- Camelia Crinoline uses them for pockets, facings and sew-in interfacing.
- Sigrid, Willy Wagtail, Debbie and Janice mention that fabric scraps are great for stuffing in pillows, cat toys, dog pillows, homemade dolls and for making doll clothes
- Sherry and Lizajane say they're great for art activities in school classrooms.
- Misafir (Ruth) Geldi chucking less than half a meter/yard, and uses the larger pieces to make bias strips and selvedge strips to be used as seam stays.
- Sapotesews has a rubric for deciding how big a piece she'll use, using a waistband piece. "if it's at least that big, it can be useful, but if not, out it goes."
- Alessa pointed out this tute from Colette Patterns on how to make a continuous loop bias tape.
- Knotty Gnome uses the scraps for quilting and Darci just made this duvet cover. The teeny weeny scraps, Darci says, go to Scrap Action.
- Katie sometimes uses the pieces as waxing strips for waxing her eyebrows.
- Sewing Princess used her scraps to stuff a tailor's ham and seam roll. She's curious what to do with past-their-prime stockings -- any tips?
- Sabrina Clementine uses them to make fabric labels for the things she sells.
The Uniform Project LBD is coming along slowly. I've ditched the center back piece entirely, the culprit in my opinion and have replaced it with the left front piece for a better fit. I'm actually pretty psyched about this dress now that I'm over one hurdle. The next hurdle: Figuring out how to sew a concealed button placket.
Happy sewing, all, and thanks for these awesome ideas!
.jpg)
Nice round-up! About the stockings, my grandmother used to cut them into strips, then use them to tie up plants to stakes. (Or something like that...I'm not too familiar with gardening practices, lol.) I also remember using them to hold my hair back as a kid.
ReplyDeleteVery nice round up. I used scraps for stuffing my duct-tape double (I think I may have stuffed a bit too firmly, though), and my home-made tailor's ham. They're building up again, though... dog beds is definitely an idea.
ReplyDeleteAs for dead stockings, they're really nice for removing nail polish if you're someone who wears nail polish (I don't usually, and tend to just let it wear off when I do). I've also seen them used for stuffing bolsters and pillows and things, too. I remember my grandma having hair-elastic type rings of stockings too, but my hair was always too thin for them to be of any use. Oh, my kids cut them into clothes for the stuffies from time to time, as well.
I can remember my mum stuffing dolls with old tights. I have left my Up dresss in a bag for a week...back to it soon.
ReplyDeleteOh, thank you SO MUCH for sharing these ideas! I actually just cleaned up my fabric storage shelves last night and I couldn't believe how much "scraps" I have, but I just can't throw them away. This is great. Looking forward to using some of these ideas. Bookmark'ing! :) Thanks again.
ReplyDeleteIf she wears vintage, Sewing Princess can make hair rats out of old stockings...you cut and sew little tubes of stocking and then stuff them with hair out of your brush. That is how you put up victory rolls and other difficult hair-dos...kind of like a curler in your hair permanently but hidden.
ReplyDelete