Last year I made myself
some cute headbands. I realized that I had some silk ties I used as headbands but I hated the big bump they made when I knotted them in the back. Wait, I have a sewing machine, so I figured I could adjust my own tutorial to make these silk ties more wearable.
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Ties after the ends were snipped |
The biggest problem I had was that layer of foam in the tie to make it thicker. I found I could keep the shape of the tie but still sew an elastic in if I snipped some of the foam off the ends.
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folding under the edges |
The I folded in the unfinished edges and sewed the elastic in with a zig zag stitch.
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A simple zig zag stitch |
In a few minutes I had a handful of better fitting headbands. Just in time for the hot weather.
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yay headband |