Cold crisp mornings… early sunsets… fall must be here.

Few things feel better than a warm fleece scarf to ward off the cool mornings and evenings.

Supplies:
Basic sewing machine
1/4 yard each of two contrasting colors of fleece
Regular thread to match each color
Rotary cutter, mat and ruler

Basic scarf construction
1. From each color, cut an 8-inch wide strip across the full width of the fabric
2. Place the fleece wrong sides together. (Usually, fleece curls to the right side when pulled along the selvage edges, and it curls to the wrong side when stretched on the cross grain.)
3. Trim selvage edges off fleece.
4. Starting and ending about 5 inches from each end, stitch the long edges with a 1/2-inch seam allowance. A 3.0mm to 3.5mm stitch length usually works well.
5. Using your rotary cutter and ruler, trim the long edges to a 1/4-inch seam allowance.

Make 1/2-inch wide fringe on each end of scarf.
To make quick fringe you will need
1 large cutting mat
1 small cutting mat
Rotary cutter

1. Lay the fleece on the large cutting mat.
2. Lay the small mat on the fleece such that 5 inches, or whatever depth of fringe you want, of fleece is exposed.
3. Fold the fleece to be fringed over the small mat.
4. Using a rotary cutter and cutting from the fold towards the end of the fleece, cut 1/2-inch fringe. (You might want to use a ruler to help cut straight and even strips. A sharp blade will make this task easier.)

Embellish scarf with Reverse Applique
I chose a leaf shape, but hearts, trees, squares and other simple shapes all work well.
1. Trace your template shape onto paper. Lightly spray KK2000 on the template to adhere in place.
2. Straight stitch around the template.
3. Remove and spray template again, if necessary, and adhere to the next location. Stitch.
4. Repeat until the project is complete.

NOTE – If you have an embroidery machine, you can use just the outline portion of an embroidery design in lieu of steps 1 to 4 above. If you have software, you can create your own design.

5. Trim one layer from the center on one side of the scarf; do not cut the contrasting fleece.

6. Trim the opposite color at the other end of the scarf.