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Lelanie from To Sew With Love shows how to make her Carry Your Basics Sling Bag. The square pouch has long straps to carry it cross body, and a zipper stitched across the front to keep everything inside. She made… Read more ... 
Maya from Little Treasures shares a tutorial on her blog showing how she made this drapey knit tunic. Because of how it hugs the hips and then drapes off of the arms, it looks like it would be a complicated… Read more ... 
Anna from Noodlehead guest blogs at Delia Creates with a tutorial showing how to make quick and easy friendship bracelets. You can pull out your scrap bin for this one – the bracelets are made from a small rectangle of… Read more ... 
Stash Happy: Applique
by Claire Shaffer is the latest in the Stash Happy series from Lark Crafts. Within this book are 25 projects where applique makes the design.
The smaller pieces of fabric typically used in applique will send… Read more ... 
Michael Ann from Michael Ann Made guest blogs at Yellow Bird Yellow Beard with a tutorial showing how to sew up a cute little phone case. It’s all handsewn out of felt, with a scrap of pretty fabric on the… Read more ... 
Leah from Sew Spoiled shares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make a zippered coin purse on a key fob. She suggests making them for teacher gifts. That’s an awesome idea!! And because the coin purse is small,… Read more ... 
Jenni from Vintage Umbrella shows how to make scrappy knotted fabric wreath, no sewing required. For a truly scrappy look, hit your scrap stash for all the strips. For a color-coordinated scrappy look, you can buy small cuts of a… Read more ... 
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how to make a beautiful vintage-inspired lace headband with rolled fabric flowers. The flowers are made from strips of scrap fabric that she twists and rolls into a rosette. No sewing is required, but… Read more ... 
Lookie what Marigold from Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! made out of a bunch of old dress shirts! She pieced them together with some colorful fabric scraps to make a teepee for her kids to play under. How cool is that! Read … Read more ... 
Emedoodle from Mommy’s Nap Time shows how to use your fabric scraps to make a little needle book. The “cover” is made of a scrappy patchwork, and felt “pages” on the inside hold your needles and pins. At just… Read more ... 
Emedoodle from Mommy’s Nap Time shows how to make a tiny little pincushion. A long loop allows you to hang it through the handles of your needlework scissors so the two will always be together. It takes just small pieces… Read more ... 
Beth from Love From Beth shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make her sleepy scrappy fish softie. All those fabric and ribbon scales and tabs are fun for small fingers to grab a hold of. Each… Read more ... 
Jen from iCandy Handmade shows how to make a quick and easy pillowcase nightgown for an 18″ doll. The doll-sized nightgowns were inspired by the kid-sized pillowcase gowns she made for her daughter. She used scraps of fabric for the… Read more ... 
Crafting a Green World shows how to make a drawstring bag to hold doggie treats, so you can carry them with you without leaving crumby mess in the bottom of your pockets. A fabric loop and metal ring make it… Read more ... 
Karen from Sew Many Ways shares a fun project for using up small scraps of your favorite fabrics. You can make a magnetic bookmark! The One business card sized sticky back magnet will make one bookmark. Clever idea!! Get the … Read more ... 
