton or jersey-knit fabric is a good choice for a plain scrunchie.It can have a small print on it.Try some stretch velvet for a fancy hair accessory.
Step 12: The lengthways should be folded right side in.
You should end up with a long, skinny rectangle that is 2 inches (5.08 centimeters) wide and 45.72 centimeters long.
Step 13: Use a 12 inch seam allowance to sew along the long, raw edge.
It is possible to do this by hand or on a sewing machine.Don't sew the narrow ends shut just yet.
Step 14: To hide the edge, turn the fabric tube inside.
Attach a safety pin to one of the narrow ends.Pull the elastic through the tube and crunch as much fabric as you can onto the safety pin.When the safety pin pops out on the other side, keep doing this.The seam should be inside the tube, and the right side of the fabric should not be visible.When you are done, remove the safety pin.
Step 15: Cut a long piece of elastic.
Try to find something that is about 14 wide.
Step 16: Attach a safety pin to the elastic.
One safety pin will hold the elastic in place and the other will guide it through the fabric tube.
Step 17: Attach the safety pins to the narrow ends of the fabric tube.
It's important that the elastic is attached to it.Feed the elastic through the fabric tube and this will hold it in place.
Step 18: The elastic has to be pushed through the fabric tube.
When turning the fabric tube inside out, use the safety pin as a guide.
Step 19: The elastic has two ends.
You can see the two ends of the elastic by spreading the tube apart.Pin the elastic ends together with a regular sewing pin after removing the safety pins.
Step 20: The two ends of the elastic should be sewed together using a 12 inch seam allowance.
If you overlap the two ends of the elastic, you can sew them down.Don't sew on the fabric.When you are done, remove the pins.
Step 21: The edges of the fabric tube should be Tucked by 12 inch.
You need to do this on both sides of the tube.When you are done, this will give you a nicer seam.
Step 22: Using a ladder stitch, sew the two narrow ends together.
Don't sew through the elastic if you sew all the way around the edges.You will have to do this by hand.