Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial & NEW! Stretch Jersey Knit Fashion Color Palettes – Curated by the Stitch it! Sisters
Sew our super-quick Turtleneck Scarf for chilly fall days, and have built-in convenience for pulling scarf up over nose and mouth – during brisk morning walks or when circumstances arise during times of social-distancing. Make multiple Turtleneck Scarves with our beautiful NEW! Stretch Jersey Knit Fashion Colors – curiated by the Stitch it! Sisters and our Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial below.
Watch our Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes: S!S Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial Video
Watch our Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes: S!S Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial Video
Watch our 4-minute Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes video – and see how Deanna quickly makes our Turtleneck Scarf with a serger. Our Turtleneck Scarf can be sewn in just 30-minutes, from just one jersey-knit fabric rectangle and our easiest-ever sewing techniques, below!
Be sure to choose a Stretch Jersey Knit Fabric with 5% Spandex for your Turtleneck Scarf sewing project. This lightweight stretch cotton knit fabric provides a smooth hand, stylish drape, and about a 50% four-way stretch — for added comfort. Now available in NEW! Fashion Colors!
Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial by Nancy Zieman Productions
Approximate Finished Size 9-1/2″ Wide x 8-1/2 Long.
The NZP Team is designing projects and patterns to be sewn with Nancy Zieman’s innovative sewing techniques. Within each of our blog sewing tutorial and patterns, we give you construction tips and specific sewing hints, along with tool tips to make sewing fun and enjoyable – even for beginners. You’ll find that in a matter of minutes, you can sew fashion accessories – like our favorite Turtle Neck Scarf!
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Fabric, Tools & Supplies:
- 1/2 yd. Stretch Jersey Knit Fabric (makes two to three Turtleneck Scarves!)
- Clover’s I Sew For Fun Spring Tape Measure
- Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
- Clover’s I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Pins
- Optional: Clover’s 1/4″ Fusible Web Tape
- June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy
- Schmetz Size 80/12 Jersey Chrome Sewing Machine Needles
- Iron
Choose Your Turtleneck Scarf Size
Using a tape measure, measure forehead circumference – just above eyebrows: If forehead circumference measures 20-1/2″- 21-1/2″ make a size Small/Medium Turtleneck Scarf. If forehead circumference measures 21-1/2″-22-1/2″ make a size Medium/Large Turtleneck Scarf. We’re making a size Small/Medium Turtleneck Scarf in this sewing tutorial.
Prepare & Cut Fabric
Prepare your fabrics! Pre-treat fabric by steaming and pressing, then, stabilize fabrics for the sewing process by pressing and starching fabrics with June Tailor’s Quilters Starch Savvy. Press and starch, press and starch.
- Cut One Fabric Rectangle 18″ long by 21″ wide for size Small/Medium. Be sure to cut the fabric rectangle with the greatest fabric stretch across the 21″ width. (For Size XS/Small cut one fabric rectangle 18″ long by 20″ wide. For size Medium/Large, cut one fabric rectangle 18″ long by 23″ wide: for a 10-1/2″ wide x 8-1/2 long finished scarf).
- NOTE: Deanna, from Team NZP, stitched a Turtleneck Scarf for her husband – with One Fabric Rectangle measuring 22-1/2″ long by 23-1/2″ wide – cut from 5/8 yd Stretch Jersey Knit Fabric. Or, you may be the designer and choose your own custom fabric rectangle size!
Stitch Turtleneck Scarf
- Fold fabric rectangle, right sides together, meeting 21″ long edges. Pin.
Our Turtleneck Scarf is the perfect project to stitch with a serger! Place pins parallel to cut edges – when stitching with a serger.
- Insert a new Schmetz Size 80/12 Jersey Chrome Sewing Machine Needle, and stitch seam with sewing machine set for a zig-zag wobble stitch, or stitch with an overlock stitch on a serger. Press seam flat, then press open or press to one side.
- Fold fabric tube, right sides together, stacking and aligning stitched seam. Pin.
- Measure and mark a 2-1/2″-3″ opening along cut edges, staying an inch or more away from seam.
- Stitch seam with serger – leaving an opening at markings.
- Turn Scarf right side out through seam opening.
Before moving on to the finishing step, go ahead and try on your Turtleneck Scarf-in-process. Slip scarf over head and check for your desired fit. If scarf is too loose, turn inside out and restitch seam (above) taking a deeper seam allowance. - Stitch opening closed with zigzag stitch or hand stitching.
- Optional: Fuse a 3″ strip of Clover’s 1/4″ Fusible Web Tape to one inner seam allowance, at seam opening.
Watch our Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes: S!S Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial Video
Watch our Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes: S!S Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial Video
Watch our 4-minute Stitch it! Sisters Stitch it! in Minutes video – and see how Deanna quickly makes our Turtleneck Scarf with a serger. Our Turtleneck Scarf can be sewn in just 30-minutes, from just one easy fabric rectangle, and our easiest-ever sewing techniques!
Turtleneck Scarf Sewing Tutorial – Tools & Supplies:
- 1/2 yd. Stretch Jersey Knit Fabric
- Clover’s I Sew For Fun Spring Tape Measure
- Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
- Clover’s I Sew For Fun Heart-Shaped Pins
- Optional: Clover’s 1/4″ Fusible Web Tape
- June Tailor’s Quilters Starch Savvy
- Schmetz Size 80/12 Jersey Chrome Sewing Machine Needles
- Iron
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Her comment is: Spooky projects are fun! I still have my over-the-rod banner from years ago that I display every Fall.
Happy Sewing!
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Pat
I love the tutorial on making this scarf on the serger. Always a good way to sew knits. Thanks so much.
Carolyn T
For walking and bike riding clothes, I go bright to stand out day and night!
Dixie
Great making this scarf on the serger.
Bonnye
This is great when the cold wind blows .
Chris Strohbusch
I was watching one of your shows and was happy to hear that you worked at Minnesota Fabrics after College. The store was changed to Hancock Fabrics where I worked for more than 20 years before they declared Bankrucacy in 2016. I enjoy watching your shows. Thank you
CM
I love your tutorials because of their clarity and brevity. Can’t wait to sew some turtleneck scarves!
Diane L Putzer
What a quick and easy turtleneck scarf!
Susan
The turtleneck scarf is easy to make and is a useful accessory on a blustery day.