Liberty Patchwork Scarf

Well, the BT engineer did not turn up, Harry has spent most of the evening lambasting them down a crackly phone and getting nowhere (it was his turn tonight, will be mine again tomorrow!), but our internet is still hanging on in there today, goes slow and cuts out every now and then exactly when you don't want it to but just about good enough for another post, so lets make hay...

I have been wanting to make a Liberty patchwork scarf for a little while, I think I probably saw one on Pinterest and loved it, and this Christmas seemed the perfect opportunity. Especially when Very Berry had a special offer on her Liberty scrap packs in the Autumn, worth watching out for! Liberty fabric is definitely 'special', it might not be to your taste but the fabric is incredibly 'fine', and sewing with it felt very decadent to me! My patchwork design was completely dictated by the size/shape of the scraps to make the best use of all the precious scraps, so it was a simple enough project.

A strip of patchwork the length/width I wanted, I then layered this with a scrap piece of flannel and quilted the 2 together - nothing major because I wanted it to stay very soft and flexible. Another 'good' piece of lovely, soft flannel the same size, sewn right sides together with my quilted/patchworked strip, leaving one short end unsewn. I then turned it right sides out from this unsewn end, ironed the raw edges under on this end and top stitched neatly around the whole thing - so securing the open end at the same time.

It was for a niece very much Maria's age, so Maria kindly modeled this one for me.

As well as hopefully looking pretty, it was beautifully soft and warm.

I could very happily make the same thing again as another gift in the future. And it did prompt me to make the same kind of thing for Maria, in different fabrics, but I'm afraid I've had enough of trying to get photos loaded for one day so that one will have to wait! But have you ever sewn with Liberty fabric? If so, what did you make?

Sally.