One of the most popular posts on my blog is this buffalo plaid scarf I made a couple of years ago for less than $5. It’s held up fantastically, gone all over the world with me, and washed up beautifully after run-ins with sticky toddler hands.
I have a big pile of scarves in my closet, but this is the one I pick up the most and I’ve been meaning to make another one in a different color for at least a year.
This year, with blanket scarves super trendy, I figured I’d make one of those instead. I looked up the measurements of a couple of blanket scarves and found that almost all of them run about 60 inches by 28 inches.
When I went to Jo-Ann Fabrics to buy some plaid fabric, I discovered that all the fabric was around 42 inches wide. I bought a piece 60 inches long (with one of those ubiquitous 40% off coupons, it cost me about $5) and came home and trimmed it down to 28 inches wide.
Which left me with a 12 inch wide strip. Perfect for a little girl who always likes to match her mommy (or her sisters – you should have seen the uproar last week when the two little girls were wearing matching outfits and Ella didn’t have an outfit that matched).
Like I did on my buffalo scarf, I sewed two seams around the edge to keep them from fraying and voila! Two matching scarves that took about 15 minutes to make and cost less than $3 each.
You could buy one (here and here are a couple of options), but this is one of those things that is so ridiculously easy and cheap, that it seems silly to pay $30-$50 for someone else to make you a square of fabric. It’s a perfect gift for the holidays, too.
Also, I planned to make one for Ani too, but she was insistent that she did NOT one and she REALLY didn’t want to be in any pictures. So. . .okay then.
These scarves are awesome! If only I had a sewing machine… Might take awhile to sew that much material by hand. 😛
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Love all your recent holiday-ish posts lately. Probably should file this tutorial away for that distant day when I may actually own a sewing machine.
Andria
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That scarf you gave me saved my butt on our trip to Florida a few weeks ago. I meant to text you a picture of me huddled under it on the plane trying to keep my extremities from freezing off.
I can't believe how tall Ella is getting. Also, I agree with your mother about her showing delight at everything. She is just devouring every minute of your time together and feeling very treasured, indeed!
You two are so cute. I'm itching for Kinsley to finally fit into 2T clothes so we can start wearing matching mommy/daughter LuLaRoe dresses… I am that cheesy person.
So cute! And I love your shoes!
So cute! And I love your shoes!