Quilted Headband
Quilted Headband
This Quilted Headband tutorial will teach you how to make cute headbands for yourself and your friends using just a fat quarter, a scrap of fusible fleece, and a bit of elastic. Make your own headbands in just an hour or less!
Project TypeMake a Project
Time to CompleteIn an evening
Primary TechniqueWhole Cloth
Materials:
- 1 fat quarter
- Small strip of fusible fleece (Pellon recommended)
- Iron and ironing board
- Tweezers
- 2" of 1/2-inch wide elastic
- Headband pattern
Instructions:
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Cut two headband shapes from fabric, using the pattern here. Place on a fold and add 1/4 inch to each side. Cut out one headband shape of fusible fleece.
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Iron fusible fleece onto the wrong side of one fabric piece.
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Pin wrong sides of fabric together and sew along the two sides using a 1/4 inch seam allowance.
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Turn right side out - this can be a little tough; use a pencil and a pair of tweezers to help. Turn the edges of the two openings under 1/4 inch and iron.
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Iron and quilt. I used a free motion random machine quilting.
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Cut a 2-inch piece of 1/2-inch elastic. Insert one end into one opening of headband and sew into place. Insert the other end into the other opening and sew into place.
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Leave the two ends unsewn - if you sew them together, the headband won't stretch when you put it on.
