What to do with your serger scraps

We have recently added a new addition to the family.  She has blond hair and brown eyes and is quite beautiful.  I was wondering why this particular family member had to keep playing with my fabric stash that I was trying to organize unsuccessfully.  I decided to give her a "fabric" space of her own so that I could keep her away from the good stuff.


I would like you to meet Dixie, my beautiful little mutt of a terrier.  I love her and she is fitting in perfectly! Please notice that she is on a scrap piece of fabric which I now have to re-wash.

Now I have been saving my scraps from serging so many fitted diapers.  I had no idea what to do with them, but since I am so inspired by everything on pinterest......I save EVERYTHING right now.  I had a great idea to get rid of them since Dixie wants to play with them anyhow! A dog bed for the sewing area!

Find yourself some ugly fabric that you no longer need.  If you want to get artsy and need it to match your decor go ahead and buy the good stuff.  This is just for the work room area for my business and other sewing.  I encourage you to use old clothing or curtains.  I am all for up-cycled items as you can see!

Sew two pieces of your found fabric together, turn them inside "right" and stuff them with your scraps.  I didn't use too many scraps, because I wanted to make it movable and somewhat flat like a dog bed and not like a pillow.  I am very lazy and decided that I did not want to pull out the hand needle and thread, so I just top stitched the pillow after turning it inside "right."

Viola! We have a dog bed that is worthy of the most fabric loving pooch I have ever met.

Here is Dixie checking out her new fabric bed that was made for her.

Here she is very cozy and enjoying her bed.  Now I can barely get her to leave the room, because she is in love with her new area.

Hopefully you are inspired to go and find something in your home that can be reused or up-cycled.  Don't forget that you can get a rescued dog like Dixie and "fix" her so that they can't reproduce and give them a chance to be loved again as well.

Thanks for reading!