How To Make Fabric HAIR BANDS - DIY Tutorials - SewGuide (original) (raw)

Headband that covers hair

This is a very wide headband that covers a lot of the head. Here is the tutorial on how to sew this headband easily. (With 18 more tutorials for headbands after this one).

Use a flowy lightweight fabric like chiffon, crepe, georgette for making this headband.

STEPS to make THIS FABRIC headband

Step 1

Cut out the fabric pieces needed for the headband. You also need 3/4 inch wide elastic.

16 inch by 12 inch fabric for main front part ; 3 inch by 12 inch fabric for the elastic casing

Cut out the fabric pieces for the front portion and for the casing for elastic

Step 2

Keep the long edges of your big fabric (A) and stitch together. You get a tube. Do the same for the other long fabric piece (B).

The fabrics made into a tube by sewing the long edges together

Stitch the long edges of the fabric pieces into tubes

Fold your big tube by the middle. Make a stitch of about 3 inches on either side as in the picture below.

Fold the big tube and make a stitch by the middle

Fold the big tube by the middle and stitch 3 inches on the 2 edges

When you open it up, it will look like this.

OPened up fabric for the headband

Step 3

Cut out 6 inch long elastic piece ( 1/2 inch or 3/4 inch wide)

Take the other tube and insert the elastic piece inside the fabric tube with a pin. Stitch the edges to secure the ends of the elastic.

Elastic and the casing

Insert the elastic through the small casing

Your elastic casing will look like this.

Elastic inserted into the casing

Step 4

Place your main fabric right side up in front of you.

The elastic casing kept inside the top part

Keep the edge of elastic casing in the middle of the short edge of the main piece

Keep one edge of this elastic casing on top of one edge of the main (A) fabric. Wrap the elastic casing with this (see picture below). Stitch the edges together to join them.

Sew the edges overlapping the elastic casing

Cover the casing with the edges

Flip it right side out – you will get the seam allowance neatly tucked inside. up.

Elastic casing straightened out

Open up to find the cut edges tucked inside

Step 5

Do the same with the other edge, to complete your headband.

The other side finished the same way

Use the headband as it is or you can add embellishments like a fabric flower, or beadwork or a knot with another fabric tube to make it prettier.

This article was written on May 12, 2016

& updated on April 8, 2024

Sarina, author of all sewing, fashion designing articles

Author: Sarina Tariq

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