My little bird projects are flying the coop today. I am double booked! Baby shower in the morning, birthday party at the new park in the afternoon.
As I was getting ready to wrap the presents, I looked through all my paper and ribbon and had nothing that went together. Odds and ends of mismatched paper and ribbons weren’t the look I was going for. So, I got out my fabric. I had left over pieces from each of the projects and I had a brown paper gift bag and brown postal paper. OK! Have you ever wondered what to do with those little strips of fabric left over from a project? Use them for wrapping your gifts.
I had a two 1 1/2 in strips of fabric left from the burp cloths, so I put them together and tied a bow.
I had less than 1/4 yd piece of one fabric, and only a few strips of another fabric, so I made a pom pom out of them. I followed these directions and made it using fabric strips instead. I also wrapped it around a wide piece of cardboard instead of my hand. I wanted a big puffy pom pom!
On both of them, I just tore the strips. I like the frayed edge look. Plus, it was fast and easy! Great way to use scraps!





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May 3, 2008 at 8:11 pm
meg
You’re speaking my language, Sister. I especially love the pompom! I’ll have to remember that one for future reference; it would have come in handy today when I couldn’t find a fabric strip long enough to make a respectable ribbon! (Hence the sad looking too skinny satin one I ended up with….)