Uploaded September 2018 | Updated September 2026, 54 minutes ago

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Your guide to taking your own scraps fabrics and making pretty, balanced projects that look gorgeous! These simple steps make scrap busting fun and take away lots of the typical frustration and time consuming mix/ match.

Here is the link to the duffle pattern (one of my best sellers!) shown near the beginning gingercake.bigcartel.com/product/make-your-getaway-duffle-children-and-adult-size

A couple extra tips-

~Make sure your fabrics are pressed!
~pay attention to fabric print directions
~press open seams after you sew them
~use straight edge and rotary cutter

Want to buy scraps bundles from me? You can find them for sale on in my mercari shop mercari.com/u/893978759

Here are some links to the products I use...
-My favorite seam ripper! amzn.to/2IIyd1K
-the clear plexiglass ruler! amzn.to/2Hq4YBj
-the self healing mat with grid! amzn.to/2Ihj5MZ
-Olfa Rotary Cuter! amzn.to/2tGtWGa
-a similar sewing machine to the one I have (and LOVE) amzn.to/2JwJa6S
-a machine I would recommend to beginners amzn.to/2I3mmwg

Visit my PDF Sewing pattern shop for more fun, cute, original and cute projects at gingercake.bigcartel.com

Visit my Blog for more information about me and to see my NINE years of sewing adventures :) gingercake.org