How To Make A Simple Scarf - a DIY for Absolute Beginners

This step by step instructions tutorial on how to make a simple scarf is for absolute beginners. 
While the scarf in the photos is a small square scarf, the steps are the same for any shape and size you would like to make.

1. Decide on your fabric and shape.
(This tutorial is basically for fabrics that fray, like cotton, linen, etc when you want to have a neat, stitched finish.) 
If you want a perfectly square scarf, and you don't want to get out your tape measure, just  fold your fabric over until you make a perfect triangle. 
Cut. 
Open it up, it's a perfect square.

 2.If you're pretty new at this and are not confident of your sewing skills, or if you just want everything super neat and tidy, it helps if you use an iron to flatten out all your seams before you stitch them.
This is how you do it.
Fold over a thin strip of fabric making sure that it's the same width all the way down. Press this down with your iron untill flat. 

 Once you've done this, fold it over again, in the same way, and press it flat with the iron again.
Do this for each side.

3. Stitch over all sides paying attention to the corners.

 Use pins to keep the fabric in place and help you make them align perfectly.

Tip: When stitching something that will see a lot of wear, backstitch a little so that you don't have unravelled stitches later.

4.Congratulations!
You have just made your very own scarf!
Now you can go ahead and make some more for your friends and family! 
 They make for cute Christmas gifts.

Linked to:

Threading My Way, Annemarie's Crochet Blog, My Creative Space

Monday Moodboard - Flamingo Pink

1.  BarbaraSzepesisucs

2. MyTailorIsFun

3. Dreamzzzz

4. MoonGardenArt

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday. The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game StarOfTheEast.

Candy Cane Inspired Organza Flower

The approach of Christmas always make me think of red and white and candy cane stripes.

Red and white is a combination I'm particularly fond of, so I  just had to try  my hand at it.

This is what I came up with:

Bridal white organza  petals and layers of delicate white tulle.

Bright red, large and luscious-looking  glass beads in the centre.

The leaves are also tulle with one of my favourite appropriately bright and festive red threads.

These can be worn as a hair clip or corsage.

And not just for Christmas. 

 I will definately be making a headband - wrist corsage out of this particular flower as well.

What do you think?

It's already listed in the shop.

Linked to:

I Heart Naptime, The Gunny Sack, Craft-O-Maniac, Sew Many Ways, The Dedicated House, Homemaker On A Dime, Debbiedoo's

Black Friday Cyber Monday Sale 20% Off Everything!

From  November 23 to 27 November there's a Black Friday - Cyber Monday sale going on in both my shops:

OnePerfectDay - for fabric accessories and bags 

 Fairytale Flower  - for all sorts of organza flower accessories

There's a 20% discount on all items. Just apply the coupon code BLACKMONDAY20 at checkout at either shop.

The 'pay shipping for one item only' offer is always valid and I'm happy to combine shipping for both shops.

Top 10 Women's Vintage Scarf Inspiration

Fabulous scarf inspiration from the past. 
Here are some wonderful scarves from the 1930s,1940s, 1950s and 1960s -in random order.
Click on any picture to go to the link.


                  

1965

1950s

1950s

1967

1976

1965

1960s

1945

1950s

1930s

For lots more scarf inspiration, vintage or otherwise, as well as lots of diys, click on: Ring Your Neck Inspiration Motherboard.

The Ring Your Neck scarf challenge can be found at Ricochet and Away blog.

For scarf inspiration that is not vintage, you might like to see my Top 10 Women's Scarf Inspiration.

Newest Silk Ruffle Cuff in Dark Champagne Shantung Silk

Here's my newest ruffle cuff and it's in a beautiful shantung silk -just like my last one. Only this one's a dark champagne gold that shimmers with the characteristic glow of this particular kind of silk.

It has a wide vintage cotton lace in antique white.

The edges are purposely left raw for a shabby chic feel.

I have finished cuffs off with stitched edges and  the result is quite nice, but usually they tend to look much stiffer, without the flow that these -untreated- ones have.

I suppose it's simply a matter of taste.

Or mood.

The ribbon that secures the cuff to the wrist is natural cotton in a darkish camel beige.

I have some more golden silks I want to try out in these cuffs.

And I'm looking forward to doing some black ones with black lace again, like this one.

Linked to:

My Creative Space , Homework , I Heart Naptime , PetiteHermine

Monday Moodboard - Harmonious

1. LullabyGR

2. MissBabacilu

3. OverTheRainbowPrints

4. LaTenaglialmpazzita

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday. The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game StarOfTheEast

Top 10 Women's Scarf Inspiration

The lovely Rikka of Ricochet and Away is holding another sewing challenge on her blog for the month of November.

This time -much to my delight- it's all about scarves.

Here is my Top 10 of the wonderful scarfs pinned to our Ring Your Neck pinterest board. But there's much more inspiration there, as well as tutorials and diys.

Simply click on any photo to go to the link.

You can still join in the challenge if you want.

 Just contact Rikka.

Vintage Fashion Godess Dovima

1950s supermodel Dovima via WeHeartVintage. 

Monday Moodboard - Purple Delight

1. MyMonography

2. Hypericumfragile

3.Ada Suzanne

4. Colours And Textures

Monday Mooodboard is a game played by the members of the European Etsy Team every Monday. The moodboard is a selection of items from the team that reflect your mood on that particular day. Anyone in the team can join in. Just link your very own moodboard to the host of the game Star Of The East.