Sleeve Scrunchies

Jalynn plays volleyball and while at one of her games, I noticed the girls had their sleeves pulled up and held with a "scrunchie" (only word I can think of). I took a closer look at one of them and said to myself what we all say, "I can make that!".

The only hard part about the whole thing was finding volleyball ribbon.

I finally found it a scrapbooking store.



I kind of guessed at the size, but this one worked great.

I cut a piece of fabric 8 1/2 x 4" and folded each short side over just a little.

I did the old routine of folding in half and then folding the ends in to the middle and pressing.

It's hard to see there, but I sewed my cording on the second section before I sewed it all together.

Again, guessed on the link of the cord, but I went with 2 1/2".

Sew the whole thing around the outside. Oops, forgot to say to be sure and cut 2 pieces!



Take your ribbon that you searched high and low for and topstitch on.

Okay, here's the confusing part. Iron the whole thing in thirds so you can see each section.

Sew your velcro on two of the sections on the same side. I had to wrap it like it was going to go on and then figure out where the velcro should go.



That's how it works. Pull your sleeve up and wrap the scrunchie around the sleeve and neck. Pull it through the cord, and fasten with the velcro.



I don't play volleyball but I'm going to make me a bunch of these in different colors.

No more tucking my sleeves in my bra straps at ballgames on hot summer days!