My faux fur scarf, final version |
I wanted a 'fur' scarf to add to my winter wardrobe. I had seen a couple in the stores but none of them wowed me or they were too expensive. While shopping at JoAnn Fabrics I saw this silky soft faux fur. It was on sale so I bought a1/2 yard.
Elastic loop on the back of the scarf |
I didn't want to figure out how to do the buttonhole thing that most of the scarves I saw had. I decided to just add an elastic loop to the back instead.
Scarf version 1 |
I cut a piece of the fur, 9" x 45", and then rounded the corners. I then cut a piece of lining the same size and sewed the two together with right sides, leaving an opening for turning. Before sewing them together I added an elastic loop to the right side of the lining piece. I just machine sewed the opening closed, the stitches disappeared in the pile of the faux fur. I then spent quite a bit of time picking the pile out from the seams.
Gathering stitches near the elastic loop |
When I had finished, I put it on my mannequin and it looked great but when I put it on, it seemed to not want to lay nice and the lining kept shifting to the front around where the elastic loop was. I solved that by taking large basting stitches to gather it up slightly and that did the trick. Should be a fun addition to my winter wardrobe.