Fabric scraps--How do you use them?

[Amaranth]

How do you make use of fabric scraps?

[redfox]

I have a huge collection of fabrics for spontaneous projects. Most recently, making a black velvet chain cover for the ugly 80's brass chandelier I spray painted peacok blue. I wanted to hide the chain, and the black velvet was perfect. I also will be making holiday gift bags soon. One of our spare bedrooms is my textile studio (sewing, spinning, weaving, knitting, & at present, a vintage lamp rehab space).

[Mrs-M]

Decorative fabric scraps (remnants) can be put to use making quilts, blanket toppers, napkins, scented sachets, pincushions, doilies, and anything else ones imagination can dream up. Even though I seldom make anything with fabric remnants, I love collecting them!

[Float On]

I made a bunch of really cute bookmarks this year. Kind of crazy quilt style with the opportunity to use all those fun stitches on the machine.

[ctg492]

I started yesterday making simple hats for donation. I hope to make 10.

[Rosemary]

DD loves to make things out of fabric scraps, and I remember doing the same thing when I visited my grandmother as a child (since my mom didn't sew and didn't have fabric around).

Larger pieces I use for making cloth gift bags, doll clothes with DD, quilted or crazy-quilted things, etc.

Float On, I'd love to see a photo of your bookmarks if you could share!

[jania]

T-shirt knit fabrics get put in with the cleaning rags while cottons, linens and wools go into the craft pile. I recently made two "primitive" snowmen as gifts and I'm planning to make sachets out of some linen I have, once my lavender is ready to harvest. I go through my scraps about once a year, purging what just doesn't seem to fit.

[KayLR]

Napkins, gift bags.

[JaneV2.0]

Foundation-pieced mini-quilts!

Some quilters even save the tiniest pieces--"crumbs"--and arranged them carefully--a bit of glue stick helps here--before stitching them into fabric collages. Good stuff.

[Nella]

Quilting. But that's pretty obvious given my Avatar! ;)

[JaneV2.0]

Doll clothes, small stuffed animals, holiday ornaments...Depending on the size of the scrap, you could make strips and crochet with them.

[sweetana3]

pincushions for gifts or decoration. I even make little 3 inch Xmas ornaments just like tiny quilts. Dont need much to do them.

[flowerseverywhere]

I saw some cute mug mats, like small placemats to put a small plate and mug on. Would be great on an end table or desk.

[madgeylou]

i've started a DIY series on wear the shift's blog, all geared toward using up fabric scraps.

my favorite use is earrings (http://www.weartheshift.com/blog/2011/11/04/fri-diy-day-earrings-love/)! i wore a pair i made yesterday and got tons of compliments. armwarmers (http://www.weartheshift.com/blog/2011/11/11/fri-diy-day-reversible-pulse-warmers/) are a great way to use up knit scraps, too.

[JaneV2.0]

I've seen jewelry and ornaments made by cutting motifs out of fabric and gluing them to craft foam or otherwise stiffening them.

[treehugger]

My mom has cut one small square out of every single piece of fabric she has bought or used for a project since before I was born (she used to make a lot of clothes; these days she makes all kinds of other things). Those squares are for her "someday quilt." She actually recently told me that The Quilt is her next project. Wow! I didn't think that would ever get made.

Kara