Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

You want a scarf swag to dress your window. You want exactly the right size and you want exactly the right fabric. You also want some scarf swag hanging ideas. So you don't want much, do you? Can you have it all and on a tiny budget. You bet you can and it's super easy to do. In fact a couple of hours is all will take.

Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

First choose your curtain fabric

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Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

Most fabrics will do the job well, but avoid beyond doubt thick heavy fabrics. Sheers and voile's work beyond doubt well. Silks and faux silk curtain fabrics are a good selection too. Most fabrics come at nearby 54 inches wide. Some are a miniature wider some a miniature narrower. That's fine, just don't go for duplicate width fabric that's far to much.

Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

Measuring up your window for your scarf swag

For a straightforward swag you will need a curtain rod over your window to hang it from. So if you don't have one then get one and fit it. It needs to be fitted 6 to 8 inches over your window. This will allow you to drape the swag into a good shape without outside to much of the glass area. The curtain rod need to enlarge past the window each side by about 5 inches. This will allow the sides of your swag to hang down the sides of your window and not over it.

To work out how much fabric you need you need to add together 3 things.

1. The width of your curtain rod.
2. The length you want the swag to fall too on the left (from the rod to maybe the floor).
3. Then repeat step 2 for the right side of your swag.

Then add these measurements together and that's it. The talk is the total length of the fabric you need. Allow a couple of extra inches for hems.

Making your scarf swag

So you now have a long length of fabric right off a roll at the full width. Then the next step is to hem all the sides. Don't panic you don't have to sew unless you want to. I often use fusible hemming tape for projects like this. It's naturally the stuff you use to hem trousers and skirts with using a hot steam iron. So beyond doubt straightforward to use just take your time I don't want any burnt fingers.

You naturally fold over your sides twice about almost half an inch and press down. Now you need to tuck a strip of the hemming tape under the seam and press down well with fullness of steam. This stuff sticks beyond doubt well on most fabrics so should stay where you put it for a long time.

Preparing your scarf swag ready for hanging

Right you will need to clear a long section of floor space to lay out your swag. Now you beyond doubt need an extra pair of hands to help. You need one person at each end. Take hold of the swag and both start to pleat the fabric back and forth. You will end up with nearby 4 or 5 pleats depending how big you make. Just a quick note your pleats should start and cease facing in the same direction.

Now you need cut some strips of fabric, any old stuff will do. They are to tie nearby your pleated swag at intervals to hold it in place while you lift it on to your curtain rod.

Hanging and dressing your swag

This bit can take a bit of time to get just right tweaking and teasing the swag into shape and getting the sides at even lengths. Start by hanging your swag over your rod at each end. The middle part of the swag hangs over the front of the rod and the sides hang down behind the rod.

Now you have your tied up swag almost in place and evened up. You should take of your tied bands and start to tease the center part of the swag down. Keep doing this until you create a nice scoop shape.

You will consideration the top of the swag moves down with it. We don't want this so we have to pull the the outside edge of the hanging parts of your swag (the tails). This will lift the top of your swag while hopefully retention the bottom scoop shape in place.

Really other than a bit more teasing and tweaking to get it exactly as you want it, that's it all nice and simple. So go and give a go yourself.

Super Easy Scarf Swags to Fit Any Window

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How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

Most everybody knows the original ways to tie and wear a scarf. If you want to be unique though, you will need to know how to tie a scarf in distinct ways.

How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

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How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

Following are three knot techniques to help you achieve a one of a kind look.

• The Josephine Knot: The Josephine knot looks much like a pretzel. It is a rather large knot so it is only useful to know how to tie a scarf using this technique if your material is light weight and the scarf is rather narrow. Silks, satins, and rayon blends work beautifully. Place the scarf colse to your neck leaving the ends hanging loose and with the ends even. With right palm facing out grab the left tail of the scarf and roll your hand upwards and towards your body to create a loop where the loose end section is in back. Grasp where the scarf crosses itself with your left hand and take the right side of the scarf in front the loop but behind the loose tail. Bring the tail above the loop and feed it up, over itself, and back under the loop and pull. You can leave the knot as loose or as tight as you like. You can also adjust the knot to hang as distinct lengths. You can even pick to keep the knot tied and naturally pull the scarf over your head to be quickly put on again later.
• Lark's Head Knot:The lark's head knot is very straightforward and elegant. It is great to know how to tie a scarf in this fashion as it lends itself well to most any material. Place the scarf colse to your neck leaving the left end about 1/3 longer. create a large bend in the center of the left tail. Fold the loop created from the bend in half toward your face which will create two smaller loops. Take the right loose tail and feed it straight through the loops. You will go behind the first piece, under the second and third and again behind the last. Again this knot can be tied tightly or left loose. To move the height of the knot, you naturally slide it up and down retention the right side taut.
• The Bowline Knot:The bowline knot is the perfect way in which to know how to tie a scarf if you want a attractive knot at your neck with one tail over your shoulder. Place the scarf colse to your neck with the ends even. With right palm facing out grab the left tail of the scarf and roll your hand upwards and towards your body to create a loop where the loose end section is in back. Feed the right tail of the scarf straight through the loop from the front and then continue behind the left tail.Feed back straight through the loop production sure to stay behind the left tail. Tighten to your ease level and toss the right end over your shoulder.

You can also use this knot without tightening snug colse to your neck. think leaving the neck opportunity large and play with draping the scarf and the placement of the knot.

Many knots used in other applications such as sailing can be modified for scarves. If you see a pretty knot somewhere, do a exiguous explore and learn how to tie a scarf to recreate the same look.

How to Tie a Scarf - Easy Techniques

Soft Square Scarf

Soft Square Scarf

Soft Square Scarf

• 100% Polyester
• One Size: 43" x 43"
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