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Tutorial: Scrap fabric rope

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Whether it’s a fabric in an unfortunate print, or an old sheet, or even old clothes, you can turn it into pretty  and useful rope.  Yellow Spool shares a tutorial showing how, with no sewing required.  You’ll need to cut… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap fabric flower brooch

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Sarah from Sadie Seasongoods shows a pretty way you can put your smaller fabric scraps to use.  Use them to make a flower brooch!  She used scraps of vintage flour sacks, with each petal made from a different fabric. I’m… Read more ...

Tutorial: No-sew scrappy fabric eggs

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You can make these scrappy fabric eggs without sewing a stitch!  Claire from Pillar Box Blue shows how to do it.  The fabric scraps you need are narrow strips, a perfect way to use your smaller fabric scraps!  This would… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap fabric lanyards

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Tally from Tally’s Treasury shows how you can sew your smaller fabric scraps up into these pretty patchwork lanywards.  Her tutorial includes a little twist you can make so the lanyard lies flat in front and around your neck. Click… Read more ...

Tutorial: Scrap fabric beaded necklace

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So Sew Easy shows how your fabric scraps can become beautiful fabric beaded necklaces.  Their tutorial shows 2 ways to create fabric beads – wooden beads covered in fabric and, for larger lightweight beads, small Styrofoam balls covered in fabric… Read more ...