(Left: Lanvin FW05. Both from Style.ccin)
Natalie was mentioning her love of the hair band trend. Since last year I was noticing luxury hair bands popping up at Holt Renfrew and Bloomingdales. Asking price was $45! As a child in the eighties, I wore a lot of hair bands. If you weren't careful, they broke easily. I don't recommand investing in them (unless they are metal, which are rare to come by). What I like about making your own is that you can make it to match an outfit for a special ocassion like prom or wedding. I know for fact that if you're looking for a particular style or color to match a dress, you'll be hardpresses to find one.
First, you'll need a plain plastic hair band with no teeth. You can often find a cheap one at the dollar store, sometimes a craft store. Or if you have an old fabric covered one, remove everything on it.
Materials
Plastic hair band
Light weight fabric, cut a 18" x 4" (varies with the width of band) piece on bias (45 degree angle)
1/4" ribbon (optional)
Tools
Spray adhesive
Linen starch
Iron
Fabric Scissors
Hot glue gun or clear fabric glue (optional)
Instructions
1. With fabric, spray linen starch and iron until firm and smooth.
2. Spray adhesive onto backside of fabric and all over hair band.
3. Carefully wrap outer side of band.
4. Measure and mark 1/2" (measure width of band and divide by 2) outside of band's perimeter. Trim along markings.
5. Fold sides of each end first, then continue to wrap the inside of the band. Make sure fabric is wrapped tightly and smoothly.
6. Optional: Glue ribbon along the seamline, fold in ends of ribbons. Or in Step 4, when marking the 1/2", add an extra 1/4" and fold 1/4" along edge.
For the hankerchief look, you could wrap the inner side of band first, and add a 2" wide ribbon across the outside of the band. Fold ends inward towards the ends of the band.
The band in the right photo is pretty straight forawrd and also easy to make, but you'll need to do some real sewing and a sewing machine.
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8 comments:
I am SO happy that headbands are in this season!!!
I love it! I am definitely going to make one! Thanks Andrea for the DIY instructions. :)
It's great! I like my hair and always looking for the ways how to change them or to add something. I like hair bands, because they changed your style. And now I can do a lot of them!
I'm so happy I found this post! I'm definately going to make some of these. Like you, I saw several cute headbands in the store just yersterday, all for at least $40 and I thought "gosh, I could make that...I could make four of these for that much..." Thanks for the instructions. Do we get to see how your headbands turned out?
You're a knitter! I'm double excited to find your blog now. I'll be back!
You may giggle but a straight male is about to make one of your hair bands! I'm fed up of the small ones that I continually lose.
No more hair in the eyes while leaning down looking at my laptop.
Ohhhh so nerdy I know. :-)
Stuart, I love that you wear headbands! I saw a guy (a waiter) wearing one the other day and he really looked cute! Go for it!
As a headband devotee, I've found some awesome styles at www.andreasbeau.com. These bands are made of truly gorgeous trims and are even comfortable!
What a great post about hair bands! Thanks for sharing! It's my new look nowadays - the headband. I like the 2 inch thick ones in my hair and I'm wearing a retro look a lot lately. My hubby likes it!
Clare from
My Little Sunshine BoWtique
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