Do you ever want to make a project you can whip up in just a few minutes? Maybe it is meant as an antidote to all the couture sewing you've been doing lately or maybe you just need a last-minute gift for a friend. Here's a project that takes minutes to make. It's a scarf that you simply cut and run up on your Baby Lock serger. View the original project in Threads magazine.
Materials:
- 1 yard 44-inch-wide silk chiffon charmeuse
- 3 spools of thread to match or contrast
- Rotary cutter and gridded cutting mat
- Antifray liquid such as Fray Check
- Iron
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Steps:
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Cut a 36-inch square. This is easiest to do if you have a gridded cutting mat and a rotary cutter or use a T-square or a carpenter's square ruler to mark the fabric.
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Set your serger to the rolled-hem setting. If your serger doesn't have a built-in rolled hem set it up for three-thread serging with the stitch length at 1.5
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Starting at one corner serge the length of your square and off the end. Repeat on all sides.
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I don't trim much off my edge but if it makes you more comfortable you can serge using 1/2-inch (10-mm) seam allowance.
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Trim the excess thread chains and if you like dab a drop of antifray liquid on the corners.
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Press the scarf. Then wrap it à la Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis or Grace Kelly and wear with élan for a glamorous look.
