From this.....
....to this in less than an hour.
My daughter needs to tie her hair back for her weekend teashop job. I had some material left over after making a skirt for her. She absolutely loves this material and didn't want to waste any. So I found an easy tutorial and made my first ever hair scrunchie.
There are lots of online tutorials available. Some are so complicated that I simply couldn't understand them. A scrunchie is basically a piece of elastic encased in a tube of material. I knew it wasn't brain surgery so I persevered until I found a simple tutorial and here it is.
For my scrunchie, I made a couple of changes. I found the measurements in the tutorial a little too big. Just for comparison, the blue scrunchie above was made with material measuring 18" x 3". I was aiming for a slightly different effect. So I finally settled on 16" x 4" for the material and 7" for the elastic. I hand stitched the elastic ends together instead of tying a knot as I think that gives a stronger finish. I also hand stitched the ends of the scrunchie together because I didn't think my basic sewing machine would cope with sewing through several layers of material and elastic.
So this first scrunchie involved some trial and error and a certain amount of faffing about. My next scrunchie will take much less time. A sewing expert could probably make one of these in a few minutes. They would be great for children to make as sewing the whole thing by hand is a definite possibility. For a child's scrunchie, the material would probably need to be only 14" x 3".
If you make clothes for your children or yourself, these are a simple way to coordinate an outfit with matching accessories. They would also be great fund raisers at fetes and craft fairs.
What a great idea! I need to start a file of "things to make for Lucy when she gets older." This would be a good one to add to the list. Your daughter is lucky she has you to help get her outfitted for her job. It would have cost quite a bit of money if she had had to go out and buy the things she needed!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! The scrunchie is my go-to hair accessory when I need to pull my hair back, but I've never tried making one before.
ReplyDeleteScrunchies were SO popular a few years back. We don't wear them lately, but they are so useful, aren't they? I know this will be great for her work.
ReplyDeleteI love scrunchies!! And now I'll have to try and make some. My hair elastics break so often because my hair is so thick and heavy, I bet I could make scrunchies in the right size and they'd be stronger too. Thanks for the inspiration Una! :D
ReplyDeleteIt's great Una and it will complement her outfit perfectly. I use scrunchies too, they are less harsh on the hair than the usual elastic hair accessories I have never made one though I will have to give it a try. :)
ReplyDeleteThank you - for finding the tutorial and for your notes. Yours looks very professional and is a great use for those scraps of material.
ReplyDeletethat's really pretty and a cute idea. sometimes I'll crochet a scrunchie around an elastic hair band.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Thank you for the inspiration. I really must make some of these for my daughter, we are always losing hair bands and scrunching in this house and it would be sweet to have some to match her little outfits.
ReplyDeleteMarianne x