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I like the way scarves look...but on other people. I have never met one in a store that looked good on me. So last night I decided to raid my fabric scrap stash and found a long piece of vintage fabric. I decided to experiment and make myself a lightweight ruffle scarf (since scarves are really just for show here in the southwest...not so much for warmth).
Wanna make your own simple scarf? Meet me after the jump!
Materials:
long piece of cotton fabric (mine was 60" x 7")
matching thread
1. Start by hemming the short ends of the strip. Do this by folding them in (to the wrong side) 1/4" and then another 1/2". Sew with a straight stitch.
2. Now fold the fabric in half lengthwise with both right sides facing and sew down it with a straight stitch. You now have a long inside out "tube" of fabric.
3. Flip the "tube" right side out and position the seam in the middle of one side. Take it over to the sewing machine and (with the seam side up) start ruffling it by hand on the machine with a straight stitch. You can do this by gathering pieces of fabric and sewing over them to keep the ruffles in place. If you would like more instructions on how to ruffle on the machine, check out my Ruffle Tree Skirt.
You're done! You can customize this to make any length of scarf you want. Basically ruffling makes the end product about half the length of your starting fabric length...so if you prefer a longer scarf either start with a longer piece of fabric, or gather less fabric when you ruffle it.
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