Make Your Private Bow Scrunchie!

For just a few of you, scrunchies would be the new improvement. Nevertheless for others of us, it’s a reasonably large blast from the earlier. Scrunchies did double obligation in my day as you’ll each placed on it in your hair, or placed on it in your arm as a bracelet, merely prepared for that large second everytime you might really want it to your hair.

It’s pleasurable to see the event come once more in a model new methodology and certainly one of many points that I’ve cherished seeing (which had been probably spherical in my day—I merely don’t keep in mind having one) are the bow scrunchies! I’ll current you learn how to make your particular person scrunchie.

Plus chances are you’ll customise the fabric various and as well as how broad a bow you want or how prolonged you want the tails to be to suit your wardrobe and magnificence …

Supplies:
-small amount of non-stretch materials (I used a non-stretch velvet)
-fabric scissors
-sewing machine
-straight pins
-1/4″ elastic
-safety pin

First, you’ll want to reduce out a rectangle of velvet that is 3.5″ x 18″ to your scrunchie and one different prolonged strip that is 2.5″ x 25″ to your bow.

Fold extreme 1/4″ inch of your rectangle and sew flat to create a accomplished edge.

Fold your scrunchie rectangle in half lengthwise, correct sides collectively, and pin the open aspect closed with pins. Sew down the open aspect with a 1/4″ seam allowance so that you just create a tube.

Flip the tube correct aspect out by pinning a safety pin to 1 end and feeding the pin by means of the tube until it comes out the other end and your tube is true aspect out.

Cut back a little bit of elastic 8″ prolonged. Use a safety pin at one end of the elastic to string it by means of the tube and can be found out the other aspect (merely actually really feel spherical to make sure the elastic didn’t twist throughout the tube all through the course of).

Sew the ends of your elastic collectively. Tuck your unfinished scrunchie edge into your accomplished edge and pin them flat collectively.

Sew down the finished edge line to secure every layers together with the elastic band between them. Don’t worry about that flat spot, as your bow will cowl it!

To make your bow, (1) fold your prolonged strip in half lengthwise, correct sides collectively, and pin in place. Sew alongside the best with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

(2) Open the best correct aspect out as soon as extra and join a safety pin throughout the prime inside nook sooner than (3) turning it once more to having every correct sides touching as soon as extra and the pin sandwiched between the layers.

(4) Sew down the aspect of your prolonged strip nonetheless go away a niche of 2-3″ within the path of the underside after which proceed all one of the best ways down the aspect and alongside the underside edge.

(5) Uncover your safety pin that you just pinned throughout the prime nook alongside together with your fingers and use that to tug the best nook within the path of the opening throughout the bottom nook, lastly (6) turning your entire strip correct aspect out. Take away the safety pin.

Excessive sew all one of the best ways throughout the perimeter of the strip with a 1/8″ seam allowance to close up your gap and gives the bow a accomplished, and flattened, look.

Tie your bow onto the flat spot in your scrunchie and that’s it! Your bow scrunchie is now in a position to placed on!

 So sweet! There’s loads of strategies to kind a bow scrunchie, nonetheless you may even see my favorite answer to do it on our IGTV channel. Using completely totally different patterns and supplies may even make your scrunchie further seasonal as successfully, so be at liberty to make new ones for summer season vs. winter, and so forth.

Whether or not or not this generally is a new or a very outdated favorite of yours. Hope you really liked this simple tutorial for learn how to make a scrunchie. xo. Laura