I was asking around to a few nurse friends to see if they wanted some face masks I was making and I heard back that the real need was the headbands with buttons to connect their face masks too so their ears don't get all torn up!
Just like that I decided it had to be done! I read about a few different ways this could be done and went on my way.
Here's what I did!
What You Need:
Stretchy Fabric
Sewing machine
Thread
Scissors or Rotary Cutter
Pins
Button
Needle
What You Do:
Start by cutting a rectangular piece of fabric, 9 Inches wide by 20 inches long. be sure the stretch of the fabric goes longways.
Next fold your fabric in half, hot dog style with the right sides facing in. Pin along the long side of the fabric.
Take this long piece of fabric over to the sewing maching and sew down the raw edges. I like using a zig-zag stitch with this stretchy material. Backstitch on both ends.
Once your edges are sewn together, flip your fabric right side out and lay it flat on the table with the seam centered but facing the table.
Next your going to bring your two short ends together by shifting one end upwards so that the center seam hits the end of the opposite end.
Then you will fold the end hanging off around the opposite end to sandwitch it inside. Then do that with the other piece of fabric so it looks like two C's tucked into one another.
Pin these pieces together.
Now take your fabric over to the sewing machine. You can use a straight stitch for this part, curving your stitch into a cresent so the top of the curve is towards the raw edge. Back stitch on each end.
Next you can trim the excess fabric to reduce any bulkyness above the cresent.
Now you can flip your headband around so the stitch going long ways across the headband is now on the inside and your faux not is facing out.
To figure out where to place the buttons I put the headband on and marked where my ears were. I then attached two buttons on each side for the straps of the face mask.
Once both buttons are on, you're good to go!
Enjoy!
If you liked this tutorial and tried it for yourself, we would love to hear about it! If you have any suggestions for how we can improve our headbands we would love to hear that as well. Send us a message or comment below!
Thanks for reading!
Jen
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