They often ship without any filling so rather than buying a material to fill it, just stuff it with fabric scraps. You can also stuff it with stained bed linens too. And yes, it does make it heavy but I think that’s a good feature of a footstool, you don’t want it sliding ...
Ideas for using up knit fabric scraps are hard to come by – most of the projects using up scraps call for woven fabric. I love sewing with knits, which leaves me with lots of scraps, and I try to keep my trash can as empty as possible. So often when I’m reading blog posts or ...
We’re all about creative reuse and usephoria here at Our Daily Craft, so of course we want to share gifts to make with fabric scraps. Because sometimes it only takes a little bit of something (or a bunch of little things) to make something great. This is a genre of crafting I’m ...
new fabric –sew several scraps together to make a larger piece of fabric for a bigger project Now to the question of storing the scraps. It can be hard enough to store larger, folded pieces of fabric, but what about tiny strips and squares? Never fear – we’ve got a post coming up...
that are left over from runs of fabric at productions facilities, as well as portions of fabric scraps that are left after a project is completed. Remnants can range in size from a couple of inches all the way through to sections that are several yards long. Often, these fabric pieces...
We’re all about creative reuse and usephoria here at Our Daily Craft, so of course we want to share gifts to make with fabric scraps. Because sometimes it only takes a little bit of something (or a bunch of little things) to make something great. This is a genre of crafting I’m ...
The goal is to get quilting! 2. Sort Through Your Fabric Stash Now comes the fun part—picking out fabric! Even if you’ve got a mix of fat quarters, larger pieces, and some odd scraps, you can put together a charming quilt with what you have. Start by pulling out fabrics that ...
1. Make lavender leaf sachets One easy way to use lavender leaves is to enjoy their beautiful scent in a sleep pillow or linen sachet. To make homemade sachets, you can use fabric scraps or get these inexpensivemuslin bagsand fill them with dried lavender leaves. Check out details in the...
Why does this happen? Well, imagine a luxury brand preps for a season with grand plans, but things don’t go exactly as expected. Maybe they didn’t sell as many outfits as they hoped, leaving leftover fabric when it’s time to switch up the collection. ...
This unique cut enhances design possibilities by allowing artisans to utilize more of a fabric's intricate print and the ability to creatively repurpose smaller scraps." Because of the extra steps it takes to cut fat quarters, a fat quarter usually costs a little more than a standard quarter...