How to Make a Scarf With a Slide Ring

Make professional looking fashion scarves in less than 20 minutes.

Make a simple silk scarf and embellish it with a decorative slide ring to hold the accessory in place. The scarf can be customized to the length and width you prefer, finished with gentle rolled edges. Make a long scarf to wear with a simple dressy tank top, or make a shorter scarf to peak out above the top of a suit jacket. After you finish making a few scarves for yourself, share your fashion savvy with friends and family by making a few as Christmas gifts.

Things You'll Need

• Silk fabric
• Chalk
• Scissors
• Iron
• Scrap cloth fabric
• Sewing machine
• Thread
• Scarf slide ring

Instructions

1. Lay the silk fabric on your work surface, and draw a 10-inch by 60-inch rectangle with a piece of chalk.

2. Cut out the shape, and lay the fabric face-down on your work surface.

3. Fold over 1/8 inch along each of the sides of the scarf, and iron on a low setting to crease the folds. Place a piece of cloth over top of the iron, to prevent the silk from becoming damaged by the heat.

4. Fold over another 1/8 inch along each side. Iron lightly -- just to keep the fold in place. Try not to crease this folded edge.

5. Set the sewing machine to a wide zigzag stitch. Place one corner of the scarf under the needle, with the folded edge facing upward. Sew slowly, all the way around the outer edge of the scarf.

6. Fold the scarf in half, and place the fold behind your neck. Insert each end of the scarf into the slide ring; a scarf slide ring has two holes, one for each end. Slide the ring up to the position you would like it to rest.

References

• "Scarves to Make"; Linda Lee; 1998