We've put together this super quick and easy tutorial to make your own doll-sized scrunchie! This adorable hair accessory is perfect for recreating your favorite '80s look or capturing the cool-girl look with modern styling.
Scrunchie Making Supplies:
- One 5-inch piece of 1/8" Wide elastic
- One piece of knit or woven fabric, cut to 1.5" x 15"
- Matching thread
- Safety pins, or your preferred loop turning tool
Step 1: Cut out your strip of fabric to the above measurements. Press the fabric if needed.
Step 2: Fold the strip in half lengthwise and pin.
Step 3: Sew along the length of the fabric with 1/4" seam allowance. Trim seam allowance close to stitching line being very careful not to clip through the stitching.
Step 4: To turn the strip right-sides-out, pin a safety pin to one edge and feed it through the tube of fabric. When the safety pin reaches the other end of the tube, the fabric can be pulled right-sides-out.
Step 5: Now that the scrunchie fabric is right-sides-out, attach a safety pin to one end of the 5-inch piece of elastic.
Step 6: Use the safety pin the feed the elastic through the fabric tube. Be sure to pin the end of the elastic to the fabric edge so it doesn't get lost inside.
Step 7: Pull both ends of the elastic and tie in a knot. (The pins in the above photo are simply holding things in place for visibility.)
Step 8: Feed the tied elastic back into the fabric. At the fabric opening, pull one edge of the fabric over the other, letting the raw edge of the fabric roll or fold over itself to create a clean edge. Sew a straight line over this fabric opening to secure.
Step 8: Feed the tied elastic back into the fabric. At the fabric opening, pull one edge of the fabric over the other, letting the raw edge of the fabric roll or fold over itself to create a clean edge. Sew a straight line over this fabric opening to secure.
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The Pixie Faire Team
329 Comments
So many wonderful patterns in one place and so many ideas. Now to just get myself a new 18" doll to sew for. Love sewing doll clothing and collect dolls.
I use a large hair clip to keep my up and out of my face. My granddaughter loves scrunchies! And I made quite a few for her mother in the eighties. My own mother had a saying, “Never through out clothes and shoes. Fashion eventually comes back around.” Wish I would have listened.
My favorite hair accessor for my “girls” are the tiny butterfly clips. I can do so many things with them. I use them to hold their hair back like a barrette or on top of a pony tail, at the bottom of plates. Scrunchies are my second favorite since they wear alot of pony tails and dog ears.
On myself, the most used hair accessory is a ponytail holder, or a mini-clip to hold my bangs back or give me a puff on top of my head. On my dolls, I love the little jeweled hair clips to give them a pop of sparkle.
Mostly I wear a large hair clip (you know, the bite ones) to anchor my bun. My hair is nearly to my rear, so don’t trust anything else! Almost embarrassed to admit that I knew the scrunchie pattern a little too well being a child of the 80s myself…well born in mid 70s but that means 80s is what I remember