All right, I cut the swatch into a strait rectangle, then I folded over about a half inch of the fabric at the topand held that back with the safetypin I use to pin it to something. The paw pin is centered between the sides and more toward the top; hopefully over the stripes on the swatch.

All the sides are fringed, though the top is folded back. It is still two and a half inches wide, and is three and a half inches long with the top folded back. I could trim that top, it is slightly uneven on one corner.

I could pink the bottom edge, or knotch it like a garter flash, or even fold it into several different tartan origami shapes. For now it is a rectangle, though.