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zero-waste :: scrap sewing

8/8/2017

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Every so often, I like to try to make useful things out of my leftover bits + pieces from past sewing projects. Sometimes it's patchwork quilts, but this time it's purses + bags. In the past, bags like these made fun (+ free) birthday gifts for Jo's + Julia's friends. The girls could help me pick out all of the scraps in their friend's favorite color...and we'd design some kind of bag out of what we had. Patchwork skirts, doll clothes, tea party blankets, and the girls' projects were also great consumers of the scraps.
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These days, I need a different approach. I think these bags will go to a thrift store that provides jobs + merchandise to a predominately refugee + immigrant population. The shop's profits benefit an organization that provides English as Second Language classes + other training programs. My hope is that the bags will be useful + generate a bit of income as well.
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Waste fabric holds a lot of potential, but making it into something useful does involve a bit of work + creativity. The combinations + shapes are not often the ones I would at first envision, but the available materials provide the constraints. I enjoy the challenge, but a challenge it is. 

​It's both surprising + satisfying to see actual useful pieces come out of a pile of scraps.

Love, 
​Jane
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Linda
8/8/2017 02:51:22 pm

Wow! Jane, these are BEAUTIFUL! Excellent idea for leftover scraps of fabric.

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Jane link
8/8/2017 05:33:34 pm

Thank you so much, Linda! They were fun to make. :)

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sadie
8/9/2017 03:32:17 pm

These are really lovely. Teaching myself to sew is on my to do list, you are giving me even more of an incentive with all the beautiful things you have been making.

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Jane link
8/9/2017 07:42:44 pm

What a sweet compliment! I am totally cheering you on to start sewing!! It's such a fun hobby! :)

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