Sandrea

I was working on a project where there were a lot of pretty pieces of fabric cut away and not used in the project. What a shame to throw them away but some were only 1/2 inch to 1 inch pieces. (Too small to do anything with but still hated to throw them away). Then the lightbulb came on. I started even cutting larger chunks into tiny pieces with the rotary cutter (like mosaic pieces in all kinds of odd shapes but small). Then I layed a 12" X 12" Piece of fusible interfacing down with the sticky side up and started laying these TINY pieces onto the fusible, starting in the middle of the fusible. I layed one piece in the center and surrounded it with contrasting pieces all around until I covered the whole piece of fusible. Make sure everything touches and no fusible shows through. THEN press over them with an iron to keep them in place on the fusible. Then I did free motion zig zagging all around the pieces to secure them. (You could also use your fancy machine stitches but would take a little longer). Once they are all zig-zagged in place......you can use your new 12" piece of handmade fabric to make a wallet, or embellish a purse or tote bag, or on a pocket, or even cut the 12" square in half to use front and back on a purse, or on another project for the center of a pillow with borders etc. They are so pretty and have lots of uses on other projects for embellishment. Have to add, the process was so much fun arranging the pieces onto the fusible like a puzzle.

bearisgray

Picture, please?

seamstome

Or you could use them to make fabric beads for embellishment

mimmy96

would love to see a picture of what you are talking about!

owlvamp

I would love to see a picture.

StephT

what a neat idea. I need to make pillows for my camper and this would make a great pillow. I would also love to see a picture.

QuiltnNan

sounds very interesting

PaperPrincess

Instead of zigzagging, another idea I've seen is to put a piece of tulle, netting, organza or angelina over the fused pieces, then just free motion thru the whole sandwich. I would also love a picture!

greencat

If I understand what you're saying.....I'm thinking mug rugs!

Tartan

​Look up "confetti quilts" it sounds similar to what you are describing.