MAY 18, 2023
Is your stash starting to expand and invading other areas than your sewing studio? Are your bins muffin topped and about to explode at any minute? Do you feel overwhelmed? Not sure how to use it or what to do with it, and almost to the point of giving it away? I feel that way too, at times! Not to worry! I believe I have a cure for this common ailment. Let’s bust our scraps, especially those little pieces that seem to multiply when your back is turned.
Each Thursday I will find some patterns that will deal with the little pieces and even some of the larger and odd pieces that we all tend to accumulate.
I have 3 or 4 bins that are full of scraps, some fairly good sized, others that are mostly strips, and then there are those little pieces, crumbs. Some may be as small as 1 inch squared. We’ve been talking a lot about those crumbs, so how about a few more ideas on how to use them up. Not necessarily as blocks but in applique or decorative pieces.
I never thought of this! Sewing your crumbs into one large piece and then cutting it down into pieces that create pretty flowers! This is from Mom and Pop Quilt Shop and it is called Crumb and Scrap Art Applique! I think I might just use her ideas!
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S905K61JaG8
Or you can just power through it and sew all your scraps together. This is from Sunbeam Fabric Arts and is called Crumbs! She plans to make little zipper bags from the pieces she sewed together.
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWnPa4vLgfQ
Our final one is from Chatterbox Quilts and she will show you how to make Appliques from Crumb Quilting Fabric and how to enhance your quilts.
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD68NAQXu7s
Have fun sewing and I will see you next week with more squirrels. I mean patterns!
Just click the links above to see the videos!
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