Thursday, August 14, 2014

Instant happiness scarf

Some colorful silk - what more do you need to be happy?


This vibrant piece of silk had been sitting in my stash way too long. It was a gift from someone who in turn had gotten it as a gift from someone who had been to China. Apparently nobody knew what to do with this little firecracker. 


I planned to make this into a simple top and was waiting for the perfect pattern to come along, but I had my doubts about how much I would actually wear it. I love colors, and I even love all these colors separately, but all of them mixed together seemed a bit much to me (insert note here about how I live in a country where beige is the most worn color, besides black of course).


So it became a scarf! Excellent, because I wear scarves a lot, and since it's silk I can wear it all year round. Instant happiness!


I finished the outer edges with a rolled hem and took my time to get the stitch length and width right. Good thing that I finally bought those red reels of thread for the serger a while ago.

What about you? What do you do with a fabric in your stash that seems impossible to wear?

4 comments:

  1. Gorgeous scarf! I think the colors suit you really well!

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  2. This is so pretty and cheery. Great use of your fabric!

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  3. I've got several pieces in my stash that would be good for making scarves. Now that I have a serger that can do a rolled hem I need to get on it!

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    1. You definitely should! Scarves are such great stash busters :)

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