Does anyone buy too much fabric/ craft items

Too much fabric? Not sure I understand the question!

Too many jigsaws? Um nope, my 30 or so Ravensburger jigsaws, at the moment, are safe from the ‘decluttering because we will be moving’ saga, I fear they won’t be safe for very long. MzOops wants me to redo them all, photograph them and then she will sell them, we will see. How can I bear to part with the Christmas ones?

shysal

I used to enjoy papercraft, but rarely make anything these days. I have so many books and packs of paper/card! They are stashed in odd cupboards, bags and drawers all over the house. With those together with dozens of jigsaw puzzles my home is full!

Oooh, I love a jigsaw! So therapeutic. I've done a couple recently which I'll do again once we've moved and frame them.

I used to enjoy papercraft, but rarely make anything these days. I have so many books and packs of paper/card! They are stashed in odd cupboards, bags and drawers all over the house. With those together with dozens of jigsaw puzzles my home is full!

I go to a mixed media craft group if any of us have to much of anything we don't want we put in on the tables and people help themselves anything left over the person who brought it in takes it to local charity shop where any craft items of any sort or size are snapped up.

kibera10

Re 'using up scraps of material' - I make them into gift bags of different sizes and donate them to our hospice shop. I have also recently made around forty little bags using left over material ready for an 'Easter egg hunt' at our allotments, even small pieces can be used as 'handles' as they can be a different colour to the main bag. Little children seem to love bags for their 'treasures'

Good idea.

I was going to make hundreds of lavender bags ........

keepcalmandcavachon

Oh lovely, I've found my people.......

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I have some fabric but have gone off sewing. Perhaps I should have a try at quilting to use it all up.

Don't mention yarn, I promised myself to use up the stash before I bought new but there's a new crochet pattern just out .......

I'm horribly guilty of this .
Recently , some of my stash has gone to our church craft group .
There's charity shops and freecycle groups as well .
Come the warm weather , I'll be having a major blitz on my stored fabric .

Re 'using up scraps of material' - I make them into gift bags of different sizes and donate them to our hospice shop. I have also recently made around forty little bags using left over material ready for an 'Easter egg hunt' at our allotments, even small pieces can be used as 'handles' as they can be a different colour to the main bag. Little children seem to love bags for their 'treasures'

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Thank you . I feel so much better after reading this🤣

Lilliesmum79

I'm addicted to knitting I've secret stashes of wool hiding in various places incase hubby finds it 😉 And I keep receiving squishy post too, it's maybe free with my new knitting magazines 🧶😜😂

What if your husband did find it??
I often get ‘squishy’ parcels, not just yarn but stuffing for the things I make - I get through masses of it! Can’t alas use scraps of anything - stuffing needs to conform to safety standards.

Who else remembers kapok? I found some not long ago among an ancient stash - must have used it for some things I knitted for a DD’s school fair when she was no more than 10 - she’s nearly 44 now! 😱

Re scraps of fabric, I seem to remember a bedcover at Jane Austen’s house at Chawton (?) made from bits left over from making their own dresses.

Not so much use nowadays, when most have duvets, but I seem to recall that it was very pretty, with more colourful fabrics than I’d have expected. Maybe their better-off relations passed on their own leftovers, too.

I have 3 sheds full of relics of my hobbies. Knitting, flower arranging, dress making, painting, chinese, gardening etc.
I am glad I'm not alone.

I'm addicted to knitting I've secret stashes of wool hiding in various places incase hubby finds it 😉 And I keep receiving squishy post too, it's maybe free with my new knitting magazines 🧶😜😂
Lilliesmum79 I need to know the secret places........

I'm addicted to knitting I've secret stashes of wool hiding in various places incase hubby finds it 😉 And I keep receiving squishy post too, it's maybe free with my new knitting magazines 🧶😜😂

karmalady

stuffing for toys

Sorry, tagged the wrong person before! I meant Astitchintime

stuffing for toys

karmalady

And what does anyone do with all the smaller scraps?? I have gifted to schools in the past for the children to use for collages etc

I think my Mum used to smush them all together by felting bits of wool, or something! Can't quite remember how she did it!!

karmalady

Scraps:

I lot of people make this with scraps

blog.closetcorepatterns.com/fabric-floor-pouf-free-sewing-pattern/

I made lots of good cotton hankies. I make knickers and I keep bigger scraps for colour blocking, generally sweatshirts and tunics

I made very useful fabric weights
www.awilson.co.uk/super-easy-pattern-weights-tutorial/

I keep lawns etc for linings, hood, pockets etc

Thank you, karmalady, I like the idea of the pattern weights and those will definitely go. on my 'to do' list.

I have already made two pouffe/bean bag thingies which are great for the GC to lounge on as well as DD new puppy.

I have made cosmetic bags, but there's only so many of those that we need.

And what does anyone do with all the smaller scraps?? I have gifted to schools in the past for the children to use for collages etc.

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My Mum is an amazing seamstress. She makes all her own clothes. I've asked her to help me make some trousers as I've inherited my daughter's sewing machine. I've never really been into sewing. But saw someone with some really funky trousers a while back and when I asked where she got them, she told me she'd made them! I'm inspired!

My biggest passion is making jewellery. I have boxes and boxes of beads, findings, charms etc. It's my aim to set up my own business selling it in the near future.

Not guilty as regards fabric, but I have a whole chest of drawers stuffed with knitting yarn…

Curtaintwitcher, I like this sort of thing as big projects can be off putting with painful hands and small ones too fiddly for the same reason! Happy crafting chums x

I saw someone looking for scrap material on a local Facebook page. This lady teaches people about recycling and uses scraps to make projects with the groups . This lady was happy to take what ever I had. Maybe there is something like that near you .

keepcalmandcavachon

*Astitchintime*, I bought a beautifully embroidered pink table cloth from a charity shop for £4. Today if (when) it's rainy I shall cut some little bunny & egg shapes from 'spring' colour scraps and applique a few each on to it each evening.
I did this at Christmas, red & green holly leaves on to a white vintage cloth and it looked very pretty for not too much effort (or expense). You could sew a birthday one with appliqued candles all around, the world is your lobster!

That's an idea I shall copy. My son has a friend who does something similar with pictures.

Scraps:

I lot of people make this with scraps

blog.closetcorepatterns.com/fabric-floor-pouf-free-sewing-pattern/

I made lots of good cotton hankies. I make knickers and I keep bigger scraps for colour blocking, generally sweatshirts and tunics

I made very useful fabric weights
www.awilson.co.uk/super-easy-pattern-weights-tutorial/

I keep lawns etc for linings, hood, pockets etc