January 2009 - Fabric covered button hair tie tutorial

Want to make the easiest last minute gift ever? I've made these for the young and old and they're always a hit and so quick too!
You'll need...
1 x self covered button
1 x scrap piece of fabric for the outside and a small circle for inside, a little bigger than the above button
1 x snagless hair elastic

scissors, needle, thread

STEP 1: Place your button on the scrap piece of fabric and cut a circle around it about 1cm bigger

Also cut out a tiny circle the same size as your button
Lay them on top of each other wrong sides facing up.

Step 2: Place your button on the top and wrap the fabric around it securing it with the little teeth around the inside rim.

Step 3: Snap the back of the button on.....I do use my teeth but be careful not to dent the button if you're using a metal button ;-)

Step 4: Take a needle and thread and thread it through the shank of the button, around the hair elastic and back through the shank. Pull the thread until the elastic pops through the shank.

Step 5: Position the join of the elastic so it's close to the shank and feed one end of the elastic through the other end and pull tightly.

Done!! How fun was that....now go and make a hundred of them! (In my house with three little girls we need about a hundred, I swear they must eat them!)