Want a shabby chic and fabulous scarf, but you don't want to pay $25+ from a store?
Or do you have difficulty finding exactly what you want in stores?
Well this is the scarf tutorial for you!
It only takes about 10 minutes to make and depending on what kind of fabric you get and from where, you can make it very inexpensively. Plus you get to choose your size and material.
All you need are:
-fabric scissors
-potentially a tape measure
-pins
-sewing machine
-a non-fray fabric* such as jersey knit or nylon tricot **
* If you wish to use a fabric that frays, you will have to serge the edges if you don't want it to fray. This is not included in the 10 minutes. If your fabric frays and you want it to fray, that's fine, but remember that it will continue to fray over time, especially if it gets washed. If you want to slow down this process, you can sew a small zig-zag stitch along where you want the fraying to stop and/or use fray check along that same line. You can use a straight stitch instead of a zig-zag stitch if you want it to be less noticeable, but it might not work as well.
** You can make the scarf pretty much whatever size you want, but the scarf shown in the pictures is made from a 40" x 60" piece, which is about a metre of any 60" wide fabric. The material used here is bamboo jersey knit which is particularly thin (and soft... and expensive), so if you're using a thicker material, it'll look bulkier, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Just go with whatever measurements you think will look the best or with whatever you can get. :)
Put first things first and cut off the selvage of you fabric. The selvage is on the very edge and will look different than the rest of the fabric. Sometimes there will be traces of an adhesive used or small holes where something has clamped down on the fabric.
Then make sure that the shorter edges of your fabric are the same length. If your fabric has stripes, just follow the stripes and they usually won't lead you astray. If your fabric doesn't have stripes, use your tap measure to make the appropriate markings and cut off any excess.
Now fold you fabric in half the short way (hamburger style with the shorter ends together) If you're using the same size of piece as me, your fabric should be about 40" x 30". Pin the two short ends together.
Make sure that any stripes or plaids on your fabric are lining up.
Now sew along the pinned edge and you're done!
Don't forget to fix your stitch at the beginning and end and to pull out the pins before they got under the machine's foot.
Make sure the ends are still matching up. If they aren't, just trim them with your scissors.
Make sure the ends are still matching up. If they aren't, just trim them with your scissors.
See! That was probably the easiest thing you've ever made!
Casually not including my face in the picture. (I usually blog on my days off)
If you want your scarf not to have any raw edges showing, then check out my other infinity scarf tutorial here.
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