baby headband tutorial

Got a baby?

Got some tee shirts?

Got a sewing machine?


Then you're on your way to some seriously cute and easy headbands!

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First, cut a piece of your tee shirt/knit fabric 3 inches by "how big your kids' head is".

Mine was about 15 inches long for Charlotte.

Fold lengthwise and sew down the long side with about a 1/4 inch seam. I used my serger after this first one, which worked fine, as did the sewing machine. Pick your poison!

Turn right side out and press with your iron if you like. As you can probably tell...I didn't.

Measure around your stinkin' cute baby's head to adjust for the best fit...make sure to add about 1/2 on each end for overlapping. I also finished the ends on my serger, but that's probably not necessary, since they'll be enclosed.

Overlap, and sew ends together with a zig zag stitch.

tada!

You're done.

Just kidding.

Next, fold the spot where you sewed your strip together, towards the back, like so...and sew it together.

Then, take a piece of ribbon, or twill tape, like I used, and sew one end down on the back where you just folded the edges over.

Wrap your ribbon/twill tape around the front, and back around, and trim.

Then tuck that end under.


and hand sew it down...forming a handy little loop for clips!

Repeat as needed...er...wanted.


Hope you liked the tutorial, the model didn't hurt, right? ;)

Let me know if you have any questions!

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