"Ruffle Mania Scarf" Tutorial

 

 Oh the flu!  We have have a house full of sickos!  When each child has a five day stretch of sickness and you have three children that makes fifteen days of chicken noodle soup, tylenol, doctors visits, sleeping in mom and dads bed, movies, new coloring books.  I could go on and on.  Now I have a nine month old who won't let anyone hold her but me.  Which is very sweet but also a bit exhausting.  I managed to create a tutorial for a ruffle scarf I made a while back.  It is so easy and the result are very cute.  I'm not sure if cute is the right word.  I guess dramatic works better. I usually am a little more "understated" with what I wear but I really like this crazy thing.  I'm sure I will put it to good use. 

To start you will need:

-One simple scarf in the same color that you choose for your fabric.  Any length will work.  Mine was about 60 inches long.

-Matching thread

-One yard of fabric for your ruffles

-A pair of scissors (any color of your choosing:)

-Pins (again, any color of your choosing)

First, cut several long (about 15) strips of your fabric. I cut mine 2 inches wide.

 

Before you get started you may want to do something to finish the edges of your ruffle strips.  The fabric I chose frays like crazy so I zigzagged along each edge.  

Next, sew a basting stitch down the middle of each strip of fabric.  This can be done on your machine with a long stitch length and loose tension.  You can also do it by hand by sewing through your fabric using a running stitch spacing your stitches about a 1/4 inch apart.   If you do not know what a running stitch is just google it cause I'm too tired to show you:)
 

When you come to the end of the fabric make sure that you leave a long "tail". 

Then you will gently pull the bottom thread to slide the material down the thread toward the other end of the strip.  When the fabric has been gathered to your liking just tie a knot in both ends.  
 

You can create very tightly gathered ruffles or make them loose depending on the results you want.
 

The next step is to pin your ruffle strip to your scarf in a straight line along the edge of your scarf. Then carefully sew it on stitching down then middle of the ruffle (over your basting stitches). Then you pin your next ruffle on where you left off.   Repeat this until you have the entire scarf covered in the ruffles!  At least, that's what I did. 
 

 For a less dramatic look you could just sew one down each side.  Or a few across the bottom.  Or in a spiral and make a "ruffle rosette" scarf.  Oh, the possibilities are endless.  So now, go forth and ruffle on, my friend.  Ruffle on!

 

 
        

 

Comments

[Holly]

Very cute, Jenny!

[Amy]

I love this post, I love this post, I love this post...I like ruffles :)! Thanks for writing!

[Holly]

That is adorable! I too am a usually a little more understated with my clothing, but I'm starting to like to wear fun accents like this.
Sorry about your kiddos; hang in there! I once had two bouts of chicken pox end to end (one was a 7 month old) and didn't get out of the house for 3 weeks.

[Fawn@Party of Five]

So funny, because I've been upstairs working on a ruffle scarf similar to this! I saw one at Ann Taylor and kind of fell in love, but not with the price. So I'm attempting to recreate it--yours looks great!

[Andy]

What a cool scarf tutorial!! I love the end result and I totally want one now!! Thanks so much for linking to Poppies at Play!! Come again!!

[tammy hebert]

Thanks for the tutorial..I also love the other projects you had - like the pillowcase dress and how to alter a plain tshirt.

tammy

[Cha Cha]

I love this, maybe I can find time after Christmas to do this. Thanks for sharing. I hope you and your family have a MERRY CHRISTMAS

[boltandfrolic]

just found your great blog via howaboutorange — thanks for sharing this clever technique; I want to try it out : D

[Buy Viagra]

It is so cute but I prefer to create these things with my own techniques for example weaving my creations.