Headband Refashion
Our headband had a flower that was starting to look a little tired and worn so we made it new again! This braided ribbon could embellish many things— a hair clip would be cute too! These headbands would make great handmade gifts for little girls to make each other!
Woven Ribbon Headband
Gather a headband and about 4 1/2 yards of ribbon. You can use any with — I chose 1/4 inch. The braiding will be two toned if the ribbon is different on the front and back, another nice look!
Begin by finding the middle of the ribbon. In the middle of the ribbon make a loop crossing the left side over the right. (which way you start doesn’t matter — I am left handed)
Now bring the bottom ribbon up and make a loop and send it through the beginning loop that you just made by crossing the ribbon.
Pull the right side snug.
Now repeat for the other side, picking up the right side, making a loop and sending it up through the loop just made on the other side.
Pull the left side snug. Make a loop with the left side sending it through the loop made on the other side.
Pull right side snug.
Continue braiding until you have a piece long enough to cover the headband. Clip the end.
Bring the other side over and then trim. Fold ends under and hot glue.
Hot glue ribbon to headband.
Finished!
Annie Burleson
If you want a 6 inch braided ribbon you need 8 times the length
of the braided ribbon to start the braid. That would be 48 inches.
Hope this helps.
Doris Anderson from Canada.
If you look how the ribbon is looped, front-wise, like a collar of a shirt with the starting left piece over the right piece, the tutorial then tells you to take the back piece and loop it through the front. This DOES NOT, make the resultant knot shown. What results is a weird, tangled bottom.
To get it right, you have to cross the right side over the left, then take the FRONT piece and loop it to the back. Basically the complete opposite of what the tutorial says to do and what is pictured, but if you do this, you get the exact knot in the third picture. Hope this helps someone. It was so frustrating following the pictures and words EXACTLY and the result was utterly wrong. Trust me on this, do the exact opposite and then you will get the pretty pointed bottom.
What still irks me is that I can't figure out what the technique is called. Everytime I try to figure it out I can't seem to find a name for it.
When I googled ribbon braiding/weaving before, it comes up with so many different ways, but none of them have names!
There's got to be a name for the different ways, or something!
That's why it took me over an hour to find the right tutorial for the one I bought.
I bookmarked your site, in case I forgot, or someone else wanted to know. But, I still don't know what to call it..
FA-BU-LOUS! A lot of detail in the tutorial. You may want to make the first few steps clearer in the pictures. I had a bit of trouble understanding what to do. But THANKS! That's all I want to say. :D
Thanks for sharing.
Helen
Blue Eyed Beauty Blog
I made it over the weekend and it was very easy,a person can take the same methord,and take thin rope to make friendship bracelets
http://www.mayarts.com/blog/flip-flops-with-flair/
Here's the link: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oFFUhXC8TSo/STXFBKQdRpI/AAAAAAAAACw/Y_5C79dxxVM/s1600/hobbylobby1.jpg
-Stephanie Marie
Check out my pinterest, I'll be posting a finished pic of this headband and another neat DIY I came up with for this! ;)
love.............nancy
I linked it in a series I'm writing for my blog (http://rock-n-roll-stops-the-traffic.blogspot.it/2012/05/diy-from-head-to-toe-9.html#more), hope you don't mind :)
http://nashbr3eze.blogspot.com/
First, I don't suggest using ribbon larger than 5/8 -- I tried 7/8 even after getting the technique down) and it wasn't very pretty. Second, pay attention to the way in which she has looped the ribbon above. For example, note that her initial loop is not like an awareness ribbon (folded inward). Rather, it is folded the other way. It makes a difference. This brings me to my third tip...when you start inserting the loops, again pay attention to the direction of the fold (it should be the same every time, making sure none of the ribbon is twisted. Lastly, do not pull the ribbon too tightly. When the instructions said to "pull snug", I thought took that to mean "tightly". Wrong. Instead, pull just enough to get a flat braid. If you pull tightly, the ribbon gathers.
I hope this helps, at least a little! Good luck!
I loved this tutorial so much I have featured it on my blog.
You can see it here....
http://allysonadeney.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/handmade-gift-ideas-with-tutorials-kids-little-boys-little-girls/
... if you like.
Thanks for taking the time to put it together and sharing it.
Ally on harrysdesk
Thanks so much
I'm gonna make one
and put it on my blog with your link
gonna look on youre site
keep up the nice work
~Laura~
I linked to it on my blog http://birgitkerr.blogspot.com/2010/09/headband-from-scraps.html
Would love for you to link up to my Headband Link party over at Little Miss Momma! Here's the link:
http://littlemissmomma.blogspot.com/2010/09/headband-week-link-party-and-surprise.html
Kisses from Spain.
Great tutorial, by the way. I'll have to make a few decorated headbands for my daughter!
Thanks!
When I was about 10 plastic cord (we called it "gimp") was all the rage and we used two colours and this type of braid to make bracelets.
I think I like it even better in ribbon, but if you are trying to teach young kids how to do this, gimp is great because its stiff enough that the loops hold their shape.
I'll have to dig out my ribbon stash and try it.
Thanks for the inspiration!
http://tinyurl.com/2dqxmw7
Thanks!
Thank you
Thanks for Sharing
Hammer & Thread