We decided to make wigs to celebrate Women’s History Month as part of the Cosmetology Club initiative. The purpose is to provide seniors with a wig for anyone suffering from alopecia. I feel such joy knowing that I will bring a smile to a senior’s face by empowering them and making something they can use. Wig-making seemed very hard at first, but once I got help from Atiya, making wigs hasn’t been so difficult. 
Here are the steps to making a wig:
- Get a regular bald cap for your wig that you can glue or sew. We are sewing ours. The normal size is 24 for a bald cap for or if you need a bigger size go higher.
- Place the wig cap on the wig base from your stand.
- Get some T-pins to place and pin on the doll head to keep the hair you are sewing in place.
- Use nylon thread; it is best to use for sewing, not cotton thread.
- Be sure that you have your clips, needle, thread, and hair extensions.
- Do the first two rows behind the head of the doll (behind the ears).
- Make sure the length of the thread, while sewing, is the same as your arm so it won’t get tangled.
- Do the third row at the top of your ear.
- Continue to sew around and around the head until you get to the top of the head.
- Make sure to use the T-pins a lot to keep your sewing in place.
- Use at least two and a half packs of the weave to finish around the whole head
- Once you get to the middle of the head, since there is going to be a little hole, you would cut a piece of the weave and roll in very tight
- After you put it upside down and sew it onto the bald cap, it should be in a very tight circle. Another option is doing the same thing but using glue instead of sewing.
- Adds clips into the bald cap so that when someone wears it, it stays in place
- Once you’ve done this, you’ve completed sewing your wig
- Add final touches to it by making bangs or a style you’ll want your wig to have