Fun Fri~Prepping Dryer Sheets for Scrappy Fabric Projects

 

  

My Scrappy Fabric Projects

such as

cards

bookmarks

tags

 

I need a base to place the scraps of fabric.

 

 

 

I rarely use

scraps of embroidery stabilizer

because it's too stiff.

Instead I recycle used fabric softener dryer sheets.

Above is a bag of sheets

my Mother's Caregivers

saved for me back in 2012.

I've decided it's a bottomless bag.

 

They were wadded and thrown in this bag,

thus

they don't lay flat.

Since they still have a residue on them

that brown the base of my iron,

 I take about 4 at a time

and lay them as flat as possible

between teflon sheets.

Then I press.

It doesn't take long.

It is a wonderful smell job.

I do realize some folks can't use these

because of the smell or chemicals.

When I finally use them,

I don't smell them.

 

I prep about a dozen at a time.

Then I store them flat under my cutting mat

to wait to be used on the next project.

When these 12 are used,

I pull out the bottomless bag again.

 

It's a quick fun chore.