Appliqué scarf

Appliqué:  [Pronunciation: ap-li-kay]   (n.) ornamentation, as a cutout design, that is sewn on to or otherwise applied to a piece of material (Source: OED online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. 17 April 2015)

Now I am a bit of a scarf fan...so making another scarf was inevitable really...

 

 Photo by Sarah Ryan

So....I just happened to buy 50cm of cheesecloth, and 20cm of a white lace fabric.


I cut the cheesecloth into two 25cm strips and joined them with a french seam so that there would be no raw edges showing.

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Then I cut out some of the different sections of the lace.

  

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I decided I'd put some lace on each end of the scarf but choosing which little sections of lace to use and placing them in an arrangement that I was happy with took a bit of time and trialling.

I hand stitched each section on, picking up about two threads from the cheesecloth for each stitch. That way, the stitching was hardly visible on the reverse side. 

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I used a fine zigzag on the sewing machine to hem the sides. To get the slightly fluted edges on the hems at each end, I stretched out the crinkles in the fabric while I was zig-zagging.        

 

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This sort of lace would also appliqué well to denim shorts or the pockets of jeans for example....