Grab your favorite CD and by the time it’s played through, you’ll have made this fun headband using only the CD case as a template! So put on the music and here we go!
Some Handy Tools…
A rotary cutter and cutting mat or scissors, ruler, washable fabric pencil, iron
Pick out some 100% cotton fabrics in various prints and colors. This is a great opportunity to use up scraps from previous projects!
1. Wash and press all of your chosen fabrics.
2. Lay your CD case on top of your fabric on your cutting mat and cut around it with the rotary cutter. Don’t worry about being super-accurate, you can square them up later. If you find cutting around the CD case awkward, you can trace around it with a washable fabric pencil, and then cut it out with your rotary cutter or scissors. Cut out 14 squares for a 61” headband (pictured). You can cut out more for a headband with longer tails, or less for a shorter one.
3. Lay out the squares in an order you like. Lay the squares on top of each other, right sides facing. Come to your sewing machine and using a straight stitch, join the pairs to make 7 pairs of 2. Then sew these sections together until you have one long chain of squares.
4. Press the seams open
5. Cut the strip in half, lengthwise, making 2 long narrower strips each roughly 2.5” wide.
6. Put the two strips you’ve created together, right sides facing, offset them slightly lengthwise, then pin.
7. Sew the 2 strips together, trim ends even, and press open the center seam.
8. Fold this strip in half lengthwise, right sides together, and pin.
9. With a straight stitch, sew the short end closed, and then continue sewing down the length of the strip, forming a long tube.
10. Using the closed end of your scissors (or a knitting needle), turn the tube right side out.
11. Snip the seam in the short end out (this was just to help in turning the headband right side out) and press the headband flat, placing the center seam wherever you wish to create the desired look.
12. Finish off your headband by tying knots in the ends.
