I squandered most of this holiday watching movies and cutting out patterns, but never quite mustering up the energy to actually sew any of them together. So today's project will be quick and simple. It will be a headband - one that can be made in less than 10 minutes.



Ingredients: 5 inches of elastic
~21 inches of ribbon
Thread

I first snipped the ends of my ribbon with pinking shears to keep it from getting too frayed.

The idea is to make a narrow hem with one end your ribbon and trap the elastic inside. I turned my ribbon down once, inserted the elastic and turned it down again. Holding it in place, I sewed a narrow zig-zag. My feed dogs don't react well to things this small, so I guided the ribbon through with a pair of scissors.



I sewed another line of zig-zag to reinforce and to get the elastic to lay well.

Next, I wound the ribbon and elastic around my head to measure for the best fit. I ended up chopping off about 2 inches of ribbon.



Finally, I sewed the other in the same manner as described above.



Now I can declare my love of robots without having to talk about them and show people on the bus pictures of my favorite robots.

Labels: craft, hair accessories, projects

posted by Alison 1/01/2009 11:35:00 PM : (0) comments : splink