New Fabric from Scraps

Hello All.

I don't know about you but I cannot bear to throw any fabric scraps away.  Now, I'm not talking about fabric of 3cm +, that's just fabric to me, but teeny, tiny scraps, the kind that are generated when squaring up block.

I have been saving these little pieces for a while and before Christmas I set about using them.  

Firstly I laid out a piece of water soluble embroidery stabiliser in roughly A4 size.  Then I got my scraps and laid them on top at different angles and made sure I had covered up all the stabiliser.  (I may have taken far too long over this, and even ironed some of the tiny scraps.)

When I was happy that it was all covered I put another piece of stabiliser on top and pinned around the edges, and then carried it to the sewing machine carefully so the fun could begin.

Then all you have to do is sew with a straight stitch all over.  I discovered that curvy lines look much better on the finished fabric and more fun too.

Wash away the stabiliser and you are left with new scrap fabric.

I used my new fabric to make tree shaped Christmas cards.

A few hours filled with pleasure for me.  Did you use a vintage machine Clicky? I hear you ask.  Well, yes of course I did, my white Singer Featherweight, but I didn't take a picture!

This made a small dent in the scraps and I'm now trying to think of what else I make use this method.  Any ideas?

Bye for now.......Clicky Needles.