How to Make Cute DIY Snap Clip Covers Using Scrap Fabric
Those little snap hair clips are the best, but they’re not very stylish. You can fix that with this tutorial for DIY snap clip covers. Use fabric to make snap clip covers to coordinate with all your outfits and wait for your friends to ask where you got these fabulous clips!
This is a great use for your scrap fabric because you need so little for each snap clip cover.
Tools and materials:
- 7-centimeter (2.8-inch) snap clips
- 2 millimeter thick (0.08-inch) soft foam
- Needle and thread
- Scrap flannel or felt fabric
- Scrap cotton fabric
- Pencil
- Glue (+ glue gun optional)
- Tweezers
- Scissors
1. Trace the shape
Trace the outline of your snap clip onto your soft foam, flannel or felt, and cotton fabric.
2. Cut out the shapes
Cut out four shapes (two foam, one flannel/felt, and one fabric), adding a very small allowance on the cotton fabric.
3. Sew a basting stitch
Hand-sew a basting stitch ½ centimeter (0.2-inches) from the edge all around the cotton fabric piece. Leave a long thread at the end of the basting.
4. Glue the foam to the clip
Apply glue to the top of the clip and attach a foam piece.
5. Add the fabric cover
Insert the snap clip in the cotton fabric piece, with the foam top against the fabric.
Pull on the loose basting thread of the cotton fabric to gather the edges of it around the bottom of the clip. Make sure the snap part of the clip doesn’t get trapped in the fabric.
6. Add the second foam piece
Cut a 1-centimeter (0.4-inch) slit in the foam piece at the spot where the attached end of the snap meets the clip. Thread the snap through that slit.
7. Add the flannel or felt
Position the flannel or felt so that it lays flat on the fabric and covers all the fabric edges. Then glue the felt piece into place.
Use a pair of tweezers to help you get the edges of the fabric tucked under the felt as you are gluing down the felt. When you are done gluing, you can also use your tweezers to wipe up any excess glue.
DIY snap clips tutorial
Here are two DIY snap clips that I made. They come out looking very clean and neat and look beautiful in my hair.
These snap clip covers are so easy and quick to make you’re going to want to make lots for yourself and your friends! Leave a comment to let me know how yours turned out.
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