Shoot for the Scarves

I wear a scarf every day. Did you know that about me? 

                                                                     Well. Almost every day.

I love how a scarf says "Look! I got fully-dressed today!"  Nope, no pajama-clad trip to Walmart for me! I've got class. I wear a scarf.

Haha, ok, maybe it has more to do with the fact that my hometown has been covered in snow since before Thanksgiving, than it does with distinguishing myself from the Wal-martians (I just made that up! Is that rude? It isn't meant to be.)but I do enjoy the "put-together" look that a scarf lends. Don't you? And since I wear them so often, I need about....120. It's my favorite thing to make!

Some time ago I saw a photo of a beautiful grass-green pleated scarf with large buttons, and I fell in love with it. After unsuccessfully trying to copy it from memory the first time, and looking quite like Mufasa, I think I've got the pattern down now to more of a Simba size.

It's so simple!

Step one, cut a 10 inch by 175 inch of soft flannel.

 (you'll probably need to sew two pieces together to get the length)

1:

Step Two, fold in half width-wise and stitch into a tube, leaving just one end open.

2:

Step three, turn right-side out and, starting two inches from the closed end, create 4" pleats. Use a ruler for nice, even pleats. (This part takes the longest!)

3:

Step four, fold under the open end to leave another two inches, and sew closed.

4:

Step five, sew two straight lines down the middle of the scarf, about 1/2" apart.

Step six, choose a couple of nice chunky buttons, and sew on!

  

If you don't know how to create buttonholes, Dana at MADE just created a nice tutorial for that! My machine's buttonhole maker is still broken, so I did cheater holes, as per this tutorial.

Wasn't that nice and simple?
And you can wear it any way you want!

Enjoy your scarf, and have a great weekend! :o)

-Disney