I’m really liking all the bows that girl’s have been sporting lately. I decided my hair could really use one. Here’s a quicky tutorial on how I whipped one up. This would work with any fabric really, but I chose leather because a) I like leather, and 2) it doesn’t fray at all.
I got my genuine cow-hide from a coat I bought at a thrift store. I just cut it up and got more leather than I know what to do with. Want some?
1. Get some leather/fabric, a headband, and a marker.
2. CUT: Trace around the band, and cut out your tracing. Cut two rectangles for your bow–one about 7X2 inches, and the other about 1X2 inches.
3. SEW: Sew the short ends of your larger rectangle together to make a short little tube. My sewing machine can’t handle leather, so I did some crude hand-sewing. Now sew the smaller rectangle AROUND the little tube to make a bow. This sounds confusing–just make a bow with your rectangles.
4. GLUE: (see? I’m not a hot-glue snob!) Hot-glue it all together. Glue the piece your traced from your headband TO the headband. Glue your bow to one side. Ummm…that’s it. (Sorry no photos of the gluing process, but you get it, right?)
And here’s me trying to take an awkward picture of myself…
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Cute, cute!! I definitely need some headbands to spice up my long hair. Good idea! love you!
This is just adorable, so cute and so easy. Thank you so much for this tutorial. Can’t wait to try!!
Right on! As a girl in college, almost graduating, I totally agree on this. It is fantastic the things we can learn about our hair, the different hairstyles, especially once we start using all natural hair products.
love this idea, I’m hosting a week long thread of awesome Leather tutorials and yours is up tomorrow.
Thanks again for sharing this gorgeous idea.
Wonderful idea! if you hate to sew or can’t you could use rubber cement it works amazing on leather just put it on both ends one on top one on bottom in a thin line let it dry to tacky then stick them together. Then let it set about 15 mins (depending on your glue).
Great tip, thanks Dawn!
Hi Admin,
Do you sell headbands like this one?
Kim Cleeze
Sorry Kim, I don’t. No time! But they are super simple and fast to make–good luck!
Aside from using leather, you can use scrap of ribbons or cloth and you can mix and match certain patterns and colors as well. Aside from sewing, you can use a glue gun for tougher materials or just ordinary glue for softer ones. You can jazz up your headbands using sequins and rhinestones and you can even sell it for a bit of cash! Have fun and good luck!