num_pages: 128
description: Stop! Don't throw those fabric scraps odd buttons and bits of trim away. Transform them into fabulous accessories gifts jewelry and decorative items. Even the tiniest snips of material can be used to make attractive pins and earrings one-of-a-kind note cards or cheerful refrigerator magnets. Make beautiful place mats fashionable hats and handbags and a cuddly doll. Welcome a newborn with a soft baby blanket or a keepsake pillow. Brighten a closet with attractive and practical padded hangers. Synthetic lace remnants are perfect for lingerie laundry bags and cotton knits are ideal for woven-loop pot holders. Sentimental savers will find unique ways to preserve favorite memories. A pile of old childhood jeans can be used to make a funky quilt for a teen's bed. Swatches of satin velvet and taffeta taken from treasured party dresses are perfect for an elegant patchwork purse or a pretty guardian angel pillow. With these innovative ideas and simple sewing skills anyone can turn a mountain of rags into a pile of riches!
language: English
title: Scrap Crafts Year 'Round: More Than 70 Projects to Make with Less Than a Yard of Fabric
publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)