Look What I Did With My Scraps contest - 01.04. - 30.04.2020

[Efemera]

I’m in... got the scraps!

[Pearl]

So how can I go through two boxes of scraps, take out a sizeable pile to use and still the boxes are overflowing?  It’s like the magic porridge Pot.

(I’m regretting posting after Efemera.  Look how well-organised her scraps are.)

[Renegade Sewist]

Silly question but how big is a scrap? I have lots of odd pieces left over from other things but they are about 1/2 metre. Can I use them as they are or do they need to be smaller?

Last year it was the equivalent of about 1/4 yard/metre/meter. It's conceivable to have several pieces of the same fabric. I think part of the idea is using up smaller pieces than you normally use so we get creative trying to combine them.

@Manuela  perhaps this year it could be under 1/2 yard/metre/meter as we're all stressed and struggling. What do you think?

Generally I consider anything over 1/4 yard a remnant.

[Manuela]

Silly question but how big is a scrap? I have lots of odd pieces left over from other things but they are about 1/2 metre. Can I use them as they are or do they need to be smaller?

@sewmuchmore, there is only one condition this year, I quote it from the first post 

However, no matter how big your scraps are, they should be leftovers from a previous project.

[SewRuthieSews]

I've been looking at my home dec scraps trying to see if I can make a Joe Browns style coat from them but they are very varied in weight and maybe I'm trying to be too matchy.

So will continue to think on this challenge.

[BrendaP]

BrendaP's Entry

What is it and for whom
A Happy Rainbow window hanging - to cheer up anyone who may be passing my house during this difficult time

Pattern used
None - I made it up as I went along.

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc.
2 inch wide strips of fabric sewn into tubes and turned.
8 lengths of DK knitting yarn threaded into a very big blunt needle, doubled and threaded through each strip.
Laid it all out onto a board, carefully trimmed each fabric tube to required length.
Stitched strips together - a couple of small hand stitches at about 1 inch intervals.

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[Manuela]

Brilliant @BrendaP, is there any chance you could add the origin of the scraps/leftovers?

[SewRuthieSews]

love the rainbow!

[BrendaP]

Brilliant @BrendaP, is there any chance you could add the origin of the scraps/leftovers?

@Manuela  All the scraps I used came from my P&Q stash.  Several of them were full width of the fabric but less then 10cm long, so would have come from the bag of scraps I bought when I visited Doughty's shop last summer as I buy mostly FQs.  The green fabric is left over from the dress and hat I made for my gt granddaughter Myah (selfless sewing competition) but in turn that was left over from a length which I used a bit of for the collar and cuffs on a dress which I made for myself 3 or 4 years ago, and the bright blue came from @Sakar in Austria.  When we made a quilt for Cheesecake 's new baby along with her star block Sakar sent me a couple of small pieces of fabric towards the small stars and I still had that piece.  The white knitting yarn is left over from a baby blanket I made for Myah.

[Sakar]

@BrendaP I Love your rainbow

[Iminei]

Iminei's Surprise Entry

What is it and for whom ...

It will form the centre block of a mystery quilt I have been making during the lockdown ... sadly I started this before the timeline for the competition, otherwise I would have entered the whole thing. The original centre block was a bit Myeh, almost as if the designer had run out of ideas, to I decided to go 'off piste; (as I often do!)

Pattern used. ..

None - I made it up as I went along.

A short description on how you made it/problems overcome/etc ...

Firstly I had to confirm that what I wanted to do in the sizes I wanted was doable so conferred with BrendaP the Colour Goddess and P&Q mathamagician ... It was so I forged ahead.

As the HST's were so weeny, 1 1/2" finished,  accuracy was key ... and with my reputation for the unreliable 1/4" seam I started larger so I could trim down ...

So I cut squares of 2 and 1/2 and a smidge to make the initial 2" (uf) HST's.

I then sewed 4 patches to 3 1/2" (uf) trimmed

However I was thrilled that the 6 1/2" blocks (uf) needed only the teensiest trim and the whole 12 1/2" block (uf) needed almost no trimming at all ... Maybe Im getting better at this Darkside malarky!

Pics!!!

Scraps which came from The Temperature Quilt, The Mystery Quilt and my general stash ...

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HST's

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Finished block measuring 12 1/2"

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Completed top with my take on the centre block

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[BrendaP]

@BrendaP I Love your rainbow

[Lachica]

LaChica's entry
Dolls clothes for my granddaughter.
Pattern Woman's Own from the 1960's, adapted by me as chronicled in the Doll's clothes thread.
Scraps left over from making clothes. Leggings & T shirt grey viscose jersey. Stripey tunic and red satin scraps are from @Fabric Lover so may not count? White Jersey bodice on dress has red sequin ribbon at neckline. Pink polka dot left over from a baby dress. Pink cotton scrap from a top made for myself years ago. The grey t shirt has a foil heart from a foil art kit. Dresses and tops have full length opening at the back with Velcro. Kam snaps on the tunic. This to avoid too much frustration for a three year old.
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[toileandtrouble]

Toileandtrouble's Entry 1

Cushion covers of various types and sizes. For us.
Pattern- made to measure.

I got scraps from my curtain lining.     Bits cut from the sides and about 10cm from the full width.
I am making a cover for OH's L shaped pillow, the one supplied is horrid cheap polyester.  I can get two 'sides' from one of the big pieces but there is not enough width to go round the cushion. However, that 10cm will make a gusset along the top edge.   [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]    [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
When I washed the cushion covers, I found a real mess inside - 2 leaking feathers and one that got its inner cover rubbed away. The other piece and the end  of the first one will sort them all.  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]    [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
Got in a real mess with the pictures, but they are there - not necessarily in the right order!  The  feathers are covered up, the wadding one is contained, even if the inner cover is in several pieces, and the pillow is declared a success, much nicer to lie on.  I put an invisible zip in the top seam, to make it easier to put on.
I'm left with two scraps about 20cm square, and the bits from the blue curtain. No idea what they can be.

[Manuela]

@toileandtrouble, is this an entry post?