1. Wash, dry and iron fabric before you start cutting – it will shrink
2. Make your paper pattern according to measurements below:
A. Side of Cap
11 & 6/8” wide4 and 1/8” high1” narrow end for the backat 7” tapering toward narrow end starts
B. Top of Cap
16 & ½” wide7 & ½” highPonytail pouch part of top of cap is 7” wide and 5 & 3/8” high
C. Back Side of Ponytail Pouch
7” wide and 5 & 3/8” high
D. Casing for Elastic Band
11 & 1/2” wide and 1” high
3. Cut your pattern out, fold your fabric so you have two layers under the side part of your cap and single layer under the top of your cap, back side of ponytail pouch and elastic tape casing.
4. On the wrong side of side part mark spots where you will fold fabric using hot iron on back ends of side part of the cap - about 1 and ½” from narrow edge.
5. Using hot iron fold about 1/4” of fabric starting from narrow edge at the back of side part of scrub cap toward a pin. At the pins fabric fold should end.
6. Use zigzag stitch to secure curvy parts of your side piece between the pins.
7. To do that you need to fold fabric using hot iron, and stitch it through using zigzag pattern using the following steps. Red arrows show stress points of the scrub cap that need to be reinforced.
8. On the wrong side of top part of the cap mark places where you will start fabric folds 1” to the left and to the right from the point where you will later attach ponytail pouch. Using hot iron fold ¼” of fabric toward wrong side of top part of the cap.
9. Use zigzag stitch to sew folded fabric to the top part of the cap.
10. The next step is folding fabric at the top of back part of ponytail pouch using hot iron. The folded fabric is ¼” wide.
11. Place back part of ponytail pouch right side to right side of top part of your scrub cap with corners of back side of ponytail pouch overlapping top part of scrub cap about ¼”. Start straight stitch at one of pins with yellow ball 3/8” from the edge of fabric and finish at the other pin with yellow ball
12. Use zigzag stitch to secure edges of ponytail pouch where you just applied straight stitch to give that side of pouch finished look.
13. The next step is folding 1/4” of fabric on all 4 sides of 1” wide 11” long piece of fabric to make a casing for elastic tape. You might end up making this part not as long, but you will find out a couple of steps later.
14. In this step prepare a spot for elastic tape casing by ironing down the seam between top part of cap and back side of ponytail pouch, in a way that top part of cap stays flat, but back side of ponytail pouch is folded away to the other side of the seam.
15. Now flip the top part of cap wrong side up. You have already prepared the future casing for elastic tap, it will go along the free edge of back side of ponytail pouch, and across top part of cap.
16. Long side of elastic tape casing should align with the edge of ponytail pouch and right at the mark on top part you made before enforcing stress points. Short ends of the casing should be ¼” away from edges of top side of cap and back side of ponytail pouch.
17. Use pins to secure elastic tape casing in place before stitching through the edges of the casing. If your elastic tape casing is too long and overlaps ponytail pouch fabric, cut it on one of short edges to make it shorter, and don't forget to iron down 1/4" of the edge to the wrong side of the casing again.
18. Use zigzag stitch to secure each long side of casing to the top part of cap and back part of ponytail pouch with two separate seams. Leave short ends of casing open, you will thread elastic tape through it at the last step of making this scrub cap.
19. In this step fold back side of ponytail pouch at the seam you’ve made a couple of steps prior, making sure that free edges of top side of cap and back side of ponytail pouch meet, while the edge with elastic tape casing is ¼” visible from under top side of cap.
20. Finish straight stitch connecting back and front sides of ponytail pouch together.
Very important – straight stitch should not run across short ends of elastic tape casing, they should be free (red arrow).
Use zigzag stitch to secure edges of front and back sides together.
21. Find middle of side part of scrub cap. Find middle of top part of scrub cap. Put these two parts together right sides toward one another, connecting middles and ends of side part of cap ½” from ends of side part narrow ends with spots on top part of cap where casing for elastic tape is stitched to the top part of cap.
22. Pin middle of side part of cap and top part of cap together, and ends of side part of cap to the top part of cap by pins. Pin the rest of side part to the top part of the cap together with ½” between the pins.
23. Stitch top part and side part of cap together starting at one of pins with big green ball toward the pin in the middle. The seam should be at ½” from the edge of fabric.
24. Finish stitching the two parts together at the pin ¼” from the zigzag stitch enforced edge.
25. After you stitched together top and side of cap, make zigzag seam to connect edges for clean look and cap durability.
26. The next step is preparing ribbon to finish the cap. Fold ribbon in half length-wise, use hot iron to iron it down, and iron both short ends down as well.
27. Find middles of ribbon and side part of cap, pin them together with edge of side part of cap being at the fold in the ribbon. Secure short ends of side part of cap to the ribbon at the edge of casing for elastic tape.
28. Fold ribbon edge to edge length-wise and start connecting sides of ribbon together using straight stitch for one of the ends. Continue your stitch making sure that it goes through both – top and bottom side of ribbon. Finish stitching ribbon together at the other end of ribbon.
29. Attach small safety pins to both ends of 3” long elastic tape before you thread it through the casing.
30. Insert one of the safety pins into the casing and thread it until it reaches the other end of the casing. The second safety pin will help you either keep the other end of elastic tape just outside of there you started the threading, or catch it if it disappears inside the casing.
When the first safety pin is out of the casing at the other end of it, pull both ends of elastic tape at the same time so about 1 and ½ inch of it is out of the casing and remove safety pins.
31. Place ends of elastic tape one over the other so they overlap about ½”. Use zigzag stitch to secure elastic tape ends together. Your elastic tape is now fixed together and you can pull the casing so your elastic tape is completely inside it.
32. Turn ponytail pouch out to the right side.
Congratulations! Your Scrub Cap is finished.
My friend modeled a bunch of scrub caps for long hair I've made for my daughter :-)
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