Long Hair Bonnet| Locs Bonnet Tutorial

Hello, everyone: this is a quick tutorial just to go over this long air bonnet again um. I'Ve made a tutorial before so do check that one out as well. However, um add some comments that some people did not understand some parts of the video, so i thought i'll do it again and just show you the one i made in this video is a bit messy because it was just for tutorial purpose only and i'll be Wearing it myself, so i've shown you how to make the pattern in a video before so do check that out and i've just used that pattern to cut out the fabric, make sure you cut your fabric unfold and we're going to sew the bottom of the air Bonnet and there it looks like so and now i'm just going to open it up and that's what it looks like once. You open it up and we're going to fold it lengthwise fold over right sides facing each other and we're just going to make sure the mid middle part joins the other middle part. That'S the most important part because it needs to be equal. I'M just opening up the same allowance to pin it down it's easier when you open up the scene malawian, so it makes it easier for the elastic to go through when once you get to that part, but we're just joining the mid part together. I'M just going to get some pins in a minute and just use your pins or your clips to um join your fabrics right side facing each other, like i forgot to mention you're, going to need um six inch elastic and make sure you leave a gap um At the end, on each side, so you're going to need a six inch elastic, a safety pin some pins and then another gap. There can you see just about two inch gap on both end and so and then stop before you get to the two inch gap? Okay and that's what it looks like on both ends right: we're going to turn our fabric right side out, but not all the way out. It looks like a funnel at the moment or cone shape. So that's what it looks like that's the both edges. We'Ve left um undone right so, for the bottom part we're just going to do a top stitch around half an inch three quarter inch top stitch around and leave about one inch gap, that's where our elastic will go through and that's our elastic. My elastic measures about a quarter inch or half an inch. That'S why we've made the casing three and a quarter inch. So whatever your elastic is just make the casing a bit bigger than your actual elastic and insert your elastic through. Like so make sure you add, i'm adding my clips or you can use safety pin as well, so that the other end of the elastic doesn't go through all the way through, because we're going to sew, as you can see, just adjust it according to what? If you like the old to be big, just make it loose, if you want it really tight that you don't want your air falling out of it, then you could do that just zigzag stitch to attach your elastic and then turn it back right side and we're Just going to top stitch that small area or you can leave it, it doesn't really matter, but if you're setting i'll say top stitch it so everything's, nice and neat and then we're going to fold the edges. It looks like a v shape where we left our gap earlier. This is the top of the air bonnet, we're just going to close that so fold in the edges and then we're going to top stitch it. This is the easiest way you can do it without stress. However, there's another way to do it, which i'm doing right now, but if you're new to sewing just go for the first one, which is to top stitch it this one you're turning it right sides together it and then turn the right. So the thread is not showing on the outside, but if you stop stitch it, it's still good to be honest, so there there you have it that's how i'm doing mine for today. Sometimes i top stitch it. Sometimes i do it that way and we're just going to find the midpoint at the top of our bonnet. That'S the midpoint and we'll be needing that later now, we're moving on to the straps my straps measure, 45 inches by three inches times two. So two of each color 45 by three or if you have a long enough fabric um, then you could do 90 by three inches for each color and then i'm just going to i've folded my fabric and i'm going to do a diagonal cut just to give It the end of the strap, a nice shape if i've eyeballed mine, but just measure two inches downwards and then cut it diagonally now we're looking for the circumference so from the midpoint to one side of the strap we're going to measure 12 inches. So i'm just using my pin to mark where the 12 inch point is and there you have it - that's the 12 inch and then the other side as well from the midpoint to the other side. Another 12 inches just make a mark. So that's the headset, my edge circumference is 24 inches, so 24 divided by 2 is 12. So that's why we're marking 12 inches on each side, so there you have it 24 inches we're just going to sew all the way. However, where our gap is, we need to leave a gap. So we start we leave the that space. We start after the 12 inch mark. We go round all the way. The top. We don't need to leave a gap so all the way around, and then you stop just before the 12 inch gap. So at the end of you, the middle part will be open and there we have it. I'M just going to turn my fabric right side out. Um yeah, as you can see, my fabric is messy. This is not straight. This is just for video purpose. Only i was just running. I was rushing to make this as well, so we're going to get the midpoint of our strap and the midpoint of our airborne. It'S easy to find your mid, the midpoint of your strap, because that's where i've joined mine and then we're going to get the edge of the strap where the your edge circumference mark stops and join it to the end of your air bonnet. The body of the bonnet and there you go, and now we do that for the other side as well, once you do that, then you're gon na try and fit in the rest of the fabric to the strap, and you see what i mean in a minute. So, as you can see, there's excess fabric and what we're trying to do is trying to fit that fabric to the length of the um head. Circumference marked on the strap. So what i'm doing is i'm splitting my app on it? Another thing you can do: you can gather stitch it before you attach your um strap. So it's up to you, but i tend to just plate it randomly like that not too random, but just split it until you get the old fabric and pin to the strap um this. If you're going to do this, make sure you iron, please, i have an iron just my strap on mine, because i'm not making it for anyone, i'm just making it for the tutorial, so don't forget to plate the other side as well. I haven't done that because i was trying to make this video as quick as possible and then you fold over your fabric and then fold it in at the edge like that and then talking all the raw edges. Of course, you wouldn't leave the pins because you would have already sewn it, but because i'm trying to make this video as quick as possible, because i already have a video on this hair bonnet. That'S why it's not so do check out the other video as well, and i hope, you've enjoyed this video. Please do not forget to like comment and share and don't forget to subscribe.