The Skinny on my Charm Square Scarf
Last night, I made my March Across The Pond Sew Along project.
It is the Charm Square Scarf . (Amanda's pick this month.)
From Moda Bake Shop Trish's charm square scarf |
Trish , of Notes of Sincerity, made this pattern, and it was featured as a recipe in the Moda Bake Shop. (go over there to see all of the free patterns for projects!)
Amanda, The Patchsmith, and Amy , Amy Made That!, and I have each made our own charms scarf.
Amanda's charm square scarf |
I followed the pattern for the most part.
I did adapt the width of my scarf, by cutting the charms in half. Therefore, each charm was now 2 1/2 inch wide x 5 inches tall for my scarf.
I sewed two together for each row , making the width a total of 4 1/2 inches now. (The original pattern calls for 9 1/2 inches.)
After I figured out the new dimensions of the scarf, I just had to choose my fabrics.
I wanted the colors to be light and spring-like, and I love pink and yellow!
I dug around in my stash, and found the perfect thing to use.
My sister, Amy, had given me some charm packs called Spring Pastel. (It didn't say what company made them.) I have saved them for "just the right project." I then used some Moda- Lucy's Crab Shack Daisies Blossom Pink for my backing fabric. (I didn't want to use flannel, like the pattern calls for.)
'Turning out' the narrow scarf was not difficult using the dowel rod. |
My scarf is now ' rectangles' of pastel blocks |
My skinny charm scarf with my cream colored coat |
My scarf can be worn this way |
Or.... worn this way ! |
Hey, join us in making a charm scarf, and upload a picture to our flickr group ! There are some pretty scarves in there already. These make a cute gift... and you can actually make 2 scarves with one charm pack when you half the charms , like I did!
Come back at the end of the week to see my giveaway in the
I like your scarf - well done! :)
ReplyDeleteLove it Susie. It looks super on that skinny model in the white jumper too. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteI love the skinny scarf. I think that is the size I will make. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love your scarf, thank you for the tutorial, the links,
ReplyDeleteand the inspiration. New follower here, I really love your blog!
Marisa from
http://passionetcouture.blogspot.ca/
I love your scarf Susie! I like that it's skinnier too :) I think I will be doing the same... just ordered some charms. Thank you for sharing and the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteI am so in love with this scarf!! And who is that model? Is it someone I've seen on the cover of Vogue? :)
ReplyDeleteI think it was on VAGUE.... :)
DeleteLove, Love, LOVE it! and your play on words...skinny on the skinny scarf.
ReplyDeleteYour scarf is absolutely adorable!! I posted your
ReplyDeletefinish, linking back to your blog this morning. :o)
Have a lovely day. Sincerely, Trish xo
link:
http://notesofsincerity.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-little-sight-seeing.html
ps. I love your coat and scarf combo!