Fabric Scrunchies

Let's start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start la la la...

That's enough of my little song. Today I am going to be making a hair scrunchy, I have never made one before so this should be interesting.

My Material:

This was an old thin denim skirt that I cut up, it was quite a stretchy material, so let's see how I get on.

Step 1.

I cut out a piece of material 4" x 18" then cut it in half so it was 2" x 18".



Step 2.

For the elastic I used an old hair tie which was still in good condition and very stretchy.




Step 3.

I folded and ironed the length of material so it was easier to cut in half.


Step 4.

I cut the fabric along the center, faced the wrong sides together, stitched 1/4" seam along one side, then inserted the hair tie, this next part was very fiddly to sew.

I sewed a 1/4" seam all around, then pushed the ends into each other and sewed them together.









Step 5.

The next thing I did was to snip all around the 1/4" seams, making sure not to cut the stitches, it took me ages and made my hand ache.







I then washed the scrunchy by hand and dried it.

See below what I thought of this scrunchy...














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My Comments On This Project


This little project was quite easy to do and didn't take very long to make.

I was not impressed by this scrunchy, every time I touched it, I got covered in little bits and pieces of fibers, I didn't think it would keep shedding bits at that rate and I have to admit it is well ugly.

Bin Job 👎

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On a scale of 1 - 10 I give this project
*1*

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Does anyone know if items that are ragged would keep on losing their fibers, I would love to know.

I really like the ragging technique I have seen, but if it is going to keep shedding, I don't want to waste my time making more items.

If you know, please tell me. 😉

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