Fiber Art Scarves.
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| Bags of yarn I am going to use. |
The process for making a fiber art scarf is really fun. First I lay out long sheets of Sulky.
- Temporary Stabilizer
- Easy Removal with Water
- Great Transfer Medium
- Ideal when you do not want any stabilizer to show on top or bottom
Sulky Solvy, Sulky Super Solvy, Sulky Ultra Solvy,Sulky Paper Solvy, Sulky Fabri-Solvy and Sulky Sticky Fabri-Solvy (click on any of the links to go to Sulky webpage.) It come in rolls about 6 inches wide. I lay out a sheet of it about 5 to 6 feet long, depending how long I want my scarf. Don't forget about fringe. They look great with long fringe at each end. I lay some pieces long and straight and some I curl all around. When I have enough strands laid out I wrap the sulky around to meet itself and pit it together, I use safety pins for this instead of straight pins; this just holds the strands in place while I am sewing. To make it easier to transport to my sewing machine I rolled them all up to look sushi rolls. I then used sparkly thread for some of them and thread that blends in for others, to sew random grids throughout the entire scarf. The sewing can be in straight lines or wavy lines, you want to make sure you hit all the little bits that are sticking out so there are no loose pieces. I used a medium zigzag stitch to do this. I sew up one side and down the other, then wavy lines across the entire piece. I pull the pins out as I am sewing so I do not break a needle, well at least more then one. After the pieces are all sewed up you take them to a sink and run warm water and swish them around. Yes, swish is a craft technical term. The Sulky just dissolves away and the hang them up to dry. you may need to fluff (again, technical term) the fibers some after they dry. I am selling my Fiber art scarves as well as a few other items at
Art in The Alley in Superior WI. You should make the trip over there!! It is well worth it. If you are looking for some unique art or wearable art this is the place you want to check out.
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| I lay out the fibers on a table. |
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| Here are several of the yarns and ribbon I am using. |
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| Several fibers scarves all piled up. |
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| Some ribbon and sparkly yarn for scarf. |
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This is a scarf all laid out on the sulky,
ready to be pinned together then sewed. |
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| All my materials. |
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One of the scarves all wrapped up in the sulky,
after it has been sewed. It now needs to be washed. |
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| Grid sewed through the scarf. |
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| Here are some completed scarves. They are now hung up to dry after the sulky is rinsed. |
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| Close up of a scarf section. |
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| Green Scarf |
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| Scarf rolled up, it looks like sushi. |
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| All rolled up. |
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| close up of a blue scarf |
