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Ok, What I’m about to tell you will give me away completely.

I get it.

I’m totally a dork!

We had family pictures last week, and I was trying to find outfits for everyone to coordinate.  The colors that I’m totally digging right now are grey and mustard yellow.  Do you think I found anything ANYWHERE for any of us!!  Nope.  I was lucky enough to scrounge up some fat quarters from a quilting shop in my town…

So I had to make do…

I followed the tutorial found HERE and made a bowtie and suspenders for my boys… (minus my husband, he wasn’t about to let me put him in a bowtie!!)

And a cute headband for my daughter…

And a ruffly little scarf for the mama…  Me:)

Would you like to make your own Reversible Ruffle Scarf?

Supplies:

• 1/4 yard each of 2 coordinating fabrics
• as many other coordinating fabrics as you would like for your ruffles (I used 3 more)
• cutting mat, ruler, and rotary cutter
• sewing machine and thread

Step 1:

You can cut your scarf as wide as you would like, I cut this one to be about 9 inches and kept it the length of the fabric (about 42 inches). 

Cut 2 pieces, one for your front and back.

Next cut the strips for your ruffles.  I cut each different fabric, a slightly different width, just for variety, but if you want to even them all up, go for it.  Keep in mind, you need them wide enough to hem.  Make each strip 1 and 1/2 or double the width of the scarf.  (For example, if my scarf is 9 inches across, I want my strip to be 14 or more inches long)

Step 2:

Hem each ruffle strip.  Do this by folding the raw edge of both sides of your strip of fabric 1/4 inch, and then another 1/4 inch.  Press, and sew into place.  (After you press it, you can pin the fabric to help the it stay put.)

Step 3: 

Make ruffles!  Sew a gathering stitch (the longest stitch setting on your sewing machine) along the center of each strip of fabric.  Pull the bobbin thread on one side of the strip until it starts to gather and scrunch.  Continue to scrunch and pull the strip until the ruffles are even.

Next, pin the ruffles to each end, of each piece of the scarf.  Make sure and pin them to the right side.

Sew each ruffle in place.

Step 4:

Place one of the scarf pieces on top of the other, right sides facing, and pin in place.

Sew along the edge of the scarf using a 1/2 inch seam allowance.  Make sure and leave about 4 or 5 inches open to turn right side out.

Step 5:

Turn the fabric right side out.  Find the opening, and fold the fabric down inside the scarf and press in place.  Press the entire outside edge of the scarf to make sewing easier.   

Start at the opening and sew along the entire edge of the scarf one more time.

Guess what!  You’re done!!

So, I finally found my accessory piece with my two favorite colors, yellow and grey!!

You can use any fabric you would like for this project, I used cotton.  Also use as many or as few ruffles as you would like!

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