Scrap Report One

Honestly, I pretty much feel like a failure at this year's 100 Day Project, where at the start, I declared my own 100 Days of Scraps. It all started on February 22, so we're roughly two-thirds of the way in, and though I've done very little in documenting my scrap usage, I have been sewing with them here and there.

I did finish the scrappy quilt I began on day one of the 100 days - Strings. And the front is truly 100% from the scrap basket. The back and binding is a mix of scrap and stash, but I still feel really good about the scrap usage in this one.

The pyramid pincushions I made for my retreat buddies were also 100% from scrap. The cute pattern is from Mira @bluebellhillcrafts.

Backgrounds of my Leaf Study bee blocks may have been from stash, but the leaves themselves were scraps, which just added to the fun.

And much of the fabric used in those Pixie Baskets was from scrap. I don't think I ever showed that these ended up on our Easter table as little party favors, filled with candy. Gotta say I loved the response from the family, especially the "do we get to take these home?" Yes, indeed. Oh, and these cute baskets are from a tutorial by Heidi @fabricmutt.

Imp wasn't quite from the scrap basket, but I did choose small pieces from my pink stash. If a piece is foldable, I often keep it with my yardage, for times such as this. So while some pieces may have been close to a quarter yard, most were much less, and all that I pulled got used up in either the front, back, or binding.

Though I originally intended to use more Essex Homespun scraps in my Pantone project, Billows, they really weren't a usable size. But they are the darkest spots you see below, so I did use a handful of them. I also used up that gold gingham, which I'd gotten from a scrap stash bundle from FabricBubb, which I counted as scrap since they were in random small-ish sizes.

Lastly, all the Maple Street Pouches, a pattern by Svetlana @sotakhandmade, were made from a mix of scrap and stash. I could have just kept on making these, I enjoyed them so much.

So, definitely not the 100 Days of Scraps I anticipated. And truth is, there are still several weeks left. So I'll try to at least keep squeezing them in as I can.