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Make a Ruffly T-shirt Scarf

20 August 2009 37,552 views 10 Comments Pin It

by heather

Reader Disney from Ruffles and Stuff made this awesome scarf from a pair of jersey (t-shirt material) pants! It's a quick and easy project, and look how cute. It will take you from the last hot days of summer into fall, and beyond. I have seen a lot of t-shirts at my local dollar stores, lately, so if you don't have an old one you want to use, you can pick one up for a buck. [click here for instructions]

This is a low-sew project, so if you're afraid of sewing, don't be afraid to check it out - it involves pinning and sewing in a straight line, which you can DO! I know you can!

Project Estimate:

  • T-shirt, on hand or $1
  • Pins, on hand
  • Scissors or rotary cutter and mat, on hand
  • Sewing machine, thread, on hand

Total: FREE and up

10 Comments »

  • What to do with old t-shirts « quarterlife lifestyle said:

    [...] scarf. With ruffles or [...]

    # 1 October 2009 at 7:12 am
  • KAREN said:

    THIS SCARF PATTERN WAS EASY TO MAKE AND LOOKS AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR SHARING.

    # 26 December 2009 at 9:08 pm
  • What to do with old t-shirts — {quarterlife lifestyle} said:

    [...] scarf. With ruffles or [...]

    # 11 April 2010 at 2:36 pm
  • Trina said:

    Instructions are no longer available. Would love to know how to make this!

    # 4 November 2010 at 8:51 am
  • heather (author) said:

    I looked through all the archives at Rufflesandstuff.com and it’s not on the site anymore. I emailed the author, so maybe she’ll repost the tutorial or let me republish it.

    If not, the basic jist of the tutorial is that you cut a whole bunch of squares out of jersey (t-shirt like material) with your rotary cutter, then you lay them out overlapping each other, pin them together, and then sew down the middle of the line with a stretch stitch on your sewing machine.

    # 4 November 2010 at 9:07 am
  • What to do with old t-shirts — Quarterlife Lifestyle said:

    [...] scarf. With ruffles or [...]

    # 5 June 2011 at 7:10 pm
  • Sarah said:

    Heather, do you layer the squares evenly on top of each other or just haphazardly on each other?

    # 21 September 2011 at 10:58 am
  • heather (author) said:

    @sarah, overlapping diamonds. I would lay them out as evenly as you can.

    # 21 September 2011 at 1:42 pm
  • Lindsey said:

    I found the tutorial here: http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/super_easy_tshirt_scarf

    # 1 November 2011 at 11:44 am
  • Julie said:

    Can’t wait to try this!

    # 29 November 2011 at 8:43 pm

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