The Possibilities Of A Scarf: The Back-To-Front Top DIY

In perhaps every charity shop, there's a little woven basket or tatty box that is overflowing with silk, tartan or paisley scarves. They usually sell these very cheaply or have some insane offer on like, 'five for a pound' because they are so eager to get rid of these bad boys to make space for the other scarves that the old people keep bringing in! Bless their little brooched bodies because these scarves are the materials of thee gods. Buy them (and get change from a pound) and I promise a lifetime of pleasure from that small square of goodness because, honestly, there are one million ways to wear a scarf!

In this little feature I'm going to showcase a few ways to wear scarfs, and a little different to the usual tutorials you see which only really go as far as; neck scarf, belt, sarong, bandanna. So without further ado onto the DIY.

Disclaimer: Do not be put off by the itsy-bitsy bit of sewing that this DIY entails. I personally hate sewing, I would much rather boss people about and tell them how I want my garment and be the creative behind the garment. Also, I'm not great at it either, so just keep that in mind. 

Making this reversible top is one of the easiest things you can do ever, and it will look hot too. What I like about this is that you can use whatever scarfs you like, so you have scope to get creative on how you want this to look. The constant oriental vibes on the runway inspired me to choose the scarfs I did to create this eastern style. We have seen the oriental trend in luxury clothing for seasons now, and it is really annoying me how the majority of high street shops haven't really caught onto this huge trend, perhaps in the fear that people wont buy since they are still caught up in the whole 'Pride of Britain' thing we have going on at the moment thanks to the Olympics and whatnot. So my point is, you can vary this basic shirt with the right patterns and colours to give the mood you like.

All you need are your desired two scarfs and something to sew with. I used a sewing machine, but it will just take a little longer if you hand sew. What makes this project so easy is that it doesn't involve any hemming (the work of the devil) or cutting since the scarfs will already be ready for you to use when bought.

So lay your two scarfs on top of each other, the sides you want on show facing each other.

Then sew the two scarfs together where indicated below. It's an awful 'diagram' so just sew the whole of the left side, the whole of the right side and about one quarter of the way in on each side at the top. Then when you're done, you will be able to turn your top inside out and VOILA. How easy was that?



































My post on 'Everyday ways to avant garde' coming soon!