Owning my own baby clothing line has definitely made me much more aware of the amount of waste that manufacturing creates. Just my little lonesome self can create trash bags filled with tiny irregular scraps that are hard to reuse, every month! I can barely wrap my brain around what the waste coming out of a large-scale operation must look like. What do they do with their scraps? I give my good scraps away to artist friends to reuse, but I'm still left with so. many. scraps. Every time I run a garment through my serger (which is hundreds of times a day), a tiny scrap is created. Some of those scraps cling to me throughout the day, and I basically look like a fiber-laden Christmas tree when I run outside to get my kiddo off the bus, but the rest, I stick in a massive 10 gallon bin next to my sewing table. For months I have been saving up those shreds of fabric and thread, with the intent to recycle them into pillow stuffing. Let's just say, I have MORE THAN I CAN HANDLE, at this point. I could probably stuff a sofa, but I finally got the opportunity to put some of it to good use!
(Scrap Mountain)
My sister is currently settling into some new digs, tiny digs, to be exact. She rented a tiny home/cabin on a farm down the street from my house, and we've been having a great time making all the trimmings for her new place. Handmade curtains, pillows, etc. Recently on a thrifting adventure, my sister picked up some really cool burlap pillowcases, which gave me the chance to make some pillow inserts from my scraps. Hallelujah!
Here's how I did it:
1. cut around the pillowcase onto some extra yardage I had on hand. I needed 2 pillows, so I cut 4.
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