| Sandrea |
05-28-2013 10:12 AM |
Save those "tiny" leftover scraps
I was working on a project where there were a lot of pretty pieces of fabric cut away and not used in the project. What a shame to throw them away but some were only 1/2 inch to 1 inch pieces. (Too small to do anything with but still hated to throw them away). Then the lightbulb came on. I started even cutting larger chunks into tiny pieces with the rotary cutter (like mosaic pieces in all kinds of odd shapes but small). Then I layed a 12" X 12" Piece of fusible interfacing down with the sticky side up and started laying these TINY pieces onto the fusible, starting in the middle of the fusible. I layed one piece in the center and surrounded it with contrasting pieces all around until I covered the whole piece of fusible. Make sure everything touches and no fusible shows through. THEN press over them with an iron to keep them in place on the fusible. Then I did free motion zig zagging all around the pieces to secure them. (You could also use your fancy machine stitches but would take a little longer). Once they are all zig-zagged in place......you can use your new 12" piece of handmade fabric to make a wallet, or embellish a purse or tote bag, or on a pocket, or even cut the 12" square in half to use front and back on a purse, or on another project for the center of a pillow with borders etc. They are so pretty and have lots of uses on other projects for embellishment. Have to add, the process was so much fun arranging the pieces onto the fusible like a puzzle.
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