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How to Easily Create a Hair Towel Wrap in Under 15 Minutes
Mar 26, 2024
Ready to learn an easy way to keep your hair from dripping all over your clothes? Then check out this video about making a Hair Towel Wrap for beginners. In just a few simple steps, you’ll know how to make the perfect accessory for your next shower.
No more rubbing your hair roughly with a towel and damaging it.
From tying the head towel twist to making sure the wrap fits around your head, this tutorial will show you everything you need to know to get the perfect towel wrap. Don’t let soggy hair ruin your look. Learn how to keep it out of the way with an easy-to-make Hair Towel Wrap.
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In this video I'm going to show you how to make your own easy DIY hair towel wrap
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They're great for your hair because you don't have to rub it so you don't do any damage and they're so easy to make
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So all you're going to need is some toweling or some other absorbent material
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You could even use old t-shirts. I recommend an old towel or like I'm using an old toweling robe
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And you're going to want some elastic. Now I'm not going to specify a particular elastic
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Use whatever you've got but you just want something that's quite stretchy. Not something that's like an inch or two inches thick
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And you're going to want the pattern that I've got for free for you
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The link's on the screen and it's also in the description below
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Or you could make your own when you see the shape of it shortly and I'll give you some more dimensions
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So you can go and get that and you're also going to need a button
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It doesn't matter what size because you're going to cut your elastic to fit it
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Okay, so that's everything you need. And obviously your basic sewing supplies
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So assuming you've been and got the pattern, simply cut out all the pieces ready to assemble them
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Now if you've printed off on something other than A4, you may find yours are slightly smaller
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Don't worry about it. I did design this pattern to fit my head which is really quite large
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So once you've printed them and cut them out, you're going to assemble them
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So basically you're going to put them all together so that they look like that shape that you want to end up with
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But you need to overlap them slightly. Now what I did was I overlapped them by about half an inch, a centimetre, that sort of amount
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There's nothing precise here. And I ended up with a shape that was 27 inches long and 12 inches high
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Now that fits my large head. So it's up to you if you want to scale it down or indeed up
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But that does make a nice big wrap that is nice and comfortable and doesn't pull tight
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Try and cut the circulation off. So once you've assembled it, it's time to cut out your fabric
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So whatever you're using, you need to make a pair of that shape
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So you're going to cut two out. Now if your pattern has a right and a wrong side, you're going to end up putting them together so that the right sides are together
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If you're using toweling like me, it probably hasn't got a right and a wrong side so you don't have to worry
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You'll see I'm just cutting out one and then I will cut out another, which I'm not going to show you
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Just because mine's out of a robe and I have to get it out of where I can and save as much as I can for my other projects
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Which if you look in the description below, you'll find some of my other projects out of this toweling robe
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So once you've got two and notice you cut them out exactly on the pattern, the seam allowance is already allowed for
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You're going to pin the two shapes together. So remember that if you've got a right and a wrong side, you've got the right sides together
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And basically for all of this, we're going to use a half inch seam allowance
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So you want to put your pins half an inch in. And once you've done all that curved edge, we're going to come to the short straight edge
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Now what we need to do is trap your elastic in there. So the first thing to do is to cut a length of elastic
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Now it doesn't matter if you cut it too long, just don't cut it too short
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So you can see that I'm just testing it around my button and then allowing a whole load more elastic to go through my seam
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You don't want to be struggling, you want a lot of elastic to go through that seam. So you can see I've probably cut mine about two and a half inches
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But just check it around your button and make sure there's plenty
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And then you want to take that elastic loop and put it inside your fabric
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So form a loop and make sure the loop goes inside. And that the two ends are comfortably trapped in that seam
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So you can see them poking out. A clip. Really good idea here to stop your elastic escaping
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But I've just used a pin here. And then it's really important that you just flick through and check that loop
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Check you've got a loop and also check the size of it
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Now I can see by eye that mine's a little bit too big. So I'm just going to pull some more elastic through
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And then it's a really good idea to check it with the button
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And your button wants to pass through easily. But not so easily it's just going to come straight back out again
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You do want your elastic to have to do a little bit of stretching. So again I'm pulling a bit more through
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Check it again and then once you're really happy with it and you're sure that loop's going to be nice and easy for you to use
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but not so loose that the button just flies back through. You're ready to take it over to the machine
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And you're going to sew all the way along the curved edge that you've done
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and along that straight edge. And you're going to stick with your half inch seam allowance
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So start at one end. Now I've started at the wider end because I think that's easier
