SYS ~ Variegated Binding and Hem

Today we have Liz, one half of the duo over at Simple Simon & Co.  They are a newer blog that has been showcasing some cutie-pie girl skirts and dresses, and you know I'm all about that!  

They came up with this adorable top and brilliantly incorporated scraps in two ways! 

Hi! I'm liZ from over at Simple Simon and Co. There my sister-in-law (who is also named elizabeth) and I post our ideas, sewing projects, and tutorials daily. And every Friday we see what we can make for $5 or less.

We were so excited (and intimidated) to be invited to play along with the "Scrap Your Stash" series. Susan must have known what fabric hoarders we are and how I can't bear to throw away even the smallest of pieces. I currently have 2 entire bins FULL of material scraps so this was the perfect challenge for us.

It was hard to narrow down which project we wanted to do but finally we settled on making our own bias tape/binding out of our remnants. We thought the different patterns and colors would be especially fun for use on summer clothing. Like this dress...
So if you have a little something that could use some colorful trim...and maybe a bow...

...follow these instructions and whip yourself up some binding.

How to make Binding Out Of Fabric Scraps:
Step #1. Cut your scraps into pieces 2 inches wide and 6 inches long. (The length actually doesn't matter...I just wanted them all to be the same. But it would be cute to have them all different lengths. Just make sure that all your pieces are the same width.)

Step #2. Sew all your pieces (right sides together) into one giant strip.

Step #3. Iron the entire length of your fabric strip in half.

Step #4. Now open the fabric back up and fold in each side of the fabric until it meets in the middle and iron again. (and then if your the ironing wiz that I am...go and get a cold beverage to guzzle and to wrap your burned fingers around....I prefer Dr. Pepper but you know, as long as it's cold it doesn't really matter...)

Step #5. Sew the binding around what ever you'd like...skirts, aprons, placemats, whatever...

And then if your like me and still have a pile of scraps after you've made 85 million miles of binding you can use the scraps (that you've already cut) to embelish the bottom of a fun summer shirt. Like this one:

I told you the shirt was fun!

Thank you again Susan for letting us play along. We had a great time!

---liZ

Thanks Liz!

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See ya tomorrow!

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