How to Make a Scrunchie

This Instructable is focused on how to sew a scrunchie by hand. It can be done with a machine as well, but this particular scrunchie was sewn by hand. The time it took to sew the scrunchie by hand was around one hour.

Cute a 26" by 3.5" piece of fabric

Cut an 11" piece of elastic and set it to the side

Iron the fabric to remove all wrinkles and creases

Fold (overlap) the fabric to 13" to where the desired (right side) is not showing

Fold the overlapped fabric in half "hotdog style", and use safety pins to hold the fabric in place.

Fold one end (out) (1/2") to where a small portion of the correct side is showing

Stitch a 1/4" seam on the open side of the folded fabric

Attach a safety pin to one side of the fabric and pull in through the inside of the tubular shaped fabric (this will turn it "right side out")

Take a safety pin and attach it to the elastic

Run the safety pin (connected to the elastic) through the fabric to where the fabric now surrounds the elastic

Tie the elastic in a knot and place the raw end of the scrunchie into the previously folded end of the scrunchie and sow the two together