Leviticus 13:22 And if it spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a disease.
If you are like me, you have fabric in your stash that you’ve had a while. Maybe quite a while. Possibly even so long you don’t remember where you bought it!!
Recently I was going through my fabric stash and looking for something else for a project I was working on. I came across this polkadot piece of fabric that I’ve had for eons. It was one that I didn’t remember what I was going to make originally.
Have you ever noticed clothing styles? I love that phrase, ‘if you keep it long enough, it will be back in style.’ Over the years I’ve had a few scarves that I wear with certain outfits. I also inherited a few scarves that my mother used to wear that I love to incorporate into my wardrobe. The latest trend is something called an infinity scarf. I love them!!
The thing about all of these scarves; old, new, infinity; is that they can quickly and easily dress up an outfit, even a tee-shirt. The infinity ones are great because it’s basically a big circle that you can make one, two maybe even three loops, put it around your neck and it won’t blow away in a wild winds.
A week or two ago I wore one of my scarves with a knot in the front. I stopped to get gas, the winds were whipping and suddenly my scarf knot was in the back!! Immediately I thought I should have worn an infinity scarf.
With my new and improved nose bump, I have read a few articles about skin cancer and last year discovered that May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. I also learned that orange is the color of skin cancer, like pink is the color for breast cancer, all the different cancers have a color to help promote awareness. In addition, it seems that the polkadot also can represent skin cancer awareness, like a spot.
Suddenly I had a brilliant idea!!* I would use my polkadot fabric I found, that was eons old, make an infinity scarf to help promote skin cancer awareness and, mainly have a new accessory to go with some of my outfits.
Are you ready for an infinity scarf tutorial? For the pattern, I decided to use the measurements of an infinity scarf that I had on hand. I measured it and it was about 22” x 80.”
After prewashing the fabric, I cut off the raw edges. The length wasn’t long enough for the 80 inches, so I added a section that was about 20”.
Right sides together, I stitched the length, end and other length side, basically making a long narrow pillow case. There may be other ways to make the scarf, however in my mind every time I would turn it inside out, the scarf wouldn’t come out right. I decided I didn’t want to take that much time to make it wrong and have to seam rip it out. So I stuck with simple.
While the scarf was inside out, I took extra time to make sure I didn’t have any straggling threads on it that would show through on the right side. Turn, press and stitch the two ends together. I used a flat felled seam to enclose the raw edges.
The infinity scarf was ready and I wore it a few days later to an event. I got more compliments on it than I think I’ve had on any other scarf. I was even able to talk about skin cancer awareness with a couple of people.
Have fun making your infinity scarf!
* ‘A brilliant idea …’. My Great nephew was telling me that he had, ‘a brilliant idea.’ He was 5-years old at the time. You might have thought he’d have an idea. Or a good idea. No, he had a brilliant idea. I asked him if I could use his phrase in the blog from time to time.
3 John 1:2 Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.
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