Easy Reversible Headband

I haven't done any sewing, or any other types of projects this week. My week has been busy! This is back to school week here at our house. What about your house? My little girl doesn't start kindergarten officially until next week but this week has been full of  "meet and greets" and other sorts of things. My big girl (above), started grade one on Tuesday. I think grade 1 has been harder for me than kindergarten. In kindergarten she only went half a day, this full day stuff is sad! I miss my baby!

The photo above was taken right after school today. Others warned me that she might be tired or grouchy at the end of the day as she got used to the longer days. I haven't seen tired or grouchy yet! So far she seems to be loving every minute of it. I feel like I need to make up for the time missed during the day and scramble to get some good one on one time with her in the evening.

I thought I'd share with you a little sewing project that I make often. Easy, as in 15 mins from start to finish!

My big girl hates having her hair up. Of course,  I force her to have her hair done most of the time. Our mornings usually always go the same, her whining and crying about me doing her hair while I snap at her to stand still and try to wrestle ponies or french braids into her hair. Some days though I let her have her way, and when I do she wears a headband!

These are the absolute best headbands. The ones you find at the store never work right for my kiddos. They always complain about them hurting behind the ears, or they constantly fall off. These ones are comfy and actually stay on, plus you can make them to match any mama made outfit or coordinate with their other outfits! Perfect in my book!

Now, sorry once again about the horrible photos, there is never good light at midnight. This head band was made late at night, the night before her first day of school.

What you will need:
-Velcro (touch tape)
- Fabric scraps
- Measuring tape
- Sewing machine etc.

Start by taking the measuring tape and put it around your child's head like it is a headband. Record the measurement.

Now, I take the measurement above and add 4 inches (so when closing the headband it overlaps by about 2 inches. You can go smaller for a smaller child). I cut the width of my headband 2 inches.

So, my child's measurement was 20 inches. I cute two pieces of fabric 24 inches by 2 inches.

 Starting about 5 inches up from one end taper in the end of your fabric on each side. You can make sure each side has the same taper by folding in half lengthwise and cutting on the fold. I do this so it is a little narrower at the nape of their neck. You can skip this step but I think it helps the headband fit nicer to their head.
Make sure both ends of both fabric pieces are cut exactly the same. You can do this by layering them on top of each other using the first one as a template. Make sure that the end of your headband is stil at least 1.5 inches or so if using 1 inch velcro.

Take your two fabrics right sides together and sew together using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Sew down one long side, one short side and the 2nd long side leaving one end open.

One your sewn short side clip your corners being careful not to snip through your stitching.

Turn right side out through your open end and press. Your open short side, press the raw edges in 1/4 inch. Topstitch around close to the edge.

As you topstitch around you will close up the other short end you left open.

Cut your velcro. I cut my pieces 2 inches long. Sew the hook part of your velcro to one end of your headband. Flip your headband over to the other side (so you can now see the other fabric) and sew your loop portion of the velcro the end of that side. Each piece of the velcro needs to be on opposite sides of the headband to fit together properly.

The first time I made one of these I thought it would slip out of their hair like every other headband. For whatever reason they don't! All day at school and still perfect! We use these lots too when their hair is in a pany tail as it keeps the flyaways back. Flip it to the other side and they have an entirely different headband for the next day! :)

I hope you are all settling into the back to school routine. Whether you home school, or send your kids off to school, I hope your week is running smoothly! :)

It's been interesting to watch the poll on the right sidebar. Can't wait to see which pattern we'll be doing!