Head Wrap

Stylish and chic, inspired by a picture on-line, here is a tutorial for an easy to make head wrap for cool or windy weather as well as hair loss. I make head coverings for chemo patients, and will include a few of these in the selection I have available.

What you Need:

Fabric:  22” (56 cm) x 16” (41 cm)

Tie: 1 3/8” (3 cm)  x 36” (92 cm) OR ribbon 36” (92 cm)

Co-ordinating sewing thread

Paper-backed fusible web, 4 pieces 1 1/2 inches square.  (These are used to fuse areas of this head wrap together to make inserting the tie easier)

The Process:

Edge-finish all 4 edges of the fabric using a serger or a stitch on your sewing machine.

Press 1/2” to the wrong side at whichever long side will be around the face and stitch down.  Use a decorative stitch if desired, but be sure to stabilize if you do.

Measure 2 1/2 inches (5 cm) from the top, fold with wrong sides together and press to form the face-band. 

Stitch along the new fold with the face-band facing up to form a tuck.    Again, use a decorative stitch if desired, stabilized.  Press the tuck away from the face-band.

The face band between the stitching  is 2 inches wide.  You could add decorative stitching in this area if desired, again, be sure to stabilize if you do.  At this stage you could also add embellishments or embroidery to the rest if the fabric while the fabric is still flat.

Fuse the web squares to the wrong side, 1 at each bottom corner and 1 at the side edge just below the face-band.  

Peel the paper off the 2 near the face-band and fold the fabric up so the webbing is against the face-band, then fold the remainder back down to form a pleat below the face-band.  Press to fuse.

Peel the paper off the remaining squares and fold each corner in diagonally onto itself.  Press to fuse.

Press each of the 3 remaining edges to the wrong side by 5/8 inch.    There should be a bit of a space  at each of the 2 corners you just fused. 

Sew along all 3 sides with 1/2 inch seam allowance to make a casing for the tie.

You can use a  length of ribbon for the tie, or make your own from the same fabric, I’ve done both. 

To make a narrow tie, start with a strip of fabric 1 3/8 inches wide.    Press in half longways with wrong sides together, then open it out and press each edge to the center crease. 

Refold and press, then stitch down the center.

(I use a bias tape maker to fold the outer edges in, then bring those folds together and press to make the tie.)

Feed the tie into the casing beginning at the face-band, through the back and back out the other side of the face band.

To secure the tie and permanently gather the back, adjust one side so it’s flat and the end of the tie is sticking out by about 3 inches.  Sew through the tie to secure.  Pull the other end of the tie to gather the back as tightly as you can, then sew to secure.  Trim the tie if needed.

To wear, pull the ties to gather the sides and tie at the back. 

If you have any questions about this pattern, please email me at yvettechilcott (at) yahoo (dot) ca

To purchase a 1 page printable PDF, for $1.50 US, please click the link below.  Note that the document is a PDF intended to be opened in Adobe Reader, a free download.  Click here for Adobe Reader.

Many thanks to my friend Suzanne for inspiring me to design this newest head wrap.  Here are links to my other ones:

Scrub Cap  

Comfort Caps