My girls just got American Girl dolls and they love them. One of the outfits they have came with a headband. I took one look at it and in my best mom voice I said, "I can make that!" And the result is the easiest accessory. Seriously, maybe 20 minutes. Maybe. Give or take a few because of three girls running in to ask, "Are you done yet, Mom?" It's not unlike other tube-type headbands out there but this one makes use of a hair rubberband as opposed to elastic.
Sidenote: If you haven't already, pop on over to Cleverly Inspired and enter her giveaway for a matching toddler and American Girl dress!!
Another Sidenote: I don't pretend to have any talent taking pictures. And, I also took pictures as I was making several of these bad boys. Don't hold it against me!
Here is the headband to be replicated. See how they snipped the hair rubberband? |
Cut a piece of fabric 12 in by 2 in. |
Iron in 1/2 in at each end, wrong side touching wrong side. |
Iron the tube directly on the seam, flattening it to one side. You'll be glad you did this after turning it inside out! |
Pin safety pin to one end and turn tube inside out. It's tough at the beginning to get the pin going, but then it takes two seconds! |
Iron the tube directly on the seam, to get rid of wrinkles and get you a nice smooth headband. Here is where you are glad you ironed down the seam on the other side, yes? |
Voila, you are done! Isn't it cute? An almost exact replica of the American Girl version. And guess what, it's way cuter fabric, yes?! |
Ruthie is sooooo happy! |
8 comments:
Great tute!!!!
Thanks for the shout out girly!
Thanks for joining the Tell Me Tuesday linky party at Vintage Pollyanna! I bet a lot of American Girl Dolls will be getting homemade headbands soon!
http://vintagepollyanna.blogspot.com/2010/11/tell-me-tuesday-link-party-1.html
I love this--my daughter has Julie and with all that hair, she could use a headband or two :)
Lovely! What a fun simple way to make a headband! And a good tutorial. Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's!
Cool; :-)
OMG your a geniuos lol i spent hours last nite tryin to turn my tube in for a head band saw your idea and it took 2 seconds. so easy
thank you
Thank you for posting this, I just made three in a matter of minutes!
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