Creature scarf

Step 2 Cutting out your main pieces

Steps 1-5 show you how to make this scarf from a half metre of fabric. If you're lucky enough to have a whole metre of lush fur fabric just use the paper template to cut the 90x20cm rectangle and skip to step 6.

1) Take the 90x20cm template you've cut from paper and place it on your fur fabric. I've drawn on an arrow to show what way you want the fur to be facing.

2) Draw 2 side by side and cut out

Tip: Use your pointy scissors to cut through just the fabric backing, rather than the fur itself. This avoids short patches in the fur :)

3) Tip - for a neater finish trim the fur down in a 5mm margin all the way round the edge of the fur pieces, this avoids excess fibers bulking up the seams.

4) Lay the pieces out with the grain of the fur going the same way on each piece. Pin them in place and then sew them together, making one long piece.

5) Put your template back on top and use it to trim the fur to the right size

6) Use the template to mark out your lining, then cut this out too.

7) Heres your main scarf pieces. Left to right: template, lining, fur.