Have you got precious fabrics?
Just the tiniest pieces hidden away waiting for that special project?
Some of these Liberty scraps were the only pieces that I've ever had - as in they came that tiny in a scrap bag (sigh). Others were leftovers from projects and I wanted the memories. Others were favourite snippets of a print I loved - like the giraffe (wearing sneakers!!) pictured below, from Queue For The Zoo? Fave! and The Strawberry Thief birds!
All you need is your favourite scraps and a piece of bias tape in whatever colour and length you want. I didn't want my fabric to look flimsy so I ironed my scraps using Vleisofix to a piece of white voile. There are lots of other methods. Ironing to felt would work. Even just onto a stabiliser!
You can cut the fabric into whatever shapes you like.
Work out which order you'd like them to be in along the bias tape.
Then, start by making a loop on the end, then sandwich your pieces one at a time, slowly feeding them through the sewing machine. When you're finished, make another loop at the end!
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| Cut into rectangles |
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There's no colour theme.
I just chose prints that I've been holding on to || Rhapsody and Thread |
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| I lined the rectangles up in an order where different colours were spread out || Rhapsody and Thread |
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Then I sandwiched each rectangle inside a plain white bias tape.
Basic sewing skills required || Rhapsody and Thread |
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| So simple |
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| Make it as long as you like! |
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