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And simply sew half an inch or an inch. And then a bit of reverse just to secure those ends so nothing comes unraveled
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And then you're going to just work your way round. And make sure that you stick with your half inch seam allowance
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and that you don't catch your pins in. And just keep going along there
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And you're going to sew all the way along the curved edge until you get to half an inch from the end
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And then we need to turn and go down the straight short edge
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So make sure that your needle is in right through your fabric
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Lift the foot and turn the whole thing so that you're heading off down that straight section
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Put your foot back down and then you're going to sew straight along right to the edge
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And I recommend that when you get to that far edge you reverse all the way back
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And then come back down to that bottom edge. So what you're doing is sewing that elastic in three times
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and making sure it's really secure. Because that's where the most strain is going to be when you're using this towel wrap
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So then cut off your threads and the next step. So as you can see that's sewn
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Got a nice seam. If you don't like having a seam stuck up inside
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you could flatten it down and do a row of top stitching to hold it in place
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I didn't. But you could do if that suits you. Or maybe if you're giving it as a gift and you want to make it super special
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So then we need to deal with this raw edge along the bottom. So just set yourself going part way along
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And if you're using a thick towelling like I am just do a single hem half an inch
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If you're using a thinner fabric, for example an old t-shirt you might be better doing a little double hem
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So do quarter of an inch and then quarter of an inch. None of these measurements are crucial
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because it's going to just fit your head anyway. Now just be careful when you get to the ends where you've got those seams
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it does get a little bit thick. So just take your time to make sure you get it turned up the right amount
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and that it sits nicely. And then you just carry on all the way around
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Pin it. It's up to you if you want to tack it but I think really you'll probably be alright just pinning it all in place
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Just make sure it's all the same size. I don't measure. You can do if you want
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I just do it by eye. Again when you get to the thick seam just be careful
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And then you should get back to where you started and it should lie flat and look nice
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So then once you're happy all that's done and you've got a nice edge it's back to the machine to sew all the way around it
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So I recommend starting sort of part way along one side because you don't want to be messing about over where your seams are
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when you come to tidy your ends up. And I personally just set off and sew along that hem
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You can do a little reverse if you want to but you don't need to because you're going to loop all the way around
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and then you're going to go over the stitching that you started with
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So just feed it carefully through. Again when you get to those seams it's quite thick
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It's really quite bulky. You should just be careful. If you have any trouble you can always turn the machine by hand
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to get yourself through it. And keep going. You can see I'm just taking the pins out as I go
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And eventually when you've gone over this other seam you're going to come back to where you started
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So make sure that what you do is sew over the stitches
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from where you started so that you secure those and they don't come unraveled
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And then once you've got those secured a little reverse, back forwards and you're done
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So now you have got your basic shape for your hair towel wrap
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you just can't secure it to your head yet. So turn it the right way out
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and you'll see your elastic at the short end. You've got that loop
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So double checking my button again. If there'd been a problem I might have just picked another button out of my stash
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So all you're going to do is sew that button on the wider end
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So you're going to sew it near the bottom near the double hem or single hem that you've just sewn
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and you want a double thread on your needle and a knot on the end and push it through that inner seam
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Do a few stitches just to secure it. You could even put the needle through the loop
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and make it more secure. And then you bring the needle through onto the right side
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and up through your button. So you're coming up through one hole
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back down through the other and back down through the wrap. And then you're just going to keep repeating that
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through those two holes until you're happy it's nice and secure. If you've got a button with four holes
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you're going to do it with the two holes and then do it with the other two holes
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Once you're happy it's secure you're just going to finish off on the wrong side
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using that seam again. So just do a little stitch and then put your needle through the loop of thread
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pull it tight. Repeat as many times as you like and you've made it secure
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So now all you need to do is use it. So simply place it on your head
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tuck all your hair in wrap your hair in bring the loop over
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and hook it over the button and your hair will dry nicely while you're doing something else
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Hope you've enjoyed the video. Please subscribe below if you want to see more of my videos as they come out
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and good luck with your hair towel wrap. Thank you for watching
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