Some people make quilts out of fabric scraps. I have yet to make a quilt (soon!), and the prospect of saving scraps for future quilts seems like it would be great for someone with a sewing room and lots of storage, not so much for my studio apartment. But those bits and pieces of fabric can be used for something, right?

I saved this weekend's scraps, in rag balls. it was a quietly productive weekend, and I had both time and energy to sit out on the porch and scrap them together. I have this idea to knit a small rug out of them. a welcome mat or a bath mat, like the one in . Many more scraps will be needed for that. If only I had begun saving them a few months ago, there would be many rag balls by now. ah well.

I used this rag knitting tutorial to turn random scraps into balls.

For full pieces of fabric or garments, there's an easier way: Vintage Chica Rag Rug Tutorial