Scrap Happy With All Your Leftover Sewing Scraps With Easy To Do Projects!      

      Recently I’ve been on the topic of scraps.  I have accumulated many scraps throughout my years of sewing and have recently worked on organizing them and finding use for them in new easy projects, which I’ll share with you later. I first would like you to see what I’ve come up with for organizing mine.  I had them stuffed in the “sheet set” bags.  I don’t want to use those anymore for my scraps.  I do, however, still like to use them for some of my projects because they have zippers.

         I found some great trays at The Dollar Tree, and they seem to be working right now for some scraps.  I am trying to place my scraps where they need to be as soon as I cut out a project.  I have another basket for bigger pieces that I need to cut down.  I think I want to cut them into 5” and 2 ½” squares to start.  I may have some projects in mind for these sizes and that’s why I chose them! 

         This takes me to what I recently found in my basement.  I found a tower of plastic drawers we used for school supplies when my boys were in school.  It needs a good cleaning, but I think it might work for my scraps.  There are three large drawers at the bottom that I can throw pieces to be cut.  In the smaller three drawers I can place my cut squares and strings! I plan for this to take the place of the dollar baskets.  I will keep you updated on that.  I’m hoping it works like I want it to!

         Finally, I have a “scrap tower”.  I really like this, and I wish I could remember where I purchased it.  I’ve had it for so many years.  I keep it color coordinated.  It consists of fat quarters and some half yards that I’ve cut projects out of.  Pieces that are too big to be a scrap, in my mind, but too small to be with the fat quarters again or larger amounts of fabric. 

         Now for those easy projects I promised!  You can scour the internet or Pinterest for many ideas.  These are a few I found and they didn’t need a pattern to make them:

1.    Buttons or magnets.  These are so cute and fun to make.  The directions are in the package.  These would make such a nice “Thinking of you” gift to send to a friend. 

2.    Cards.  With these you can be so creative, and it can involve sewing or glue!  Again, you don’t need a reason to send someone a little surprise.  Sending cards is a dying tradition I’m afraid. Let’s send some this month and surprise friends and relatives.  It will make their day! 

3.    Wrapping small gifts.  I love to wrap small gifts for my sewing friends with fabric!  It is part of their gift and who doesn’t love getting fabric!

4.    Tags.  This is another project where you can be creative.  There is so much inspiration out there to create such cute tags.  Get started early for next Christmas!

Here is the round up!  Make your cute buttons or magnets, wrap them in fabric and put an adorable tag on it.  Send or give them accompanied by the fabric card you made!  Now you’ve used all four ideas and created a gift…with scraps!  Yay!  I’m going to do this!  Let me challenge all of you to do it too!  Make sure you show us in the comments your creations! 

Next week I want to give a review of a product I found and am loving.  Have a great week and Always Find Time to Sew,