🌺Beautiful Fabric Flower Design | Easy Handmade Flower Making 🌺DIY Fabric Flower Making Tutorial🌺, by Bhabesh 🔱 fashion on YouTube. 1 min 1 s.
- Video length
- 1 min 1 s
- Time to do it
- 20 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Cut your scraps into strips about 12 cm long and 5 cm wide. Make five or six strips so the flower looks full, and keep them the same size.
Fold each strip in half lengthways with the right sides facing in, then sew along the long open edge. Turn the tube right side out and press it flat.
Sew a long basting stitch along one long edge of every strip, about 5 mm in from the edge. Leave the thread tails loose at both ends.
Pull the thread to gather each strip into a soft ruffle. Slide the gathers along until the strip curls into a petal shape.
Roll one gathered strip into a tight coil for the flower centre. Sew through the base a few times to lock the coil in place.
Wrap the other gathered strips around the centre one at a time, overlapping them evenly. Stitch through all the layers at the bottom to hold the flower together.
Cut elastic about 20 cm long, or enough to sit comfortably around your hair. Overlap the ends by 1 cm and zigzag stitch across the join.
Sew the flower onto the elastic join with strong stitches through the base. Fluff the petals out with your fingers and trim any loose threads.
Tips and common mistakes
Wash and iron your scraps first so the finished scrunchie does not shrink or pucker later.
Use a thread colour that matches your fabric, since the stitches show on the base of the flower.
Seal fraying raw edges with a little fabric glue rather than an open flame.
Keep the base stitches small and tight, or the flower will flop over on the elastic.
Questions
Can I make this without a sewing machine?
Yes. A simple running stitch by hand works for both the gathering and the assembly. Just use doubled thread and small stitches so the flower holds its shape.
How much fabric do I need?
Five or six strips of 12 by 5 cm is enough, so a few scraps or one fat quarter will do. Leftover pieces from other projects are perfect for this.
Will the scrunchie fit thick hair?
Measure the elastic around your ponytail before cutting. Add 2 cm for the overlap, and use 2 cm wide elastic so it holds without pulling.
This guide was drafted from the video's details and general task knowledge. It has not been checked against the full video. Check the video and relevant product instructions before following a procedure. Report a correction.
