THE DRAPERY BLOG

For the second year, we're bringing you a bunch of ideas for handmade Christmas gifts and also, lovely gifts for the makers in your life. (Or, gifts for you to hint loudly at with your loved ones!) Today, it's a lovely soft and light cowl/circle scarf in our brand new organic cotton double gauze.  For some time now we've been extolling the virtues of cowls  made in our washed 100% linen fabrics.  These beautiful spotty double gauzes happen to also be that ideal width of 150cm,  so you can make the softest, lightest cowl yet!  To increase the feel-good factor, it's organic cotton.  We even have organic cotton thread to sew it with.  Whilst we love the hand-sewn look with our rustic linens, we feel the smooth delicacy of these double gauzes is well-suited to the neatness of machine sewing in matching thread that all-but-disappears. (Oh, and it's a really, really quick way to whip up a gift!) Materials:     4...

The third in our series of Twelve (non-consecutive) Days of Handmade Christmas from The Drapery. Handmade Christmas gifts are thoughtful, cost-effective and kind to the earth. And they're just as rewarding to give as they are to receive. Linen Scarf We have featured these linen scarves/cowls on our blog before and they continue to be a popular option for gift-giving or a simple handmade accessory to keep for yourself! For Christmas we have made up these kits that contain all you need: KIT -  $20  Contains 40cm x 150cm washed linen, ball of Valdani perle cotton, hand sewing needle, instruction sheet. In an hour or so of relaxing hand-stitching, you can have a beautifully drapey linen scarf which can be worn loose or doubled around the neck. We love the look of the hand-stitching with perle cotton but, if you're pressed for time and would like to get a few of these whipped up for gifts (teachers? sisters? friends?), they also look fabulous simply stitched...