In The Hoop Pony Tail Cover

digitized by Rhonda of Designs By Rhonda

Materials needed

Tear-away Stabilizer or water solvable opaque, 2 layers hooped with the grain of each piece in different directions from the other. 

(Like one up and down and the other grain sideways.)

2 5" squares of Material
1 5" square of thin quilt batting, for example, the cotton batting for quilting and not the high loft.
or 2 5" pieces of cut away stabilizer instead of the batting.

1 nice finished stick or thin short chop stick.  this is for holding the cover onto the pony tail. you do this by pushing the stick through one hole, under the ponytail and up through the other. I like to go through the ponytail and not under it to make sure it doesn't fall out.

Things you can use as a stick. A short dull pencil, a piece of a wooden dowel slightly sharpened, shortened chopstick. 
I wear these and I use a crochet hook..... that way I always know where it is.
My daughter took a piece of oak twig and carved me a nice stick.

NOTE: I would NOT use these on smaller children unless you  find a very plyable stick at a craft store.
I am working on ideas for that.

I would love suggestions.
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note:  all stitchline, tac lines and satin outline stitches should be in a color to match your material or a contrast.  The stitch color are in different colors in order to tell your machine to stop stitching at that point.

All colorchanges and what they are for are written in the colorcharts.

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1. stitch onto stabilizer for template 
   you can remove this from hoop and cut out for your template if you want to.
   If you pre-cut your material. Be sure and cut it a good 1/8" larger than the template size. It is easier to trim later than to be to short and ruin the project.

1. stitch onto stabilizer for Placement.
   glue material down to stabilizer.

2. stitch line, stitch onto fabric

trim around the outside of the stitch line and return hoop to machine

(stitch out design area)

remove hoop from machine and turn over.

glue or pin from top :

1 layer of thin batting and 1 layer of material for back of Pony Tail Holder.  If you don't want the thickness, use a couple layers of heavy cutaway stabilizer instead.

4. stitch line around outside
5. stitch small holes for stick

Trim material and batting around the outside of the  line
and the inside of the smaller holes

Remember to trim as close as you can without going through the stitch line.  It's easier to trim a little more later, than add material.....

Return hoop to machine and finish the stitching.

1. tac down
2. satin outline stitch around outside and around the holes.

Remove from hoop.

If using tear-a-way stabelizer, jut gently tear the stabilizer away from the  Pony Tail holder.

If using the opaque water solvy stabilizer, trim close to the stitching and dampen the edges with a wet sponge.  this will leave a smooth patch like look.