Would you like to have new types of creative fun whilst saving money AND reducing your environmental impact? Sewing clothes from fabric scraps gives you all these things, AND the results are always completely unique. Today I’m sharing everything I’ve learnt over the years about sewing clothes from scraps. And although there’s never a right way or wrong way to approach sewing with scraps, these pointers will help you get started quickly if it’s something you’d like to try.
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**Download the guide that accompanies this episode ‘How to Sew Clothes From Fabric Scraps’**
Listen to the following related episode:
Fast track your fabric knowledge with the downloadable ‘Introduction to Garment Fabrics’ guide.
Pattern suggestions for self-piecing:
Brindille & Twig (all children’s)
Grainline Studios
Helen’s Closet
Named Clothing
Tessuti Patterns
True Bias
Waves and Wild
Pattern suggestions for pattern-led piecing:
Bel’Etoile
Blueprints for Sewing
Elizabeth Sweetwater
Jennifer Lauren Handmade
Matchy Matchy Sewing Club (most of them)
Megan Nielsen
Misusu Patterns (most of them) which include childrens as well as adult designs.
Sew Liberated:
Tessuti Patterns
Tilly and the Buttons:
Here are some wonderful, creative businesses and individuals who are creating awesome garments with piecing fabrics:
Improv quilters, modern quilters and boro practitioners are also a fantastic source of piecing inspiration. Take a look at the following:
Two more resources that might be useful:
#30: Tips and Takeaways from Made Do and Mend
#29: Lessons From the 1940s
#28: Make Do and Mend
#27: Zoe & Julia go Rag Rugging
#26: Harvesting Materials with Eliu Hernandez
#25: Handmade Period Pants with Yelena Buck
#24: Conscious Making in Real Life with Rebecca Evans-Merritt
#23: Sewing Goals for the New Year
#22: Mending Workshops with Carla & Meg / Community Glue
#21: The Joy of Reclaimed Fabric with Sarah aka Sew Love NZ
#20: What thread should I buy?
#19: Quilting and Considered Consuming with Shelly Sommer
#18: Rag Rugging with Elspeth Jackson
#17: What are zero waste sewing patterns?
#16: Patternmaking in Public Places with Louisa Owen Sonstroem
#15: Hand Stitching Clothes with Louisa Owen Sonstroem
#14: Quick and Cheap Handmade Gift Projects
#13: Natural Dyeing with Amy Taylor
#12: Sew Over 50 with Judith Staley
#11: Sewing Vs. Kids
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