I hope this post got the wheels turning if you have any leather scraps lying around (if not I see pieces at thrift stores often). These projects to make with leather scraps were all fairly easy. I must credit my sister BJ for this idea. I bought my stroller second hand, and a few of the pieces are missing. This is just a short version of the hair band, but so cute that they were in production before I left the sew machine. It is soft, and she can rip or wrinkle the pics. Ruby loves to look at photos, and have some to keep, so I though this would be perfect. My nephews birthday is this week, so this project was double duty. I’m not much into wearing hairbands but this one seemed to stay in place quite well with the rough side against my hair. I used spray adhesive to hold the fabric in place before I sewed it on. The button is from my moms stash, she said it was actually from a old school bra. The photos would be much sweeter if they were on little feet, but my baby is too big for these booties, so I had to improvise.įor the plastic window I used the front page of one of the fabric sample books, but a overhead projector sheet would work good too. Here we go: 10 Fun Projects to Make with Leather Scraps 1. Scissors, sewing machine with a blue jean needle, thread, pen, and ruler. None of these projects are ‘call the newspaper’ ideas, most you’ve seen before, but what is great about them is I didn’t spend a dime (especially because I was at moms so I was using her thread!) I also used no special tools. I managed to come up with 10 little projects to make with leather scraps. I had some time this past weekend (thanks to my mom) to poke around the sewing machine. I think these leather scraps are great, even if they are only a snippets, I would never otherwise have my hands on fabric that costs a few hundred dollars a meter. Now to most, these remnants are nothing more that garbage, but Julie knows there is potential so she passes them on with hope of them becoming something else. These folks always think of me when it comes to leftover leather scraps and fabric/discontinued fabric books. You can check out their shop and some of their work here. Dempsey’s Custom Sewing Upholstery shop in located in Berwick it is owned and operated by two great people Bill and Julie.
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