Scrap buster #59 No waste sewing - how to use up snowball scraps - adding tape idea
I have made quite a few projects where I used 2.5-inch squares to snowball something. I have been collecting the cut off triangles to make something, but making small half square triangles feels like a lot of work and even more when you need to square it off… So instead, how about using adding tape (or interfacing or thin fabric) to put them all on, trim to nice 2.5 strips and use as borders, sashing or anywhere where you would use 2.5 trips? Sewing these was much quicker and fun, and such a satisfying effect. If you have lots of these cuts and don’t want to bin them, give a go with this idea. Happy sewing!
Still working with the same blade I have showed you in last update/review.
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Reading this post instantly took me back to the winter when my daughter and I turned our stash of tiny fabric remnants into a “snowball” quilt for her first birthday. We’d been tossing the scraps into a bowl, planning to discard them, until a friend suggested using double‑sided tape to hold the pieces together temporarily. The tape let us experiment with layouts without sewing each piece first, and we ended up with a whimsical, patchwork snowball that we could reshape until it felt just right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PokerStars When we finally stitched it, the whole thing turned into a cozy blanket that still sits on her sofa, reminding us that nothing really has to go to waste. Your idea of adding tape…