Sewing hair bands from fabric with your own hands

Craftswomen can boast of original paintings, clothes, jewelry and other accessories. At home, you can also make your own hair bands. It is easy to create a unique decoration from fabric, beads, leather.

DIY Hair Band Base

With inspiration and patience, you can create original hair decorations that any girl will brag about at school or kindergarten. First, you need to decide on the basis for the future product. This can be a purchased single-color part or a homemade one.

What you need to create it yourself:

• elastic band at least 15 centimeters long;
• fabric from 30 centimeters long;
• threads that match the fabric;
• a needle and other sewing accessories that can make your work easier.

How to make your own hair elastic:

1. Fold the fabric in half and sew.
2. Place the sewn fabric holes together and stitch. Leave a little space to turn the piece inside out.
3. Insert the base, tie and close the resulting hole.

Elastic band on felt base

Felt is used in handicrafts not only to create animal figures. You can come up with a hair decoration or a headband from it. But it is recommended to make the base from ordinary fabric or take a ready-made one. If you want to cover the elastic band with felt, then act on the same principle as with ordinary fabric. The advantage of this method is that the color and texture unity is preserved.

Felt will make a gathered base. It won't be possible to make it straight, since the elastic will stretch, but felt won't.

A selection of the best master classes on creating rubber bands with your own hands

A hairpin or other accessory can be decorated with satin, velvet, leather or beads. The most popular ideas from master classes:

• from knitting threads. From them you can create the base and the decoration itself;
• made of satin ribbon - a bright accessory that will go well with a shirt or dress made of the same material;
• The kanzashi technique is also used to create hair accessories, resulting in spectacular and voluminous flowers;
• Petals are the most popular elements of decoration. They are quite easy to make with your own hands;
• made of leather - an unusual option. It is difficult to work with such a base, but the result is worth the effort;
• made of fabric - the most accessible and simple option for needlewomen;
• from beads - this option is suitable for those who already know how to work with the material and are gifted with perseverance.

How to make an elastic band from threads

Needlewomen who are just learning the craft are recommended to use an accessible and understandable way to create jewelry. Bright accessories are made from knitting threads.

What you need:

• warp;
• scissors;
• bright knitting threads.

How to do:

1. Wind the threads around 2-3 fingers. It is important not to tighten too much so that you can continue to form the ball.
2. Remove the threads from your fingers and tie them.
3. Attach the pompom to the base.
4. Next, you should use scissors to form an even figure yourself.

It is recommended to mix rich colors to get a bright pompom. To do this, simply alternate layers of different shades.

How to Make a Hair Tie from Satin Ribbon

Satin ribbons can be used not only for edging elastic bands, but also for creating bows as decorations.

What you need:

• ribbon;
• cardboard template;
• scissors;
• lighter or matches.

How to make it yourself:

1. Select a cardboard rectangle of the required size.
2. Step back 5 centimeters from the edge and divide the cardboard lengthwise into 5 even sections using scissors.
3. Secure the satin ribbon in a convenient way and make a bow by wrapping two cardboard strips in turn.
4. Form all the turns and remove the decoration by tightening.
5. Treat the ends of the satin with a lighter or matches to prevent the ribbon from unraveling.

You can decorate the bow with beads or form a large flower, if desired.

Rubber bands in kanzashi technique

A novice craftswoman cannot always cope with the kanzashi technique. This is almost jewelry work, the ability to fold voluminous flowers from small ribbons with many small petals requires perseverance.

What you need:

• satin ribbons, 2.5 cm;
• felt;
• scissors;
• tweezers;
• warp;
• thread and needle;
• glue gun.

Step by step process:

1. Make 24 ribbons, 2.5 cm each.
2. Fold the corners to the center and secure with fire.
3. Make the corner sharp by pressing it down or smoothing it out.
4. Take the corner with tweezers and fix it again.
5. Fold the triangle in half, turn the corners down.
6. Lift the corners up and connect them in the middle.
7. Process the edges of the tape over the fire.
8. In this way make 24 petals.
9. Make 12 green leaves using the same technology.
10. Cut a circle out of felt and attach green leaves to it with glue.
11. Glue the petals between the leaves.
12. Sew 8 triangles and attach them to one petal. Each petal needs to be formed into 2-3 layers.
13. Attach the resulting part to the base using a gun.

Model of elastic band with petals

A beautiful flower can be easily made from fabric ribbons with a minimum of work. A thick material is suitable for this option. It will not take much time to create, and you will need threads to match the color of the chosen base, a needle, and auxiliary sewing accessories.

How to do:

1. It is necessary to fold the fabric piece in half and sew the edges with small stitches. In this way, prepare 4-6 parts.
2. Place the second piece across one and sew.
3. Place the 3rd segment on the "gap" and also attach. Form a flower.
4. If desired, use a glue gun to attach a decorative stone to the middle.

It is recommended to sew with a needle that matches the type of fabric, as the material must be dense to form the petals.

Simple leather elastic band

A volumetric decoration can be made of leather. It is difficult to work with the material at home, especially if you need small details. For those who know how to sew leather, there is an option with a "flower" bandage. The craftswoman will have to process the edges of small leather figures, and then fasten them.

It is recommended to use a method in which soft fabric will not give the desired effect. To do this, you just need to cut out small figures from leather, for example, bears, then glue beads or sequins in the form of eyes and a nose.

The easiest velvet elastic band with your own hands

Velvet, even in its simplest form, looks mesmerizing and rich. What you need to create it:

• velvet longer than the base;
• base in the form of an elastic band;
• threads, needle.

How to do:

1. Fold the long strip in half and sew, leaving the edges open.
2. Turn the strip inside out.
3. Thread the elastic through and secure it at the edges.
4. Fasten the edges of the velvet.

Fabric hair elastic

You don't need a pattern to sew such a simple option.

You will need a scarf made of satin or other fabric and another piece of the same material. You need to make the product in the same way as from velvet, only tie a scarf on it for volume.

From beads

An elastic band decorated with beads is quite attractive and stands out from other products of this kind. To create it, you need to buy a base for it, as well as beads and fishing line. Then, using your favorite pattern, make a figurine and attach it to the base.

A hair garter made by yourself will always be bright and unique. You can follow from simple fabric options to more complex products made of leather, beads, felt. It is recommended to buy either a linen base or one specially designed for hair.