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Send a handmade Valentine to friends and family with these fabric Valentine postcards! Amanda from Jedi Craft Girl has a tutorial showing how to make them. Create custom designs using Valentine novelty prints. It’s also a good way to use… Read more ... 
This scissors case is perfect for embroidery projects or small hand sewing projects! The little sewing kit has a spot to hold a small pair of scissors, as well as a needle minder for your pins and needles and a… Read more ... 
This DIY pouf ottoman might be the ultimate scrap busting project. Not only is it sewn from larger scraps of fabric, but the stuffing is made from all those fabric scraps. The pouf makes a nice addition to a living… Read more ... 
Keep your holiday green this year by sewing and using these fun fabric gift tags! Personalize each one for your family members and use them year after year. Made with upcycled jeans and cotton scraps, this is an economical way… Read more ... 
Gingercake has a tutorial for making these sweet little fabric gnomes! They’re quick to make and you can use your fabric scraps for their puffy little gnome bodies. They’d make cute Christmas ornaments. Or, since they’re filled with corn, they’ve… Read more ... 
A turban headband is easy to sew from knit fabric. Sew It’s Made has a tutorial showing how, and includes cutting directions to make them in sizes Newborn to Adult. It’s a great way to use scraps of knit fabric… Read more ... 
These colorful Christmas ornaments combine scrappy patchwork with felt to make pretty and colorful baubles for your tree! Stephanie from Swoodson Says has a tutorial showing how to make them! It’s a great scrapbusting project for your smallest fabric scraps!… Read more ... 
These fabric weights would make an awesome stocking stuffer for a sewist in your life! Or perhaps they’d be a great help for yourself as you sew a stack of handmade gifts for others. Either way, these little triangle fabric… Read more ... 
Many of us like to make handmade Christmas gifts, but it can be hard coming up with just the right idea for everyone on your list. Stephanie from Swoodson Says has some inspiration for you! Her list has over 35… Read more ... 
Use your scrap fabrics to make colorful ornaments for your Christmas tree! Cintia from My Poppet turned her scrap fabric into fabric twine, which she then used to make these fun ornaments. She has a tutorial showing how she did… Read more ... 
Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how you can make a 3-D fabric cornucopia you can actually fill with veggies for Thanksgiving. It makes an amazing table centerpiece (or fun plush for the kids!). You can make it from a… Read more ... 
This sashiko coin purse is a pretty way to carry your change (or other small items), and it’s a great scrapbusting project, too! Vicky from Vicky Myers Creations shares a sewing tutorial showing how you can make one. Pull out… Read more ... 
I love my fabric scraps, but sometimes it feels like I’m drowning in them! It’s good to save your scraps but you need a system for organizing and storing them so they’ll be useful to you rather than just in… Read more ... 
These fabric acorn ornaments are so sweet! They’d make pretty accents to hang from a door handle or tie-on accents for a gift. Nadra from Ellis & Higgs shares a tutorial at Diary of Quilter showing how you can make… Read more ... 
If you sew, you have scraps. And if you’re like me, you can’t bear to throw them out! Mayra from So Sew Easy shows how you can use your scraps to make a colorful fabric belt. The scraps give it… Read more ...