How to Make Women's Accessories

Accessories include jewelry pieces as well as handbags.

Accessories add accent to your outfits, whether they be casual and sporty or glamorous and formal. Accessories include items such as belts, handbags, shoes, jewelry and a variety of other accent pieces that complete the look and appeal of your best ensembles. Making your own accessories offers you the ability to experiment with a variety of textures, colors, designs and materials to take advantage of your own creativity.

Things You'll Need

• Fabric
• Sewing machine (threaded)
• Scissors
• Jewelry supplies
• Fabric glue
• Elastic

Instructions

Hair Accessories

1. 

   Assortment of fabrics.

   Cut a strip of fabric measuring 12 inches long by 4 inches wide. Use any color or design you like.

2. 

   Keeping elastic in your sewing kit offers convenience when making accessories.

   Cut a strip of elastic measuring 6 inches long. Use a piece of 1/4 inch-wide elastic.

3. Fold the strip of material in half lengthwise and sew the overlapping edges together in a straight line. This creates a tube-like structure out of the fabric.

4. Insert the strip of elastic into one end of the fabric tube. Feed it through until the elastic pokes through the other end of the tube. Bunch the fabric up as you pull the elastic through it.

5. Sew the ends of the elastic together, making sure not to sew the fabric to the elastic.

6. Adhere the ends of the fabric together, without attaching them to the elastic, using fabric glue. Allow the hair tie to dry for 2 hours before wearing.

Boho Wrist Bands

1. Cut three strips of fabric measuring 8 inches long by 2 inches wide.

2. Layer the strips of fabric together evenly at one end using fabric glue to keep them in place. Leave the other end strips free-flowing. Let glue dry for 15 minutes.

3. Braid the dangling strips of fabric tightly.

4. Glue the end of the braid in the same manner as before. Both ends of the braided fabric should be flatly glued.

5. Secure the wrist band together using a medium-sized safety pin.

Tips & Warnings

• Safety pins can be embellished with glued beads and glitter to add a glitzy touch to handmade women's accessories.

• Small silk flowers can be added to any accessory for an extra feminine appeal.