so today we're making scrunchies with
hair ties also known as ponytail holders
i've researched so many scrunchy
tutorials and tried different methods
but i sat down and brainstormed my own
weight and here's the method i came up
with
it's definitely the easiest way that
i've actually seen
it involves literally just one line of
stitching there's no hole at the end
that you need to close
or any fabric that you need to turn
inside out i created a printable
template so i had something to cut
around
i just find my cutting ends up being
straighter and then i don't have to
bother marking the fabric
so if you want to use my template i'll
leave a link in the description
but otherwise the measurements for the
scrunchie are 21.5
inches width and 3 inches height so step
one is just cut out your fabric
now head to your ironing board first
fold the top edge by half an inch
then fold the bottom edge by half an
inch and iron the folds in place
grab each short end of the rectangle and
put them together
you can pin that in place
and so about two eighths of an inch from
the edge
and remember that those folds that we
just um ironed
just ignore those we want this line of
stitching to be completely flat okay now
we've created a tube
bunch the tube up and put the hair tie
in the middle
and then line up the folded edges
together
and pin that in place
okay and now all we're gonna do is sew
along the edge
and don't forget to backstitch at the
beginning and end of this line of
stitching
so that it locks the stitching in place
and it won't unravel
so i'm trying to get as close as i can
to the edge i'm probably saying like 1
8 of an inch away
definitely take your time as you're
going around the curve
if you choose to put pins everywhere at
some point you probably will be stabbed
so i'm just gonna warn you here's the
other method where there's actually
almost no pins so i definitely say this
is safer but there is a con to it which
i'll get to in a minute
so here i'm just using one pin to start
my stitching
and then i'm folding the fabric together
around the scrunchie
as i go along
the downside to this method i found was
that normally when i got
right to the end there would be like a
bit of excess fabric on one of the
layers
so i would have to create this little
pleat to get rid of that excess fabric
you can't really see it in the final
thing but i just thought i'd let you
know this is probably something you'll
have an issue with
i suppose a walking foot would help here
but most people don't have that
and there we go we have our main
scrunchie done
one line of stitching that was it
now it's time to move on to the bow so
after you've cut out the fabric for your
scrunchy bow
fold it in half you need to sew
all the way around the open edge but
leave like an inch gap in the middle
where the straight bit is
we're going to need that to turn this
inside out
then trim down the seam allowance except
the bit in the middle
and turn it inside out
make sure you really poke the corners
out so you get a nice sharp
finish i used a blunt pencil to help me
with this
and now all we have to do is close the
gap
so i pressed the fold so that the raw
edges were hidden inside
and then i just top stitched along the
edge
i wouldn't really worry about whether
the stitching is visible
because when we tie the bow this middle
bit will be hidden anyway in the knot
and i'll just tie the bow around your
scrunchie
and try and get the ends to be even
and now we are completely done we have
successfully made a scrunchie
with a bow using a hair tie
if you make scrunchies using this method
definitely share some photos with me i
would love to see them
i'll leave a link in the description
where you can post your photos
and if you learned something new in this
video give it a like