Let's go for a little sewing time together! Unpack your ready-to-sew kit and thread your machine with the provided spool of Gütermann thread: first fill your empty bobbin, then thread your machine, carefully threading the thread into each nook and cranny provided.

• Place the right side of the fabric facing you
• Position your <disclothed> paris textile label (provided in your kit) on your fabric - more or less in the middle

⚠️ Don't make a mistake when positioning your label! The white part (without the logo) must be on the edge side, and not the other way around:

• Fold your rectangle lengthwise, right sides together and aligning the 2 layers of fabric edge to edge, so as to cover your label < disclothed > paris
• Pin all the way to hold everything in place

We will now stitch our fabric all the way through to create a kind of "tube." We will purposely leave a little space at the beginning and end of the stitching (you will quickly understand why):

• Set the straight stitch on your machine and test it on a scrap piece.

💡  The settings on your machine are used to obtain a nice stitch: it should be neither too tight (at the risk of making your fabric warp), nor too loose (unattractive and not very solid)

• Place your fabric under your presser foot, 0.7 cm from the edge - this is the mark that runs along the presser foot

💡 In fact, we indicated above that our seam allowances are 0.7 cm for this model: this means that you must sew your scrunchy < 90's > 0.7 cm from the edge of the fabric

❓ What is a seam allowance? When you join two pieces of fabric together, 1 cm from the edge for example, you end up with a margin of 1 cm between the edge of your fabric and your stitching. This is called the "seam allowance" - also called "seam allowance":

• So, straight stitch all the way, 0.7 cm from the edge and leaving the space we have planned at the beginning and end of our tube: we start with a backstitch, we sew all the way trying to sew as straight as possible, and we don't forget the backstitch at the end as well. Cut the excess threads.

❓ What is a backstitch? A backstitch is basically like tying a knot when sewing by hand. Backstitching is done every time (with some exceptions) you start and finish a stitch, to secure the seam.

❓ How to make a backstitch? To make a backstitch, simply machine-stitch your fabric normally over 3 stitches, then reverse over these same 3 stitches before continuing your stitching forward. When you reach the end of the stitching, we make another 3 stitches backward to make the final backstitch. Going over these 3 stitches on the machine allows us to tie the threads together and therefore secure our seam.

Here's what you get:

We will now turn our scrunchy right side out.

➡️ Remember, we assembled our tube "right side against right side": we therefore see the wrong side of our fabric and must therefore turn the tube over to have it on its right side

• Take your safety pin and pin one of the 2 ends of your tube
• Tuck the safety pin inside the tube and slide it all the way through until it comes out completely on the other side
• Once the tube is completely turned inside out, remove the safety pin and iron to flatten the seam.

Here's what you get once your scrunchy is completely turned inside out:

• Take the elastic provided in your kit: we have provided 60 cm of length to allow you to sew your 3 scrunchies. To determine the length of each of the 3 elastics, simply wrap the elastic around your wrist and cut where it seems comfortable (especially if you are the type to keep your scrunchies more often on your wrist than in your hair)
• Then take your safety pin and pin one of the 2 ends of your elastic
• Slide your safety pin inside your scrunchy and slide it all the way through until it comes out on the other side: the safety pin actually serves as a guide

⚠️ Hold the other end of your elastic band securely throughout this operation so that it does not get lost inside

• Once the round is finished, pin the 2 ends of your elastic together
• Machine or hand-stitch a few times to hold them together. Don't be afraid to do a few to ensure your scrunchy lasts.

• Pull on your scrunchy: the elastic disappears inside and you can finally recognize the shape of a scrunchy!

To do this, nothing could be simpler. We will simply stitch along this opening, as close to the edge as possible.

• Pin all along the opening, folding your seam allowances inside.
• Very simply, come and stitch your scrunchy along this opening, as close to the edge as possible, without forgetting as usual to start and finish your stitch with a stop stitch
• Cut off any excess threads

💡 Good to know: this type of stitching "closest to the edge" is called a "rib stitch"

❓ What is a pintuck? It's a decorative stitch, also called a "hair stitch" (but it's rare, honestly), which is sewn 1 or 2 millimeters from the edge of a fabric (or a fold). Beyond its purely decorative function, pintuck stitching can be used to reinforce a seam, flatten an area, or even keep a seam lying in one direction. In our case, it allows you to discreetly close an opening.

❓ How to make a ribbed stitch? We position ourselves on the right side of our work and we come to sew with a straight stitch, all along our fold / our seam, at a distance of 1 or 2 millimeters. There is therefore nothing very complicated, the only difficulty with the ribbed stitch is to make it as regularly as possible (perfectly parallel to the fold / the reference seam). But if it is not perfect, it is not a big deal (especially on a scrunchy)!

💡 Note that it is also possible to close this opening using an invisible stitch, but this is really not necessary on this type of project.

We hope you had a good time with us.
In any case, you can be proud of yourself, you are now the happy owner of a 100% home-made model!

If you have any questions about this model, please do not hesitate to contact us, we are here to help you: hello@disclothed-paris.com .
Finally, don't forget to tag us on Instagram with the hashtags #disclothedbyme and #scrunchies90s , we love seeing your creations!

PS: If you have a closed Instagram profile, we can't see your photos even if you tag us. Feel free to share your photos with us via private message in this case!

We can't wait to see the result 🖤