A weighted neck-and-shoulder wrap, pieced from soft florals in a fan of curved rows and filled with heat beads so it rests with gentle, even weight. Warmed, it brings comforting heat to the neck and shoulders, where tension tends to settle. The shape is contoured, with a raised collar at the neck and rounded ends that sit over each shoulder. The cover version mixes blue, rose, and red florals with a pink striped binding and a polka-dot center, but any low-volume or scrappy fabric pull works.

What the Pattern Includes

This listing is for the printed sewing pattern only. Fabric, flannel, lining, bias tape, heat beads, and thread are not included. Inside are full photographic step-by-step instructions and full-size templates to make one Warm Hug wrap, from piecing the curved rows through the bias-bound finish and filling.

What You'll Need

The wrap uses a small amount of several fabrics, so it is a good scrap and fat-quarter project.

• Fabrics 1 and 2: 2 fat eighths
• Fabrics 3, 4, and 5: 3 fat quarters
• Lining: 30cm (12") x width of fabric
• Interfacing: 50cm (20") x width of fabric of white flannel
• Binding: 2.25m (2.5 yards) of pre-made 1" bias tape, or enough fabric to make your own
• Fill: 5 to 6 cups of silicone heat beads (recommended), or wheat, rice, or another preference
• Quality cotton thread
• A large funnel or funnel jug for filling (a paper funnel works)

Full cutting details are inside the pattern.

Perfect For

• Sewists who want a quick, useful patchwork project rather than a large quilt
• Anyone making a thoughtful handmade gift for tired necks and shoulders
• Scrap and fat-quarter users, since the five fabrics each take only a small cut
• Sewists comfortable with curved rows and bias-bound edges

Why You'll Love This Pattern

The appeal is a small project that earns its keep. It comes together from a handful of fabrics, so it is satisfying to finish in a sitting or two and easy to make again in a different palette. The curved rows give it the contoured shape that lets it sit over the shoulders rather than slide off, and the flannel interfacing keeps it soft.

Melly & Me rates it intermediate. The piecing itself is straightforward, but the curved rows and the bias-bound edges are where the sewing asks for a little care. Filling is the simple part, done through a funnel once the wrap is sewn.

Silicone heat beads are the recommended fill because they warm evenly and hold heat, though wheat or rice work too. Warmed, the finished wrap is the kind of practical, pretty gift that actually gets used.

Product Details

• Brand: Melly & Me
• Item #: MM185
• Designer: Melanie McNeice
• Category: Sewing Pattern
• Skill Level: Intermediate (Melly & Me's rating; straightforward piecing, with curved rows and bias-bound edges that reward some experience)
• Technique: Patchwork piecing, bias binding, machine sewing
• Finished Size: 15" x 19" (38cm x 48cm) opened out
• Fill: Not included; silicone heat beads recommended, or wheat or rice
• Format: Printed paper pattern with full-size templates