Fabric Band

I’ve mentioned before that I have an abnormally large head for a woman. Really. I do. Especially since I’m only 5′3″. I have a really difficult time finding women’s hats that fit, and even in men’s hats I have to get a large or extra large size. With my recent disaster of a haircut I wanted to get a few thick headbands to wear as it grows out. But since my head is big they are usually too small and pinch and give me headaches. So I decided to make a few fabric bands. Last night I took some of my scrap fabric (FreeSpirit Sis Boom Mod Girls & Girlfriends) and tried out foofanagle’s best band ever tutorial.

Daphne was screaming her head off the entire time I was working on this and I didn’t have any interfacing, which explains why this doesn’t look too great. Anyway… it’s very comfy, especially since I added a few inches to accommodate my ginormous noggin. I will definitely make another and will change the shape just a bit. I think the band should be thinner and less of a dramatic taper. I will also cover the elastic with fabric and topstitch the next one. I was too lazy to change out the blue bobbin thread last night.  Oh, and I got this handy tip from someone online… I basted a piece of yarn to one side of the fabric so when I had to turn the tube right side out I just pulled the string.  And I pulled it so hard that I yanked the basting stitches out so I didn’t need to seam rip those.  Worked like a charm.

At least I’m ready for St. Patrick’s Day.

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