Sew a headband: The headband makes the outfit

Sewing a headband: With my tutorial, I will show you 4 variations that allow even sewing beginners to easily sew beautiful and practical headbands themselves.

The most important things at a glance

• In this tutorial, I will show you 4 variations of how you can easily sew beautiful headbands
• You can sew the headbands very well from elastic fabrics like jersey, French terry, or thin boiled wool fabrics
• To sew them, you only need a sewing machine or an overlocker
• Sewing time: approx. 30 min.

Headbands are super stylish and very feminine. How practical that they are also nice and warm and ensure you don't get cold ears! :)

In this post, I will show you great and very simple variations with which you can easily conjure up these headbands yourself. You can also wear the headbands in combination with a self-sewn scrunchie!

Reading tip: Sewing jersey with a sewing machine

Which fabrics are suitable for sewing headbands?

These instructions are designed for elastic fabrics.

Very suitable examples include:

• Sweatshirt fabrics^*
• French terry^*
• Jersey fabrics^*
• Viscose jersey^*
• Nicki fabrics^*
• lightweight knit fabrics^*

Reading tip: Wash fabric before sewing

Variation 1: Sewing a bandeau headband

A beautiful and very casual variation of the turban headband: the bandeau or knot headband. Unlike the first variation, the bandeau headband consists of only one piece of fabric.

It is therefore ideal for fabric scraps. And perfect for sewing a little eye-catcher for a new shirt or coat. You can even conjure up this variation out of boiled wool!

Required materials

When choosing your fabric, you should ensure that the material is nicely stretchy. For jersey or French terry, the fabric strip should be approx. 50 cm long. For boiled wool fabrics, I worked with a length of 55 cm.

For the children's version, I use 18 x 45 cm of jersey. You can also easily determine the required strip length by placing the strip around your head while stretching it slightly.

Then cut it to size without seam allowance. This way, you ensure the headband doesn't sit too loosely. It's best to try this out on a sample piece made of inexpensive jersey or boiled wool.

• 18 x 50 cm jersey or French terry
• Pins^*
• Scissors^*
• Sewing machine

Variation 4: Sewing a headband with a yo-yo flower

For this variation, I sewed the same headband again and decorated it with two cute yo-yo flowers.

Of course, the headband can be conjured up in any length and width.

For this variation, I sewed a 62 cm long headband with rounded ends.

I stitched the ends together overlapping.

As a decoration, I sewed on a double yo-yo flower with a button. A tutorial on how to sew a yo-yo can also be found here on the blog.

Happy simple sewing,

your Sabine

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