Trying to serve: Flannel Infinity Scarf tutorial

Flannel Infinity Scarf - tutorial DIY

Sorry for the long delay between posts. October was insane and I felt the month of November was spent digging out. So now with Christmas on the horizon, I thought I would share how to make these super easy scarves. I think they are affordable and simple and would make a great gift! So here I go....
I posted the link on my previous post to the tutorial I used. I have decided to do it again, because when searching things on Pintrest, I would go to the site of something I like, only to redirect me to another site. So I am trying to simplify for you. If you'd like to see the origin of this tutorial go here.

First head over to your favorite fabric store and pick out your favorite flannel. You will need 1.75 yards. I have found most are 42inches wide. IF you get two yards there are some fun things you can do with that extra .25yard.

When you get home find a big space (just to make life easier) and lay out your fabric.

You are going to be cutting right down the middle on the short side of fabric yielding two long (1.75 yards to be exact) strips of fabric. I simply folded in half the on the short side and used my pinking shears to cut.

Folded in half the long way

Cut in half

This brings me to how to handle fraying. Flannel frays! So, I read that pinking shears will work if you don't have a serger. I am not a fabric expert and rely on the advice of others. I did on some scarves try a zigzag stitch. So either cut around the whole perimeter with pinking shears or use a zigzag stitch or serger.

Once you have your fabric ready fold one strip in half, on the short side, right sides facing each other (mine didn't really have a right side, they both were the same). Now you can pin if you want but I just used my hand to guide. On the long edge you are going to sew almost the whole length of the fabric, but leaving 2 inches open at the top and bottom. I always use about 1/2 inch seam allowance. I try 1/4" and always am more comfortable with 1/2" (I don't know why).

Sewing down the long edge...

Leaving two inches at top and bottom!

Turn the fabric right-side out. (I missed this step my first time). I found putting my arm inside the tube and grabbing the opposite end and then pulling it up through worked well.

Reach arm into tube and grab the end

Pull it through to the right side.

This is what it looks like when pulled out, showing the two inches at the end...

Right side, with two inches not done on either end.

Once you have straightened out the fabric and get it laying flat, fold in half the long way. So now the ends of the scarf are matched up.

The short ends matched up. Fabric folded the long way.

This is where it gets hard to describe. You will grab the two middle pieces, pushing the other pieces away, and start to sew.

Grab the middle pieces of fabric

Sewing only the two middle pieces at this point....make sure to push the top and bottom fabric out of the way!

You will continue around (the very end will be hard), marrying up the fabric as you go.

Sewing along, pulling the fabric together as you go

Eventually you will be swing the top and bottom piece. Just trust me.

After you have completed joining the seams.

Another view..

Once you have connected the ends of the scarf together you are ready to close!

Pulling the joined edges into tube.

You are going to push in the sewn ends inside the big tube.

After pulling the ends in. Now to close that hole.

I pull the seam tight and push the fabric down, then I pin it closed. This is because I use a machine to close and I can get closer to the edge (just my technique). You can use an invisible stitch and do by hand...but no one will really see it so I say make life easy and use your machine.