Storing fabric scraps
I wanted to kick off the new year with moving my sewing machine in front of a window where I can enjoy beautiful morning light and at the same time I wanted to use the old sewing table as a cutting table. For a few days everything went well, but quite soon the cutting mat vanished under piles of new fabric - my favorite Christmas present - and fabric lying around that I hadn’t gotten to dealing with.
So between the holidays it was about time to reorganize my stash. While I was sorting fabrics by color and folding it, I threw all the small fabric pieces - smaller than a fat eight - into a basket below the sewing table. After two afternoons the surface of the old sewing table was looking quite good, the cutting mat was ready for the next sewing adventure and my cupboard was as tidy as possible. However, now every time I wanted to get to my cutting mat, I had to step around an overflowing scrap basket.
To cut a long story short, I needed another scrap busting project. Therefore I sorted the scraps by color and cut the light colored ones into 2,5 inch squares. When I looked at the different sizes of the piles, I got aware that it would be best to make bags in different sizes - the larger the pile, the larger the drawstring bag. This blue one will be the largest one by far. Now I need another medium sized bag for the yellow and orange scraps.
Storing fabric scraps
I wanted to kick off the new year with moving my sewing machine in front of a window where I can enjoy beautiful morning light and at the same time I wanted to use the old sewing table as a cutting table. For a few days everything went well, but quite soon the cutting mat vanished under piles of new fabric - my favorite Christmas present - and fabric lying around that I hadn’t gotten to dealing with.
So between the holidays it was about time to reorganize my stash. While I was sorting fabrics by color and folding it, I threw all the small fabric pieces - smaller than a fat eight - into a basket below the sewing table. After two afternoons the surface of the old sewing table was looking quite good, the cutting mat was ready for the next sewing adventure and my cupboard was as tidy as possible. However, now every time I wanted to get to my cutting mat, I had to step around an overflowing scrap basket.
To cut a long story short, I needed another scrap busting project. Therefore I sorted the scraps by color and cut the light colored ones into 2,5 inch squares. When I looked at the different sizes of the piles, I got aware that it would be best to make bags in different sizes - the larger the pile, the larger the drawstring bag. This blue one will be the largest one by far. Now I need another medium sized bag for the yellow and orange scraps.