I have a thing for scraps. Especially old, pretty ones that make me think of my grandmother when she was my age. And I have quite the collection now, of small pieces of cotton with frayed edges but gorgeous colors and patterns. In almost every color in the rainbow.
And I'm not really a collections kind of girl.
I have all sorts of ideas for these nuggets of beauty. When I have more time, I think sometimes. In the meantime, I use them to make our little upcycled gnome dolls in the shop, often pairing them with bits of organic cotton leftover from other projects like bedding and dresses.
It makes me feel a little bit cozier inside knowing that these tiny but beautiful bits and odds and ends are being put to use, made into something functional... my version of upcycling.
They are such pretty scraps, I almost feel I am doing them a disservice by using the word. And what sweet little dolls!
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