Aviator Scarf

I was going through my fabric stash one day and found some scraps of faux shearling:  looks like suede on one side, fluffy sheep's wool on the other. It's left over from a project I call The Jacket That Didn't Work Out. That project was inspired by a jacket from the Burberry Fall 2010 collection. I would have loved the real thing, but sadly, $3000 was more than a tad out of my reach. Perhaps I'll return to it and see whether I can salvage it. In the meantime, I have scraps with which to work.
This morning it was cold. Fall is pretty much here. And shearling always reminds me of bomber jackets and aviators. So, all that plus a reading of "Snoopy, Flying Ace " led to the Aviator Scarf:

Ridiculously easy, I promise. The nice thing about faux shearling (and the real thing for that matter) is you don't really have to finish the edges because it doesn't fray.
First, cut out a longish rectangular piece of the shearling. Mine is about 25 inches long and 5 inches wide. At one end, cut off the corners so it looks like this:

Now, fold up (about a half inch) and pin the edges, then stitch them all around:

 Until it looks like this:

Then, fold the triangle-shaped edge toward the suede side of the scarf to form a loop (I folded about 5 inches; basically enough to fit the width of the scarf through). Stitch it down, sewing on a button as you do so. The scarf will look like this now:

Put it on because you're done! Just loop it around the neck and pull the end through the loop.

She's ready to go get that Red Baron!