Even if you’re careful to only choose organic, sustainable fabric options, there’s a carbon footprint that goes along with any new materials: from production to shipping to your trip to the fabric store, all of that adds up. If you’re not a scrap-saver now, give it a shot! You’ll be surprised at how fast those bits and pieces accumulate, especially if you sew on a regular basis. Not only does sewing with scraps keep that fabric out of the waste stream, it’s super duper fun! Here are a bunch of great projects you can make using those odds and ends.
Lenore wrote a great tutorial on using smaller pieces to make an iPod cover. Use a piece of clothesline and transform those scraps into a fabric bowl. Bonus points if you use your bowl to…store more fabric scraps! Over at Burda Style, you can learn how to make a patchwork scrap fabric skirt. You can turn long, skinny scraps into fabric flowers. Scraps are also great for a funky new take on the good ol tomato pin cushion. Jackie shows you how to use your scraps to give a boring old greeting card some pizzazz. In a sneak peek of the new book Patchwork Style, the Storque shows you how to make a set of nifty pot holders.
Even teensy scraps don’t have to go to waste. Just quilt those bad boys together until you have a piece that’s the size you need! What sorts of fun things have you guys made out of fabric scraps?
