I've owned these cheap headbands from Walmart since my senior year of high school which was about three years ago... and never wore them since I bought the whole pack just so I could have one of the colors for school dance I was going to. Anyways, I never wear them, and all my headbands break on me since I probably have a big head, so I decided to re-do some of these headbands so I could have more options to wear.
First off, I want to state that I am no where near perfect, and a lot of the time, my projects turn out pretty crappy, so the second headband you'll be seeing is one of those.
Items needed:
Headband
Trim or ribbon
hot glue (not E6000 like I first tried out)
First, I decided which headband and trim I wanted to use, and I thought these two made a good combo.
I laid it out against the headband to see where I wanted the design, and to also make sure that I would have enough to do it. Once I got it aligned, I started hot gluing the sides down. I wish I would have hot glued the top, but I didn't in fear of the glue seeping through.
I burned my fingers...a lot... so if you're going to use a trim or ribbon like this that has holes throughout, please wear gloves or something to protect yourself from getting those nasty burns. Here's what it looked like half way through. I really should have taken a photo of my fingers as well. ;)
And she's done! I just cut off the extra fraying parts, and she was done. I love the pattern on this one and the blue peeking through.
Now, on this one, I thought I was being super clever by using ribbon that was just a tad bit wider than the headband, and I would just glue the tiny edges down as well. That's where this all went wrong...
I was smart though and glue the top down! It made it a lot easier to handle, and it made the headband smooth as well.
This is what she looked like before I glued those tiny sides down....yeah... don't do that. I definitely got burned more than I did with the last one, and I will not be wearing this headband. Sometimes things just don't work out, and that's okay. :) Later on I did try this method out again, but instead of just covering the outside in ribbon, I did the inside as well and glue those side pieces together. This worked out SO much better, and it actually looks pretty professional if I do say so myself. I'll have to post a picture later.
