Summer Sewing Series 2025 - Part 2

 After getting going with the little bag for Rugrat, I was ready to do some scrapbusting.

All sewing fiends accumulate a bin, bag, drawer, or room full of scraps from their various projects. That is usually the point at which they begin quilting if they haven't already been.

You may or may not remember but I am NOT a quilter. I am pretty sure I am just not precise enough or math-sy enough to make it work out right probably as well because I can be a little too perfectionist about some things. Others I slap together and call it good but quilts aren't one of them. Maybe I'll get over it one day. Who can tell?

But I do know that there are others like me. And the reason I know that is there are whole posts and books and websites devoted to scap-busting with nary a quilt in sight.

One of the first things I did was these key rings wristlets I mentioned the other day.

These can literally be made from almost nothing. In fact, I usually toss the scraps that I cut off of the size needed for these. They are literally a bias tape sized piece of fabric, a d-ring, and a clip. The clips and d-rings can be purchased from Walmart (and multiple other places) inexpensively. If you plan to make a lot of these, just go ahead and get them in bulk online for even less. This video shows you three different ways to make them. I used the last since I was just using up extra purse strap but I think the others would probably turn out nicer.

The next thing I tried was this nifty little notebook pen holder. I think the third one was the charm. I figured out to just use some light interfacing on the large pieces.

You can see how floppy the pink one is. I didn't use any interfacing on it. On the other hand, the butterfly one had Heat n' Bond on it which made it much too stiff. It was difficult to turn and didn't really want to cooperate with the whole holding a pen thing. The nursery rhyme fabric one turned out perfectly though. Light interfacing was enough without being too much.

I followed this video tutorial for these even though I still had to mess with things. But I think I have the hang of it now. And Rugrat didn't mind taking the butterfly one off my hands either.

I'm thinking about making a few of these for little Christmas time pass-it-outs (you know, the little inexpensive gifts that you can make a lot of to hand out and let them know you were thinking of them but no need to reciprocate). The key rings would be good too. 

But I haven't decided yet.