Hostess Twinkie Scarf

I mourn the passing of my poor childhood favorite. What better way to do it but with a Twinkie scarf.  ^____^

Step 1: Supplies

SUPPLIES

• 1/4 yard fleece fabric (45 in. width bolt)
  • light blue
  • yellow
• 1/4 yard dark blue and yellow fabric (cotton preferably)
• 2 ft X 2 ft piece of cotton fabric
  • white
  • medium blue
• 1 square felt piece of colors
  • red
  • yellow ochre
  • white
  • light blue
• sewing machine
• thread
  • dark brown
  • white
  • medium blue
• fabric glue
• rotary cutter with a straight edge or just scissors
• red and royal blue acrylic paint

Step 2: Cutting Pieces

W = width
L - length
H - height

MAIN PIECES

• 1 cut - dark blue cotton - 6.5 in. W and 38 in. L (45 in wide bolt)
• 1 cut - blue fleece - 6.5 in. W and 45 in. L (45 in wide bolt)
• 1 cut - yellow cotton and yellow fleece - 5 in. W and 45 in. L (45 in wide bolt)
  • cut again in half making 2 strips total
• 1 cut - white cotton 5.5 in. H and 2 ft. W
• 1 cut - medium blue cotton 1.5 in. W and 45 in. L (45 in wide bolt)
  • cut again in half making 2 strips total
• 2 cuts longways  - yellow ochre felt 2 in. strips
• 4 cuts short width - light blue felt 0.75 in. strips with a slight curve

Step 3: Hostess Panel - Piecing Together

1. Take the 2 medium blue cotton strips and sew them on both sides of the main white cotton fabric panel as seen in image #1
2. (optional) Flip over and sew again to secure the pieces in image #2
3. Mark off where you are going to cut  the diagonal pieces. I placed the piece over the cut piece of the dark blue fabric. I titled the main "hostess" piece until it was at an angle I preferred and marked off all four corners where the it met up with the edge of the dark blue piece in image #3. The width came out to 7 in.
4. Cut diagonal marks of the 2 "hostess" pieces (Just so you know I love the rotary blade cutter. Makes things soooooo easy when needing long straight lines.) image #4
5. Glue a line down the middle of the light blue felt pieces and attach to main "hostess" pieces. image #5-6
6. Zig Zag sew, finishing off edges of felt. images #7-9

Step 4: Hostess Panel - Painting and Zig Zag Finish

1. Main red swoop (main "hostess" panel)
   1. gently mark off curve
   2. paint with red acrylic paint
2. "Hos" text (2 separate pieces of white cotton fabric)
   1. mark off the H - o - s characters on 2 white fabric
   2. paint in characters with royal blue acrylic paint
   3. cut off excess fabric around characters leave at least 2mm edges from the painted text
3. Cut 2 red felt hearts
4. place both hearts and "Hos" pieces in position on the main "Hostess " panels (image #5)
5. zig zag finish off "Hos"  and felt hearts with white thread (image #6-7)

Step 5: Connecting Hostess Panels and Main Scarf

1. Cut 2 (3 in.) W  strips from the 38 in. dark blue cotton strip at same diagonal angle as main "hostess" panel. (image #1)
   • 2 - (3 in.) strips
   • 1 - (35 in.) strips
2. Connect main (35 in.) strip to both "hostess" panels (image #2)
3. Then connect both 3 in. strips at the end on the other side of the "hostess" panel (image #3)
4. Flip over and finish off (image #4-5)

Step 6: Twinkie - Piece Together and Finish

1. Mark off main twinkie area shown in image #1
2. Place yellow ochre strips (shadow)  and white felt circles (cream filling) on long yellow cotton panels
3. Trim yellow ochre strips as needed to fit the marked off twinkie area on the yellow cotton strip
4. Glue felt strips and circles to main yellow cotton strips. let it set (image #2-3)
5. Place yellow fleece piece on top of main twinkie (yellow cotton) piece (image #4)
6. Sew together leaving end open
7. Reverse out (image #5)
8. Sew again the edges seen in image #6
9. Zig zag finish off the shadow, main twinkie part and "cream filling" white circle with dark brown thread (image #7)

Step 7: Piecing Together and Finishing Scarf

1. Take light blue fleece strip and place on top of main scarf
2. Sew only the main edges leaving the ends open
3. Reverse out main scarf (image #2)
4. Place twinkie pieces in both ends and tuck in edge of main scarf (image #3) and pin (image #4)
5. Sew complete edge all around the scarf
6. Now, you too have a Twinkie scarf

Cheers ^___^