Do you have a pile of headbands that looks something like this? Well we do…we did! My daughters are at ages where they don’t always want a bow in their hair but they want something to dress up their hair so we’ve been turning to headbands. The box that we kept the headbands in was OVERFLOWING and a jumbled mess and I had to come up with something to keep them straight.
I made a simple ribbon organizer and used the straight stitch on my sewing machine.
This is a great craft for a beginner sewer. Here’s how I made this!
Supplies-
- Grosgrain ribbon-use what you have unhand or buy 2-3 yards depending on how many headbands you have to organize. I used 2 varying widths. I used a 1 1/2″ width for the background and a 1″ width for the holder
- Belt loop-This is to hang the holder once complete. You could easily substitute a hair elastic and get the same outcome.
- Sewing machine and coordinating thread-You only need the basic straight stitch so minimal skills are required. I haven’t tried a ‘no-sew’ version but I expect it’s possible to glue with fabric glue. It would just take more time and definitely more patience!
How To-
- Determine how many headbands you have to hang. Each loop will hold one-1″ headband or two-1/2″ headbands
- For this headband holder my loops are each 3″ and I have 2″ between each loop. I first left space (5″) at the top of he ribbon to attach the metal ring that is used to hang the headband holder.
- Mark the ribbon every 3″ and then 2″ for the entire length of the ribbon. Make a small mark that won’t be seen or use a disappearing ink pen.
- Pin together each of the 3″ segments and then sew a straight stitch to make the loop.
- Once all of your loops are attached attach the metal d-ring (or elastic band) to the top by looping the ribbon through and stitching down.
- Finally attach the larger background ribbon to the loops. I pinned the two ribbons together and stitched on the edge of the smaller ribbon the entire length of the holder. Every time I got to a loop I’d raise the need and adjust the ribbon to avoid stitching down the loops.
This certainly helped up organize our headbands and it’s much easier to pick out which headband to wear each morning!
I’d love to see how yours turned out.
