…With your scrap pile, of course :) This week, I was playing with a new block idea that could use up more scraps! You’ll need at least three 2½” strips… or, several scrap length 2½” strips if you don’t have selvage to selvage length. I chose two red strips and one red and white gingham strip. Sew these strips together and press the long seams open. This strip set should measure 6½” across once sewn. Cut the strip set into rectangles 6½” x 4⅝”. You’ll need (9) pieced rectang

How’s this for a fun idea?! I've done a lot with this trapezoid cut over the years. It makes the easiest braided table runner (that also uses up scraps), and in this case, I thought it would be cute to cut the end like a heart and play with shading a bit. First, I cut a couple 120 degree triangles from a 10” tall scrap. This cut is made from the side of the Large 60-degree Diamond Ruler and could be done with about a 10” x 4” rectangle. I cut a bunch of pink leftovers into 2½

Need a quick, super-cute new idea?! Just this week, I worked up this little table runner using only three fabrics, and I couldn’t be happier with the results! I used a technique called fussy cutting to get these little Santas in the middle of each diamond. Then I cut matching triangles from striped fabric! That is pretty much all it is :) Once it was cut, I had the whole thing sewn in 37 min… haha! That’s right, less than an hour. I filmed a new YouTube video to show you the

Welp, another pile of scraps has found a home! I actually can’t believe I saved some of these, and yet, I am so happy I did! I scrounged around my scrap piles, pulling out all of my off-sized white-ish strips. These strips are all odd lengths and odd widths, with most being under 2” wide. I also found a whole pile of 1” black strips…. Why did I save those?! I probably just couldn’t bring myself to throw them out! I decided to create random strip sets, alternating between whit