Here is a dress I made yesterday from the large fringed scarf below. You can do it too. You do not need a sewing machine. Just a needle and thread and a pair of scissors.
I started with a large scarf which had a fringe down one side.
Make sure you have the pattern the right way up.
Here is one I made earlier, my first fringed scarf dress. Orange fish.You can see the fringe and shoulder and neck.
My family love it. So bright and colourful. They are also impressed that I made a dress.
From an earlier project - I started with small scarves, sewing on tie ribbons, two per scarf, to tie the scarf across my bust to stop it falling off, getting lost, falling in the dirt, catching in doors and drawers, or slipping sideways untidily online and in photos.
I used clothes pegs to hold the sides together. Americans say clothes pin.
The fringes are tied together. I tied only every fourth fringe. You could tie every one. I prefer to keep cool in sunny summer. You could always wear a slip underneath.
Fancy neck for a caftan
Ribbon from Daiso, sewn into a headband with fabric flower attached.
Sewing kits from suprmarkets and sewing shops. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Needle threader. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
Sylko is silky. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
The best easy glide cotton (left). The technical term mercerized. It costs more. Why? The cotton is waxed so it slides more easily. It looks glossy. It feels tougher, firmer. The cotton reel was wood in the olden days, now sometimes plastic. It sits easily on the spool of a sewing machine.
The cheap cotton is more likely to catch in the fabric and not pull through. Also the end frays when you cut it so it is hard to thread through the needle. On the other hand, you can buy a boxed sewing kit with lots of colours of the cheap cotton. (right).
Nothing to wear? Scarf sitting around doing nothing? Bored, and want to do some relaxing sewing? Feeling creative?
Turn a scarf into a dress. Here is how I did it.
OK, I admit it's just a beach dress, a basic boat-neck straight up and down shift dress. If you are handy with a needle you can add two vertical seams. Sew ribbon around the neck and armhole(s).
Dress with two tie belts. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
BELT
Add a belt. Consider:
Make a matching belt from a co-ordinating ribbon, or cut a strip off either the hem or the side or the top, or the centre back (and insert a zip).
Two ribbon ties from either side to tie at the back.
Or a long ribbon with two matching loops either side of the waist.
Or place a ribbon at waist height inside all the way around. Make two parallel seams, leavin a hole at the front centre. Thread through a long ribbon with two fancy ends to tie in a bow at the front like a drawstring.
Useful Websites On Sewing
Daiso - cheap store in Japan, Singapore, Asia. I bought ribbon in black, red and blue and green, wide or narrow.
I have several more posts on sewing a caftan or headband.
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/06/how-to-copy-caftan-what-australian.html
Websites on English and American English
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_words_having_different_meanings_in_American_and_British_English
https://context.reverso.net/translation/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/polyglotcommunity
https://translate.google.com/
About the author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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I am Immediate Past President of Braddell Heights Advanced, meeting on Zoom the first Wednesday of the month but the third Saturday afternoon and occasionally on other Wednesdays our workshops are on app learncool.sg
Or quicker to type and easier to remember:
For language lovers:Useful Websites
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-say-thank-you-in-several.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2019/05/introducing-yourself-in-english-spanish.html
https://travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com/2020/01/second-set-of-portuguese-words.html Please share links to your favourite posts
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