1L Layered Spiral Scarf By: Tessi http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/layered-spiral-scarf Multi-layered scarf cut from a spiral/snail shape 2M Materials see uploaded files and instructions Step 1 — Spiral Scarf supplies Supplies: 1. PDF file of pattern drawing – NOT TO SCALE 2. one 3/4 yard piece of heavyweight pellon interfacing ( or other non woven) to draw your master pattern on 3. One regular “sharpie” pen or other parker, for drawing your master pattern 4. freezer paper 5. four coordinating fabrics, 5/8 yard each. Fabrics should be very light, drape well, and look good on both sides. One of my fabrics is a printed sheer, the other is a knit mesh with sequins 6. thread of your choosing to coordinate with the fabrics Step 2 — Creating your master pattern, and transferring it to your fabrics Use the PDF file of the â—not-to-scaleâ— pattern to draw â— freehand â— the spiral design onto your pellon or other non-woven interfacing. My finished pattern is 18 inches in diameter. Tear lengths of freezer paper to cover the pattern. You will need to overlap the paper a bit in order to cover the pattern. Pin the overlap in place, then pin the paper to your pattern. Trace the pattern onto the freezer paper. Remove all of the pins except the ones holding your paper overlap together. Make four freezer paper patterns, one for each of your fabrics. Pre-heat your iron to a relatively hot, but dry setting. Decide on the order of your fabric layers. This will be important as you apply your pattern, cut and sew. You might want to mark them 1-2-3-4 or A-B-C-D…. With the first fabric in your stacked layer, place the fabric, wrong side up, on your worktable. Carefully pin a freezer paper pattern to the fabric. Trim away the remaining fabric width. Using your iron, temporarily fuse the freezer paper to the fabric â— ironing ONLY on the paper. I had my iron set to â—cottonâ— with dry heat. All of my fabrics were synthetics, and there is no melting UNLESS you iron the fabric itself! Repeat for each of your fabrics. This use of the freezer paper stabilizes your flimsy, sheer fabrics, so that cutting them out is a bit easier! Step 3 — Cutting out your fabrics Cut the outer edge of each fused pattern first, then cut the spirals open. I opted to work with one spiral at a time. You should end up with a small circle of fabric leftover from cutting open the spiral. Carefully remove the freezer paper. Step 4 — Scarf Construction For each of your 4 spirals, you will be finishing the OUTER edge of the spiral with either a serged edge, or a tight zig-zag stitch. I do not own a serger, so I used the zig-zag stitch on my machine, set to .5 length and 3.5 width. The fabrics will ripple, and that is OK! I decided to go over the raw edges twice, for a neater finish. Remember to keep your fabric layer order. 3S Once you have completed serging/zig-zagging the outer edges, put your fabric pairs together, stacking one on top of the other with right sides facing upwards. You should have two pairs of two fabrics. Pin the inner edges of one spiral pair together, then serge or zig-zag that edge. Repeat for the other spiral pair. NOW, stack your pairs together, right sides facing upwards. Determine the center of your stack as best you can, on the inner curve of the spiral. Mark it by pinning through the spiral layers then pin the layers together, 13 inches from either side of the center pin, for a total of 26 inches in pinned length. Using a straight stitch on your sewing machine, stitch the 4 layers together, as near to the inner aspect of the zig-zag / serged edges as possible. You are finished! This spiral scarf can be worn in many different ways and is lots of fun! It makes me think a bit of the long pieces of kelp you might find on the beach! I ended up making only one pair of fabrics, because, even though I had originally chosen 4, I liked the look of just my first two! If you make the 4 layers, you will have two â—tailsâ— at each end of your scarf that you can tie together in different ways. You might also consider doing what a friend tried: she made two scarves, each with only two layers, but 4 coordinating fabrics. She can wear either two-layer scarf separately, or combine them into 4 layersâ—¦â—¦â—¦ Layered Spiral Scarf