How to Make a Silk Hair Wrap

Silk fabric varies in texture, color and style.

Taking care of your hair proves to be an important routine, especially if your hair is long and thick. Silk hair wraps keep your hair into place while you sleep, work or exercise. Making your own silk hair wraps allows you the ability to experiment with a wide variety of colors, prints, textures and styles to create your own fashionable hair accessories. An easy endeavor for even the novice seamstress, making silk hair wraps offers you the ability to make your haircare regimen even craftier.

Things You'll Need

• Square of silk material (24x24 inches)
• Fabric glue (maximum strength)
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Spread a 24x24-inch square of fabric in front of you on a flat surface. Make sure to ease out any wrinkles in the fabric.

2. Squeeze a thin line of maximum-strength fabric glue along each edge of the square of silk fabric.

3. Fold in each edge of the fabric about a quarter of an inch. Smooth the edges as you press the fold. This creates a hemmed edge without the need for a needle and thread.

4. Give the fabric square about 15 minutes to dry and set.

5. Spread the fabric out before you with the exposed glued side facing upward. Cut a thin slit about an inch long, diagonally, in the bottom right-hand corner of the fabric.

6. Squeeze a very thin line of fabric glue around the edges of the slit.

7. Fold the edges of the slit inward no more than an eighth of an inch. This creates a very small hemmed slit within the corner of the fabric. Let the fabric square dry for another hour before using it.

Tips & Warnings

• The silk hair wrap wraps around your head, encasing your hair, in a variety of ways. Once it is wrapped, one end of the fabric is pulled through the thin slit to secure it.