Fabric scrap projects, one small piece at a time
30 tutorials published
Five no-sew fabric scrap projects with short how-tos: a knotted rag garland, wrapped hangers and bangles, a decoupage jar or tin, fused gift tags and braided cord.
Twist two narrow fabric strips into a sturdy cord with nothing but your hands, join new strips without knots, and put the twine to work on gifts, coasters and plants.
Small stuffed hearts, plain or patchwork, with smooth clipped curves. String them as a garland, pile them in a bowl or tuck one in a pocket.
Gathered fabric pumpkins made from a plain rectangle: sew a tube, gather both ends, stuff, then wrap thread over the outside to shape the sections. Cutting sizes for small, medium and large.
Sew a twisted-front headband from two long fabric strips and a short elastic casing. Includes a sizing table and a no-elastic version for knit scraps.
Sew a set of four quilted patchwork coasters from short strips, backing squares and thin batting, turned and topstitched with no binding.
Three small ornaments from the scrap bin: a stuffed tree that is sewn and turned, a raw-edge star with pinked edges, and a no-sew strip tree knotted onto a cinnamon stick.
Make triangle pennant bunting from mixed scraps, with a simple template, a quick pinked version, a lined version and a tape header.
Turn narrow offcuts into fabric scrap bookmarks with two rectangles, a strip of interfacing and four straight seams. Includes a corner bookmark made from three squares.
Make fabric covered buttons from the smallest scraps in the bin, using a cover-button kit or a simple gathered-thread method over plain shank buttons.
Crumb quilting turns the smallest odd-shaped scraps into pieced fabric: sew pairs, press, trim an edge, add more, then trim the panel to a block size.
Raw-edge fusible appliqué turns the smallest print scraps into hearts, leaves and other simple shapes. Trace, fuse, cut, press and stitch around the edge.
