I thought a scarf could maybe double as a breast feeding cover but since I don't have kids, tell me if I am wrong? Maybe? If not she will look stylish as she totes the babes around.
To give it a little something extra, I wanted to add a little pocket. Since she lives in a city with public transport, I thought she could put her metro card in there or a few dollars when she took the kids out for a walk, just in case. Of course, you can't put that much in a scarf but don't we all need more pockets?
So how can you make a cute infinity scarf with a pocket?
Supplies List:
- Large piece of woven fabric measuring at least 20" x 66"
- Additional fabric for the pocket flap, 6.5" x 4" (mine is the same as my main fabric but you could use a coordinating fabric)
- Two pieces of fabric for the pocket bag 6.5" x 5" (I used a sliver lining fabric scrap I had but you can just the same fabric as the main or a coordinating fabric)
- One piece of interfacing for the pocket flap, 6.5" x 4"
- Two pieces of light to medium weight fusible interfacing 6.5" x 5"
- 1 snap, or other fastener of choice (ie button, velcro)
- matching thread
- Edge food (optional but helpful)
- Basic sewing machine, I use my Janome Magnolia
All your fabric should be pre-washed!
Your main fabric needs to be at least 72" (2 yards) long in order to be able to wrap your infinity scarf around your neck twice. If you want a longer scarf, increase the length. If you want a fuller scarf, in crease the width, 20" will give you a typically full scarf but if you want a crazy full one, go for it!
I also like to make ~20" wide scarves as, I can then make two scarves from 2 yards of fabric by cutting it in half if I use a 45" wide cotton, they are each 22.5" wide.
In this case since I wanted a pocket flap also, I bought 2 1/4 yards, which is a little more than I need for the flap.
Sew the long edge of your main fabric right sides together (RST) using a 1/4" seam allowance. I used a 1/4" seam allowance for this whole project. Iron the seam open after sewing.
The sandwich should look this if you lift up the interfacing.
Apply interfacing to the pocket flap and bag pieces. Fold the flap piece in half, so it becomes 6.5" x 2" and sew along the two short edges but not the long edge. You want to sew where the green lines are indicated on the picture below.
The pocket is attached to the seam of the scarf that will be sewn around your scarf's short edge. It is basically an inseam pocket with a closure.
If you haven't sewn an infinity scarf before, the final closure was hard for me to wrap my brain around the first time. I think it's helpful to know how it closes up in order to line up your pocket correctly. At this point you just have a long tube that is RST and you reach in the tube to grab the other end and pull it up through the middle so the two short ends are lined up RST, raw edges together. You line up the long edge seams and sew around the tube entrance, leaving a 2-3 inch gap which is used to turn the scarf and then sewn up.
You can decide anywhere you would like the pocket go on the scarf's short edge, I put mine 1 inch from the center seam (long edge seam). It's helpful to measure how far from the seam you would like it to be so you can use it as a reference point when you line up the two sides of the pocket bag.
You will now sew the pocket flap and one side of the pocket bag to the scarf. You can attach the pocket flap to either side of the scarf's short edge but which ever you choose will become the top of the pocket when it's finished. On top of the right side of the scarf, lay your pocket flap.
Then lay one side of the pocket bag on top of the flap piece, right side down, interfacing side up and pin in place through all of the layers.
The sandwich should look this if you lift up the interfacing.
Sew the flap and pocket bag to the scarf. Understitch the seam. I didn't think to do this when I made my first one, don't follow my example :)
Sew the other pocket bag piece to the opposite side of the scarf, RST, considering where it will line up with the first piece when the scarf is sewn together. Understitch the seam.
Line up the two short edges of the scarf, you will now sew around the tube to finish the scarf. You need to line up the seams from sewing the long edges and your pocket bags. The pocket flap should be folded down into the scarf and the two sides of the pocket bag up, in other words, they are folded opposite directions.
Sew around the tube (don't sew the tube together, it's like sewing around a sleeve or pant leg) until you reach the pocket bag, then you want to turn and sew along the edges of the pocket bag. You will need to leave a 2-3" gap that you will use to turn the scarf right side out, plan the placement of this not to be next to your pocket.
Turn your scarf and iron your pocket and tube seam. Iron the seam allowances in the gap you left down to the inside. Turn your scarf right side out. Using and edge foot and matching thread, sew the gap closed, sewing as close to the edge as you can. I move my needle to the left a little bit and then run the edge of my fabric next to the guide on the edge foot. Iron the seam.
You are almost done! The last step is to attach the snap, I used a KAM snap which I only recently tried the first time and have been putting on everything since. If you haven't used them before, watch this video tutorial for how to use them and practice once or twice on a scrap because once you put them on, they are a beeotch to get off and leave a hole in your fabric.
You could also use a sew on snap or button if you prefer. Measure to find the middle point of your flap and attach your snap, check where your snap lays on the pocket bag and attach the other side of the snap to the first layer of the pocket bag and through the scarf.
Et voila! A fun scarf ready for gifting!
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