My way to use up and recycle scraps of fabric.
#32
Pic. 6 A pin cushion chicken made with scraps of 5 inch squares. Or you could sew selveges together to make 4-5 inch squares and it would be a really funky chicken. Plus I used scraps of the produce netting plus some very tiny trimmings to make the comb of the chicken. The directions for making this chicken came from another member of this board. Such wonderful people here.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...n-t143250.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...n-t143250.html
Now aren't you so creative with the plastic produce netting in the comb...too cute! What have you stuffed yours with?
Foggy ~ icy up North how's the weather in your neck of the woods :0)
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jI keep reading that you should NOT put your threads and tiny scraps out for birds as they do not dry out as fast as natural fibers and the little birds can become tangled in the threads or stay wet for too long after a rain and die. You can also make "crumb" blocks with the smallest scraps and they add up fast.
#38
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I don't save scraps per se but they are always laying around or on the floor. I use them to test sewing or serger stitches. Also for machine appliqué in the hoop or sewn. I think about saving selvedges but I have several jobs and my sewing room already looks like a bomb went off in there so I doubt I'd do much with them. Sometimes you have to let go. I recycle whenever I can and commend all you super savers.
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