sCRUNCHie Tutorial

• Cut your strip (or strips). I prefer to use dimensions 25" long by 3.5" wide, but you can play around with those dimensions and find what you you like best.

* You can use any type of fabric for these. It's a great way to use up old scraps of fabric.

• Fold your strips in half with the right side of the fabric facing in.

• Starting about an inch to inch and a half down from the corner on the open side, stitch or serge along the edge.

• When you get to the end, finish about an inch from the bottom edge.

• Your strip should look like this.

• Flip the tube right side out.

• With the seam straight and facing up (not twisted), grab the to ends, and pinch or pin them together.

• Take the tube to your machine.

• Starting at the corners, stitch the two short ends together. This takes a bit of playing around, because the fabric has to be manipulated and curved, as you sew.

This is a lot easier to do with knits than woven's, because you can stretch them as you sew.

• Here's how the seam should look, when you're finished.

*Sometimes the fabric underneath gets a bit bunched, and it can be difficult to get this seam perfect, so it's okay if it's not perfect.

• "Stretch" out the tube, so that the seam goes inside. This part is so satisfying!

• Measure out your elastic to 9.5". I choose this length so that it's not too tight on the wrist.

You can use either rope elastic or regular 1/4" elastic.

• Put your elastic onto a bodkin turner or a safety pin.

• Going in from the opening of your tube, bring your elastic all the way through the tube and out the other side.

• Scrunch up your fabric and tie off your elastic. Make sure the knot is really tight, so that it doesn't come apart when stretched.

• Next, you need to close up the hole. You can either do this by machine, or by hand.

• Fold the ends in and pinch or pin them together.

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• To close up my opening, I like to double up my thread, and run it through my wax, and then do an invisible stitch.

• If your invisible stitch is sloppy like mine, just tighten it up a bit.

• Voila!

• Tie off your ends and if you can, tuck your knots into the seam.

• All finished!!

• Take a photo of your creation, and then show it off to the world!