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As far back as I can remember, I’ve been creatively inspired to make things out of scraps. When I work on hand-stitched fabric projects, I often have several going at one time which means I switch thread colors often. Although there are many needles in my sewing tool stash, I have two or three that are my consistent favorites. Re-threading needles is easy for me since I do it constantly, but it’s a task that still takes time and care and I don’t enjoy doing it more often than necessary. Once I have a needle threaded, I want to use the color all up until the thread is too short to be of any use, even to me!
If I don’t have a project in progress at hand that can use odds and ends of threads, I will often sew semi-random scraps of fabric to scrap pieces of backing fabric to run off the extra thread so that I can quickly switch back to sewing with one of my favorite needles. Over time, I periodically accumulate enough of this new “textile” to make something else with it. Since these types of scrap textiles have a lot of raw edges in them, I won’t use them in something that gets a lot of wear or has to be washed because they would not survive for long. Even with that restriction, I have found good uses for the scrap textiles. Here are some examples!
![](http://i0.wp.com/www.chasenfratz.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/scrap_ornaments.jpg?resize=604%2C373)
![](http://i2.wp.com/www.chasenfratz.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/scrap_stocking_1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024)
![](http://i2.wp.com/www.chasenfratz.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/scrap_throw_pillows.jpg?resize=604%2C240)
![](http://i2.wp.com/www.chasenfratz.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/scrap_art_quilts.jpg?resize=604%2C277)
What will my rainbow piece turn into? I’m not sure, but I have some crazy images in my head involving that piece and some pale yellow, lime green, and electric blue tulle. What will happen?