Our church recently did a Furry Friends Blessing in the Park and some of the members of the Blankets of Hope quilting ministry made different sized scarves for the pets. Some of them tied and some you just slipped over the collar.
Since we have cats, I made smaller ones that slipped over their collars. They were so easy and so much fun. I took lots of pictures as I made some to be able to share the process with you since it doesn't really require a pattern so you will be seeing pictures not always from the same print.
Before I go any farther, I should admit to just a little bit of OCD. The good news it doesn't affect every aspect of my life. The bad news is in the areas it does affect, I come off sounding like I am really micromanaging and that's not good. I sound that way when I write up tutorials such as this one. I apologize now and hope you will still continue to read this post and appreciate it.
I had to go buy Charlie and Parker new collars because I think we donated the ones we bought them when we first got them because they hated them. I wasn't really sure they would wear them now that they are three, but they do. Charlie is happier than Parker, but every time I find Parker's on the floor somewhere or notice that he isn't wearing his, I put it right back on. Charlie has never removed his. I will be making them a Christmas one after Thanksgiving so they will be festive. Right now Charlie is wearing sunflowers and Parker is wearing pumpkins. They look so cute.
I measured around their necks and decided an 8.5 inch square would be big enough and it was.
1) First I cut a square 8.5 inches.
3) I lined the bottom of the "rectangle" with a horizontal line on my cutting mat so that the cut edges opposite the fold also lined up with a vertical line on the mat.
When you open it up, it should look like this.
6) Now you are ready to move to your ironing board. You will be turning the edges under about 1/4 inch and pressing them down.
Start with the top side edges first and
then down the diagonal sides.
the tip will look like this. Pin as needed.
Press the top of the scarf under 1/4 inch once.
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