D.I.Y Wrap Around Velcro Ponytail (Very Detailed, Sewing Machine Friendly & Pattern Included)

Hey guys so today i'm going to be showing you how to make this velcro ponytail. It was super duper easy to make. What you'll need will be down in the description box, along with a pattern as well, so stay tuned, okay guys. So i'm going to start with this paper pattern that i created it will be down in the description box, so you'll be able to print that off and use it. It'S just on regular copy paper. What i'm going to do first is go ahead and fold. The lace in half i want basically to double the lace that i'm sewing the wefts on just to kind of make it a little stronger. So i'm going to fold that in half here and then i'm going to pin the pattern to the lace and then cut it. I also pin the the two sides of lace together just to kind of keep it from sliding, while i'm cutting. So i'm just going to go ahead and do that. Okay, now i'm going to go ahead and pin this down it's a little hard to get the pins through the copy paper, but just work with it. It'Ll it'll eventually go through. Let'S see here, okay, i'm just speeding this along because it was a long process. Sewing is one of those things that does take patience, so i'm going to go ahead and cut this out. Okay, now that we have the pattern cut out, we're going to go ahead and move on to the bias fold tape which we're going to use around the edges. So we're going to stay away from the top and just use it on around that the oval part of the pattern. So, as you can see how i'm placing it right, so it's just going to go there. It'S not going to go around the top okay, so you're going to need to iron it before you sew. It you're going to basically fold it in half and iron it down, because the way that the this is going to go on it's going to. Basically, the lace is going to be sandwiched in between this, so it's basically going to act as a trim. So it's going to go around that lace, so lace is going to sit in the middle and you're going to sew around that. So you want to go ahead and iron, it just to make it a little bit easier and kind of give it the shape that you need to sew it on. So i'm going to go ahead and pin that here and i don't go too crazy with the pens, because sometimes it can just kind of get in the way of the sewing. So i just put like a few pins and i kind of just pin as i go along. It makes it a little easier for me. Whatever works for you works, but that just works for me. So i'm going to go ahead and sew all right. Your first stitch, you always want to sew and then back stitch and then at the end, you're going to do the same thing back stitch. So there we go so our pattern's almost almost done. The only thing we need to do is add on that velcro. Okay, so we're going to go ahead and cut the velcro at seven inches, and this is actually the soft side. So there's two sides to the velcro and i bought this from joanne's. They have it where you can just buy it as much as you need, but the soft side is what's going to going to be seven inches and then there's going to be that rough side, which is only going to be one inch you're going to go ahead And cut that and then we're going to actually cut into that as well. I did sort of a half an inch just because it was too thick. I want it to be easier to conceal with that hair that i'm going to wrap around. So i'm just going to make that a little bit smaller, i'm just kind of marking it. So i know where to cut okay so now that it has been cut, we're gon na go ahead and sew this down. You can switch every way. Last time i did it the opposite way to where the um, the velcro was sticking on the the right hand side, but now um, i did it on the left hand, side, not necessarily on purpose but um. You can sew it any way. You would like. Okay, now i'm just sewing the rough part of the velcro onto the end, and i'm sewing it on the opposite that opposite side opposite the the soft end is where i'm sewing it. Okay, just don't get. I summed all four sides too: so it's going to go at the very opposite end of that velcro and it's going to go on the opposite side of the soft side. So you can so when you wrap it, the velcro can stick. Okay, you see see that rough side, okay, so now we have a pattern. We can now sew the hair onto and i'm just going to give you a quick tutorial how to wrap it just so you can make sure that you did it right there. We go. Okay, so now you see what i'm saying you can wrap that velcro around and it should now stick because it should be opposite that soft side, okay, so now we're going to go ahead and add the hair i'm using milky way. I had some really nice hair for the first ponytail i made, but i didn't want to spend too much on this one. So i just went ahead and got some milky way here and i'm just sewing that on piece by piece: oh okay, make sure you're backstitching when you start and when you finish um sewing on a track. Uh, let's see here, oh is okay. So this part you're going to have to wrap a track all the way around, and we do that to kind of conceal your ponytail. If you have thick hair like mine um, i would definitely suggest doing this because it kind of gives you somewhere to hide your your ponytail a little better. So this one we're actually not going to sew all the way across we're going to sew a little bit in on a little bit on one end, maybe like in half an inch on one end and then a half inch on the opposite end. Just because we're going to use that um the spot that that place in the middle of the track, can you can kind of move it up. Put stick your finger underneath you're, going to stick your actual braid or your ponytail in there. So you can do this. This is optional. I would suggest doing this if you have thicker hair, it just kind of helps conceal the braid a little bit more be, and this is the opposite side, so the side where we're actually sewing the tracks on that's. Why i'm going all the way across okay and then we're just going to finish sewing it all the way up, just sew it until you reach that velcro piece at the top, and then you want to stop um right underneath there, oh so wow! Okay! So now we're gon na go ahead and add the um wig comb or wig comb clip or whatever you call it, the wig clip and so the wig clip i'm actually using. I took it off of an actual wig of mine that i never wear. You can find these at your local beauty supply. I found them for a dollar online. I just didn't have time to order them, so i went ahead and just took it off. We already had. I never use it anyways and just sew that on so now, you're going to the last step is basically just sewing that part of the the ponytail that wraps around the velcro. So it actually goes on that that rough part of the velcro, so you're going to sew some tracks on there and it's just going to wrap around um. You can actually sew more than one track. I usually do just to kind of make it thicker, especially with the straight hair. It'S really thin. If you had curly hair, you probably could get away with maybe doing at least one track all the way around, but straight hair. I would definitely do multiple. I think i actually ended up doing three tracks so definitely make sure it's going to be able to conceal the velcro, because that's really important and make sure you don't. You leave part of the um, the rough side of the velcro showing okay and we are done so here is the velcro ponytail, and i'm going to show you how to put it on. You see that little slot we created we're going to slide my braid right through there, okay and then i'm going to use that comb to go ahead and place the ponytail secure it. On top of that braid here we go. My hair is really thick. You guys so i have to push it in kind of hard and then we're going to go ahead and swing that velcro around and attach the rough side to the soft side. You may have to kind of work with it too. My hair is really thick. Okay. Now that it's secure, i'm going to go ahead and conceal the velcro with that um that piece that we sewed on to the end. Okay, wrap and you're going to go ahead and secure that with a bobby pin, okay and our ponytail is complete. If you enjoyed this video, please don't forget to like and subscribe thanks so much for watching bye,