The 12 Days of Ellee The Ninth Day Infinity Scarf with Butterflies

The 12 Days of Ellee

On the Ninth Day of Ellee 

My mother made for me

Infinity Scarf with Butterflies,

Fitted Cowgirl Pinstripes,

A Flowery Printed Black Skirt,

More Ruffled Dresses,

A Red Dress with Short Sleeves,

A Sassy Little Mini Dress,

One Gaping Green Shirt,

A Fitted Chevron Dress,

and a Turquoise Dress fitted to me.

Magic, I know, right?  I do have to say, this may have been one of the more trickier projects, but still possible when you put your mind to it.  So, let's begin...

This was the beginning shirt.  Ellee really liked it because of the ruffles everywhere:)  Sadly, I wasn't able to rescue the ruffles, at least not for this project.  When I cut, I carefully put the ruffles away for another day, along with the sleeve cuffs and bottom elastic piece.  I'll figure something out to use those for.  Maybe a headband?  hmmm, maybe....

I began by cutting off those precious arm cuffs and bottom cuff.  I cut off the sleeves from the bodice, then cut the sleeves open and laid them flat.  I cut the ruffled front piece off as close as I could to the seams.  I set all these pieces aside and laid all of the flat pieces out.  I was lining them up to see how I could cut the widest section out of each piece.  When I figured out the smallest width I could get, I cut all of my pieces the same width, even though they were all different lengths.  My end goal was going to be to sew them end to end to make the infinity scarf as long as I could.

Cutting off the arm cuffs

Lining up the pieces to cut them evenly

After I cut all pieces the same width, I laid them right sides facing me.  I overlapped about 1/2 inch of the same side and sewed a very little zig sag stitch across the width of the fabric.  Once done, I trimmed both sides right up to the zig zag stitch.  Then I "rolled" the zig zag stitch so that there would not be an open seam on either side of the fabric.  I sewed right over the top of the zig zag with a straight stitch, leaving no open seams or edge on the seam.  I did this the same on all my pieces, matching end to end on the first and last piece, forming a circle.  Once the circle was complete, I trimmed up the edges, then sewed up a rolled hem seam on the inside and outside length of the scarf.

sewing the two pieces of fabric with a zig zag stitch

And, that's it!  The scarf turned out to be just the right length for Ellee to wrap around her neck twice.