Easy Peasy Game Day Scarf (Seriously, sew easy!)

Easy Peasy Game Day Scarf (Seriously, sew easy!)

Football season is finally here! It is one of the reasons I love fall. My little town in North Georgia is a true “Friday Night Lights” town and I wouldn’t be a true southern girl if I didn’t love college football as well. Overall, the temperatures in the south in the fall are perfect and, many days, you can still wear shorts and t-shirts to games – but the nights do start to get chilly.

This prompted me to make some cute and ridiculously easy scarfs for those chilly fall football nights.

Supplies

• 10″ x 57″ of Fleece (buy 1/3 yard at the store of 60″ wide fleece)
• Rayon thread – Check out our new Team Spirit Store for some popular team color combinations
• Sulky Tear-Easy Stabilizer
• Sulky Solvy or Heat Away Stabilizer

The Easiest Directions Ever

1. Embroider your school’s ‘saying’ (i.e. Go Canes, Go Noles, etc.) about 8″ above one end of the scarf, centered. I did this by folding the fleece in half, long ways, and then measured up in order to be able to hoop the fleece centered. I hooped 2 layers of Sulky Tear Easy, the fleece, and then one layer of Sulky Heat Away (you could use Solvy, too).
2. Stitch out the embroidery. I used the same thread in the top and bobbin.
3. Finish the edges one of three ways:
   1. Serge the edges with a serger. You can do this in the same contrasting color you used for the words or in a matching color. Serger Hack: If you only have one spool of the thread you want to use to serge, wind three bobbins. On a small project like this, it is enough thread to go around the scarf.
   2. Sew the edges using one of the overlocking or decorative stitch on your regular sewing machine.
   3. Turn the edge under and sew. 
   4. Okay, I lied. There is a fourth way. You could do nothing to the edge. It’s fleece. It’s not going to fray. I personally liked using my sewing machine and the overlock stitch best.

Helpful Tip: I want my corners to be round so I used a plastic plate and chalk to mark the curve and then cut the shape. I folded the scarf in half so I could cut both ends at the same time.

That’s it! Really! I told you it was easy. So go make a scarf and cheer on your team. 

Happy Sewing!