When it’s cold outside a scarf can take the edge off the chill. If you have to wear a scarf, you can use colors that complement your outerwear and personal preferences. With basic supplies and some sewing knowledge, creating a fleece scarf with cut slits will give the scarf the look of fringe that you can dress up or down.
Things You'll Need
Fleece
Scissors
Threaded sewing machine or needle and thread
Instructions
1 Cut out at least two pieces of fleece in your desired color. You can choose the size, but for a typical scarf, the pieces will need to be about 5 or 6 feet long and 4 to 6 inches wide. Using different colors will make the fringe more noticeable.
2 Lay the fleece pieces on top of each other. If you choose more than two strips, lay them all together. Adding more than two strips of fleece will yield more fringe.
3 Pin the strips of fleece together.
4 Sew a running stitch down the center, length-wise, of the pieces of fleece. Simplicity says to add flare to fleece with a colorful, loose-running stitch. For instance, you can use a larger sewing needle and hand-sew embroidery floss down the center in a complementary color. You can also use a basic running stitch on your sewing machine with novelty thread.
5 Cut strips about 1 inch wide on each side of the running stitch, being careful not to cut the stitch.
6 Fluff the slits to give them a fringed appearance.
Tips & Warnings
If you would rather have fringe on the bottom, you can take one piece of fleece and cut up inch-wide slits at each end. Cut the fringe as long as you would like. Three to 6 inches should suffice.
You can add beads to the cut slits. Add a bead either to all of the slits or just a few. You will need to find a large enough bead that you can either slide on the fleece and tie on or use fabric glue to tie to the slits.
You can wash fleece in the washing machine, but you will need to fluff the slits again after drying.
Any fleece will work for the project, but if you plan on using the scarf a lot or giving it as a gift, consider purchasing a higher-quality, no-pill fleece. While this is more expensive up front, the scarf will last longer.
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