Start by cutting your fabric. You need a strip of fabric 20″ long by 4″ wide. You will also need to cut an 8.5″ long elastic or use a good quality hair elastic/hair tie.
Fold over each long edge by 1/4″ and press them flat. Now you can fold the fabric wrong sides together in half, lining up the edges. Press.
Fold the 20″ long strip right sides together. Match up the short ends. Sew across the short ends so you create a circle. For a regular elastic sew the ends together to create a loop.
Open up the loop of fabric and slide it under the elastic. Fold the fabric over the elastic and sew the scrunchie closed.
Keep pulling the elastic into the scrunchie as you work. DO NOT sew the elastic down. The elastic remains loose into the fabric so it can stretch as needed.
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