Recently I've amassed a slightly ridiculous amount of headbands, all with the same design, but in an array of colours. See below....
I absolutely love them, and clearly have one for every outfit imaginable(!) but maybe I have a weird shaped head or something, as they never sit well on my head. Which is true of all elasticated headband type things. I end up taking them off when I get annoyed of them slipping, or just not wearing them, which is both a shame and waste of cash! So today, whilst trying to wear the yellow one (and using grips to try and pin it to my head) I got annoyed once again and decided I would cut the elastic off and glue the woven band to a alice band. I have plenty of plain ones I never use (other than to keep hair off my face when in the shower or applying make-up) and thought I'd put them to a better use!
See supplies below (although I've just realised my scissors and glue gun aren't in the picture, so as opposed to being a 'supplies' photo it's more of a 'stuff I'm going to cut and glue together' photo. Bear with me)...
I started off by snipping the elastic bottom parts off the band completely.
Then I pretty much just started gluing! Both the original and the plain bands must be pretty standard in size (which confirms I do not have a standard head) as they seemed to be the same in length and fit.
I glued at each end of the band, and also at the (slightly off-centre) larger woven part. I'm hoping this is enough hold. As it's a woven design, I think trying to glue the whole thing down may be a bit of a hoo-ha.
As you can see, the fit is pretty spot on. They all ended up like this.
Here's a closer look at the inside. Basically it's glued along the centre of the big weave part.
Here's the end result! Pretty and wearable satiny headbands! I'm really pleased!
Turns out I have 7. One for every day of the week?!
lots of love, gwynypie
xoxos
