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Keeley from Hope & Gloria shows how you can make these happy fabric flowers. You can pull out your fabric scraps to make these folded fabric flowers. The folded petal shapes give them dimension. You can use them for brooches… Read more ... 
These mason jar wraps are both cute and practical, AND they’re also a scrapbusting project! Sew4Home shows how to make them. The fabric wraps are embellished with strips of scrap fabric. They have Velcro at the ends for easy on,… Read more ... 
Lisa from A Spoonful of Sugar shares a fun project for using up your smallest fabric scraps. She used them to make cute greeting cards. There’s no sewing required, and they’re super fast to make. You could make a stack… Read more ... 
Anna from Plan B shows how you can use your fabric scraps to make cool new jewelry. Her tutorial shows how to make this pretty fabric bracelet out of a scrap of fabric. Bits of vintage scarves would also be… Read more ... 
Cintia from My Poppet shows how you can use her scrap fabric twine (tutorial here) to make a spiral mat. She made a bunch of smaller mats and then joined them to make a larger cluster to make a… Read more ... 
Ashlee from My So Called Crafty Life shows how you can make this chunky braided fabric necklace. The braided fabric makes a lovely focal point! It’s a good project to use up scraps of fabric or, because you’ll only be… Read more ... 
The beads on this bracelet are made of rolled up fabric scraps. Stephanie from The Crafty Kitty shares a tutorial at Henry Happened showing how to make them. The raw edge fabric beads make a cool, boho style bracelet. It’s… Read more ... 
Dawn Cornell shares a tutorial at Moda Bake Shop showing how to make this quilted scissors case. The quilted layers create a thick pouch that will cover the sharp point of your scissors. You can make it from two 5″… Read more ... 
Becky from Patchwork Posse shares a tutorial at The Ribbon Retreat showing how to make a pretty dog leash out of scraps of fabric and ribbon. The scraps will get pieced together, so you can use even your shorter ribbon… Read more ... 
Stephanie from The TipToe Fairy shows how you can make a pretty twirly skirt for an American Girl or other 18″ doll. You can probably find the pieces you need for this in your scrap bin, especially if you have… Read more ... 
Janelle from Emmaline Bags shares a tutorial at Emmaline Bags shares a free pattern to make her Scraptastic Fabric Basket. She designed the basket to hold her fabric scraps, but it could find a happy (and useful) spot in just… Read more ... 
