If you love fun and unique hair accessories, you’re going to love this Flower Power Scrunchie! This tutorial will walk you through how to make a flower-shaped scrunchie using my sewing pattern which includes three sizes, Regular, Mini & Ultra Mini! It’s a perfect beginner-friendly project that adds a pop of personality to your hairstyle!
Click the link below for my PDF pattern:
Flower Scrunchie Sewing Pattern
I also have a YouTube tutorial for this project!
Flower Scrunchie YouTube Tutorial
Materials Needed:
- Fabric: Cotton, linen, or quilting cotton
- Elastic - I’m using 1/2” elastic
- Sewing machine
- Thread
- Fabric scissors
- Pinking sheers (optional)
- Bodkin (optional)
- Safety pin
- Fabric pen
- Sewing pins or clips
- Point turner
- Tape measure
- Iron & ironing board
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Let’s get making!!
1. Print & Prepare The Pattern
- Make sure your printer is set to ‘100% SCALE’ or ‘ACTUAL SIZE’
- Use glue or tape to assemble the pattern, then cut it out.
2. Prepping Your Fabric
- With the fabric folded lengthways right sides together (pretty sides facing) iron to create a straight, flat fold.
- Place the pattern onto the fabric with the straight edge against the fold and use pattern weights or clips to hold it in place.
- Draw around the pattern.
3. Sewing The Curves
- Take the fabric over to the sewing machine
- Start sewing from the bottom of the first curve - don’t forget to backstitch at the beginning and the end.
TIP: Set your machine to a small stitch length & sew slowly around the curves.
- When you get to each of the points, stop sewing, leave the needle in the fabric, lift up the presser foot, swivel the fabric around, pop the presser foot back down, and continue to sew.
4. Cutting The Curves
- Cut a straight line into each of the points.
TIP: Cut as close as you can without actually cutting the stitches. Not cutting close enough will cause the fabric to pucker when you turn it right side out.
- Cut along the lines of the side tabs.
- Cut around each of the curves - I recommend using pinking sheers for this, however, if you don’t have pinking sheers, make sure you are cutting little triangles into the curves. This is what helps the fabric lay nice and flat.
5. Turn The Fabric Right Side Out
- Using a safety pin, carefully turn the fabric right side out.
- Once it has been turned right side out, it will look like a tube with no curved edges.
- Using a point turner, gently push out each of the curves.
- Fold in one of the side tabs.
- Give it a really good iron.
6. Sewing The Elastic Channel
- Sew a straight line starting 1/2” from the folded tab to the raw edge tab approximately 3/4” up from the fold - this is to create a channel for the elastic. Backstitch at the beginning and the end.
7. Threading The Elastic
- Using either a safety pin or bodkin (I use a bodkin) thread the elastic through the channel you’ve just sewn. Make sure the elastic doesn’t get twisted.
- Clip both sides of the elastic together
- Using a zig zag stitch, sew the elastic together.
8. Sewing The Scrunchie Closed
- Place the unfolded tab into the folded tab and sew closed using a regular straight stitch. Backstitch at the beginning and the end.
9. Final Step!
- Cut away any loose threads.
- Move the petals evenly around the elastic and then your scrunchie is complete!
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All Groovy Ooze Sewing Patterns
