On Sunday, I posted a picture of the crumb quilt that I made and donated to Quilts for Kids. I am TOTALLY ADDICTED to these little crumb blocks. To the point that at our monthly sewing days with my fellow Scrapyard Junkies, they are even giving me their crumbs, or starting their own crumb collections! Very little fabric gets wasted or thrown away. But still…some little bits do end up in the thread catcher bags.
Today, I found a use for those teeny tiny pieces that I must trim off to square up, and for the pieces that are smaller than 1″!! There is a blog site called Stash Manicure. This site features guest bloggers who all have good ideas about ‘manicuring’ your stash. Manicure has been defined as “trimming carefully and neatly”. (Not so sure my methods can be described as careful and neat, but I am trimming, none-the-less!) There are lots of scrap projects, organizing tips…grab a soda & plan to spend some time on this site!
Today’s tip was to take all those tiny bits and pieces that are leftover and put them in a pillowcase. When the pillowcase gets nearly full, sew it shut and donate it to the animal shelter for the dogs and kitties to use to sleep on!! Completely washable, and the scraps can be manipulated to support a sore leg if needed! No need to buy a pillowcase, just take a yard of fabric (even ugly stuff!), stitch three sides and voila!! You can bet there will be one of these in my sewing room before the end of the day!!
cool idea!
I love to use up sraps too! Please check out my website at http://www.farmersdotter.com to find out more info!
Brenda Weed–the Farmer’s Dotter