How to Make a Gardening Head Scarf

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Sew a headscarf using a bandana, a bit of padding, and a few quick stitches. It’s absorbent, comfortable, and perfect for hot days in the garden.

If you enjoy sewing, this simple garden apron is a must-have. I have several and keep them handy for gardening, indoor seed sewing, and housekeeping.

Sew a Gardener’s Headscarf

Perfect on Hot Gardening Days

Comfortable
Keep your hair out of your eyes
Provide sun protection, and most important to me—absorbs sweat

This headscarf is a garden essential for hot, sweaty days. Made from a basic bandanna (mine came from a dollar store), it only takes a bit of simple sewing—by hand or machine.

Sewing Instructions

Diagram showing how to sew simple garden headscarf.

Supplies

1 large bandanna (I get them at dollar stores).
18 x 4″ piece of cotton or wool quilt batting (don’t use polyester: it does not absorb moisture very well).
sewing machine or needle and matching thread.

Assembly

Put the quilt batting in between the layers as shown (above) and stitch it in place. I just ran the machine back and forth in rows about 3/4″ apart.
On each of the tie ends, about 2″ from the end, fan fold the scarf and stitch over it a bunch of times. This makes the ties work better.
Get gardening.