Craft Leftovers

Felicia of Fluffy Flowers creates the most adorable creatures that are whimsical and creative. You can see her day to day musings over at her blog, or check out her shop, which she just updated with a ton of cute stuff. I really like the way she writes stories for

These littles ladies are made from recycled fabrics and completely custom! The artist, Hetty Rose, says “I am a freelance footwear designer and maker. I have a conceptual collection of handmade shoes created using recycled fabrics, mainly Japanese kimono fabrics, with reclaimed wooden heels.All products are made to order, embracing

I saw this over at etsy and fell in love. I’m not sure what her name is other than rust chic, but you can see this and other cuffs from salvaged materials in her etsy shop Bayou Salvage. She also has a blog called Thrifting in Oblivion that’s pretty neat.

I’m such a dork. I saw this forever ago and didn’t think to mention it. But now, they have extended the deadline to July 16th! Check out the details here. They have some super cool prizes!

Here is a great project that I came across over at CRAFTzine: I love what they are doing over on Tree Hugger with plastic bags, not to mention a list of how to use them as a raw material. And over at Magpie and Cake, they’ve made a whole quilt

I saw these over at CRAFTzine and thought they were super amazing and thought you might too. You can read about how it was made, all from stuff on hand, over at Whimsy Inc. And this is pretty cool too. A neat way to avoid all those photo albums and

Heather has a great idea for using those bits of soap for sewing. Her site is really amazing all around. Check it out here.

Look what was done with all of those leftover fabric strips from making a quilt over at Craftlog! Deffinately spruces up any gift.

What a great way to use up those little bits! This was sent to me by Kristi, she’s a pretty swanky cat, and her name is spelled like mine, sans the N. You can find other pictures of this little project over here on livejournal. She also sent me a

Jenny over at All Sorts posted a great tutorial about how to make these cute coasters. It is an older post, but I hadn’t seen it. Maybe I’m behind the times. Maybe some of you are too. So if you haven’t already made a billion of these great little ladies,

This great project was put together by Racheal H. She said she made so she wouldn’t get needles in her arm while embroidering in her fav chair. I too tend to stick my needles in the side of my chair and forget about it until I get poked later on!

This one hits a special place in my heart. I love this stuff and if I could, and heck why not, I would put it all over everything! You can find ideas for creative ways to use rickrack over at Primrose Designs. I found a link to her site over

Okay folks two things.1. I have finally put together direct links to the Craft Leftover patterns in the side bar. It’s the Pattern Archive! Check it out! I had no idea there were so many!2. I’m having so much fun looking around for tutorials/projects/makers that exhibit the CL aesthetic. Just

I know it’s the summer and all, but I’m thinking bonfires here, not fire places. Danny Seo over at Simply Green has a great idea here. I really hate those “fire starter” logs. They seem, somehow, not so great. It’s kind of sad most of us don’t know how to

I saw this over at CRAFTzine and just had to go check it out. What a great way to use up scraps of fabric and leftover buttons! You can see the tutorial here over at Little Thing Tutorials. And then in a related post there was this little tutorial on

Ann from over at the Sewing Geek made this great little purse. What a great idea to use a placemat as the body of the purse!

Here’s another great tutorial from Etsy Labs. It’s on how to make your own dress form (something I have always wanted, but resisted because of the price tag) out of duct tape and a large t-shirt. I am so going to try this one out this weekend!

Amanda L. from over at Etsy Labs posted a great tutorial on how she makes fabulous totes out of shopping bags. I really love this (wish I would have thought of it!) because plastic bags seem like one of those unending resources that are hard to reuse. They rip and