Pojagi scarves, headbands and cafe curtains are all in various stages of done in my studio... and I'm enjoying playing with this technique. I've had a few emails over the past days asking for the tutorial, so here goes:

*Cut two squares of fabric any size

*Place one fabric (green in the photo) face up on your work surface.  Position the fabric (orange in photo) 1/4" below the first fabric, right sides together.


*Sew a scant 1/4" seam, aligned to the top (orange) fabric edge.

Pojagi Scarves: Christmas Gifts for my Sisters in Law

 My friend Linda has me hooked on Pojagi.  Ever since she told me about this beautiful Korean form of patchwork, I've been experimenting with it and looking for examples in books and online.  There really aren't that many out there!  Most of my searches end up with the same, rather slim, resources.  

Front or Back, Both Sides look great

A few months ago I found a tutorial on the sillyboodilly blog (scroll down to July 6, 2010 for the tutorial) and found it useful, but tweaked the technique a bit to fit my style of patchwork.  I like using lots of starch, a hot iron, and a special foot for my Bernina which gives a perfect topstitch seam.  I'l put a tutorial up with my technique as soon as I can do some good photography of the step-out pictures.  I'm also looking forward to doing some hand stitched Pojagi for a panel/curtain in my kitchen.

Purple Scarf in the Window

The real beauty of this technique is that the pieces are nearly reversible.  They have fully covered seams, with no raw edges, and are easy to make.  Depending on the fabrics, you really can use both sides of these pieces.  Can you see this scarf in a thick, luxurious silk?  How about a sheer linen, or maybe even organza?