Curly Hair Plop Towel Sewing tutorial

inside: Learn how to sew a curly hair plop towel with this simple sewing tutorial. This hair plop is easy to sew and so useful if you have curly hair. Download the free pdf sewing pattern here.

I have a t-shirt towel for my curly hair that’s a single layer t-shirt towel. The hair wrap I have is a simple elastic twist, and is just a thin fabric. I’ve been wanting to make a thicker wrap version of a curly hair plop towel for awhile and I’m excited to share the free sewing pattern and tutorial with you today.

Cotton Lycra Hair Wrap for Curly Hair-

Why use a cotton curly hair wrap to dry your hair? The fabric absorbs moisture, while providing a smooth surface to avoid frizz. Putting your hair up in a hair plop to dry for awhile also speeds up blow drying time, lifts the roots and gives extra bounce to your curls.

I love my previous version of this curly hair towel, but I’m looking forward to using this thicker wrap style towel.

How to use the curly hair towel plop

I call it a plop towel because you plop your curly hair in the middle before wrapping up. Here’s how you use this hair towel. Lay the wrap out on your bed or counter. Plop your hair down on top, then wrap the velcro closure around your head and fasten at then neck.

After fastening the velcro you can adjust on your forehead. Pull out the ties and pull the up and over your head to the back.

Pull the ties back around to the front of your head and tie off. You may be able to wrap back around to the back of your head to tie. I adjusted the length of the ties on the pattern after sewing this version.

Supplies to sew a hair plop

Here’s what you need to sewing this curly hair towel wrap. It’s like a double layer t-shirt towel, perfect for absorbing moisture and allowing your curls to dry weight free.

• 1 Yard 60″ wide cotton lycra stretch fabric
• Velcro or plastic snaps
• medium weight fusible interfacing

How to make a curly hair towel wrap

Ok! let’s get sewing. Cut out the main fabric piece {2 of them} and cut two of the straps on the fabric fold.

Place the two main pieces right sides together and then sew all the way around. Leave the top flat edge open {see where my finger is pointing below} Leave that edge open. Sew the other sides with a stretch stitch {I used a narrow-long zig-zag}

Place the two layers of the tie together as well. Sew the two short ends and ONE long side. Fuse interfacing to two curved tabs on the bottom corners. I put two layers of interfacing on each side of the fabric. So all four sides were covered with interfacing. This is necessary if you are using snaps and also helpful if you are adding velcro.

Turn right side out and poke out the corners.

Place the main piece centered on the tie strap piece. Mark either side and then sew the open long side… leaving the marked middle open. Turn strap right side out.

With right sides together, pin or clip one side of the strap piece to one side of the main piece. Sew those two pieces of fabric together. Then, tuck the fabric of the main piece up inside the strap, fold over the seam allowance of the strap and pin along the opening to close it.

Sew this opening closed with a zig-zag stitch. You will be sewing through all the layers of the fabric in this seam. After you sew the opening closed, continuing stop-stitching around the entire outside of the hair towel.

Now you are almost finished. At this point you can put two snap on each side of the bottom tabs. {Two snaps on each side makes the size a bit adjustable. Make sure the snap placement is good for the size of your head.

You can also use two pieces of 5″ long velcro. I like this option as it makes it more adjustable in size, but you will have to make sure to fasten the velcro to itself before washing so it doesn’t get caught on other things in the wash. I sewed two pieces of 3/4″ velcro next to each other for a wide strip. It’s very secure when wearing like this.

And there you go! All finished. As I type up these final words I am actually drying my hair in the wrap as I type {haha} I need to make another one with more neutral fabric, but this was what I had on hand..