Day 264-scrap to scarf

Last week when I was visiting resource rescue I picked a pile of fabric swatch samples, beautiful fashion prints and detailed textures. The only problem is most of the swatches are small pieces, so now I need to think up lots of projects using small pieces... any suggestions are welcome!

a pile of swatches

 Ive decided to use this piece today

 overlocking it, right sides together, length-wise, then turning it back out the right way

 then overlocking the ends together, right sides together again

and I am left with a little hole for hand stitching (I hate that last little section! is there a better way to do this? any advice?)

 once around

 twice around

 how about the headband-scarf combo?

hello sailor!

craft out

xxoo

Day 236-fantastic elastic continued

Tonight I have tried out the swirl scarf again but this time with a different technique.

With last night's scarf I was hoping the scarf would twist around more.

Tonight I am using some red sheer fabric

 cut into a large circle

 and then cut the fabric out in a swirl

 instead of attaching the elastic straight away I have run a gathering stitch down the centre of the fabric first, that way when i do attach the fabric it will be twice as frilly and hopefully twice as curly

 this is how long it is with just the gathering stitch

 then i stitched the elastic down the centre, using tension on the elastic the whole way

 here is the final product, a super frilly fun scarf...

although its no really a scarf for practical purposes, its more like a fascinator for the neck,

perhaps a "scarfinator"

craft out

xxoo

Day 235-playing with fantastic elastic

Tonight I decided to trial making a frilly dressy scarf with a sheer printed mesh fabric and some elastic...

i love this floral sheer mesh fabric

 i cut a long strip of the fabric,

really long!

 and then stitched some elastic down the centre of the scarf (putting tension on either end of the elastic as i sewed)

 once i finished stitching i was left with this! a frilly stretchy scarf

what do you think?

craft out!