Scraps Only Practice Project

Last night I needed a gift tote for a care package, but none of the ones I have on hand fit my particular gift. I was also thinking about my zero waste idea. So I hauled out the scrap bag and used some leftover strips, handmade binding, pieces of fat quarters, muslin and some aqua broadcloth to make this with the quilt-as-you-go method:

I embellished the strips with gold holographic Sulky in a simple running stitch (which also helped disguise the fold lines I couldn't iron out of the binding strips.) In my scraps I also found a long piece of grosgrain white ribbon which worked nicely as the handles:

The bright floral strips and binding are from my Mom's 2019 birthday quilt.

The purple and green strips are from the first tote I made for Oliver. The aqua broadcloth I used for the bag and the lining came out of my spring bin cleaning project.

It's fun to revisit my old projects this way, too.