Just thought I'd share this quick and easy project with you all. And if I say quick and easy, anyone can do it! I had bought some extra fleece last year on sale and thought I'd like to make scarves for some family members for Christmas, so I decided to do a trial run last night by making a scarf for myself.

I know that if you use double sided fleece, you don't even have to sew a stitch, just fringe the edges, but I didn't have any of that, so I had to sew 3 seams. I found these instructions for the simple scarf on a blog by googling fleece scarf. I made a few mistakes though, so I thought I'd share my instructions with you.

Nancy's Simple Scarf:

Materials:

Youth = 1 1/2 yds

Adult = 1 3/4 yds

Thread

Scissors or rotary cutter

Instructions:

1. Cut your fabric to the proper size.  These are just guidelines. Use what you have on hand or makes sense to you. Also these measurements are for a scarf that you fold in half and sew, just divide the width by 1/2 if you're using double sided fleece.
   

   Youth size = 8 1/4" x 48 1/2"

   Adult size = 12 1/4" x 60 1/2"

2. Fold the fabric lengthwise right sides together (or the pretty sides as I say). Sew a 1/4" seam down the length BUT leave 3 1/2 inches on each end open (for the fringe).
3. Now you should have a big ol' tube. Turn it right side out and then sew a seam (on the pretty side of the fabric) on each of the short sides 31/2" from the ends.
   
4. Now you just have to cut the fringe on each end. You'll have to cut the fold on each end too, but just eyeball the fringe to make it look right. Fleece is nice because it doesn't fray. Just be sure not to cut into your end seams.
   
5. Voila! It's done! You've got a fluffy warm scarf.

Your ever-so craft-challenged Senior Editor,
~Nancy