DIY roulette/spaghetti strap tutorial

Hi guys,

Today I'm back with another tutorial: how to make roulette/spaghetti straps. These can be used on dresses, cami tops and even for decorations such as bows and button loops.

Things you will need:

• Pins
• Iron
• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Safety pin (small and thin)
• Fabric
• Scissors

Tutorial:

1.  Pin the strap fabric in half (right sides together) and pin across. The letters A and B are written as a guide for later on when turning the strap inside out. Note the fabric does not need to be cut on the bias.

2. Sew along the pinned edge and then trim away excess fabric to reduce bulk:

3. Using a small thin safety pin, at end B pin the safety pin to the side of the fabric:

4. With the safety pin closed, feed the safety pin into the enclosed strap like so:

5. This step is a bit more fiddly so might take some elbow grease and patience.

• From the last image above using your fingers pull/feed the safety pin into the enclosed strap loop i.e. from ends B to A. 
• Remember the size of the safety pin needs to be small enough to fit into the strap otherwise this step will be even more difficult. 
• You will notice that as you keep feeding the safety pin towards end A, the strap will curl together like the middle image and bunch together. 
• Firmly holding the safety pin with your left hand, with your right hand pull the bunched/ curled fabric towards end B i.e towards the right and this will smooth out the wrinkles on top of the safety pin like bottom last image:

6. Keep repeating step 6 until you eventually have the whole strap turned inside out. The longer the strap the harder it will be so will take more time but eventually you should have a lovely strap ready to use! Remember to iron the strap as well.

I hope this was easy to follow through with all the images. Until next week, bye!