Recycling in textile projects

I like to use recycled materials in my textile projects. This is an idea for the odds and ends of threads and fabric left over after other projects

1. Place a layer of bubble wrap on the bottom (bubble side up)
2. Cut up your left over yarns, threads and bits of fabric. You could even include sequins or bits of paper with interesting text
3. Place a sheet of cling film over the top to seal
4. Place a piece of baking paper over the "plastic sandwich" to completely cover the plastic
5. Iron over the baking paper on a medium to hot setting
6. The cling film will fuse to the bubble wrap trapping your bits and bobs
7. When it has fused, leave it to cool down
8. Stitch by hand or machine or cut it up and use it in your textile projects
   

If you don't use baking paper the plastic will melt all over your iron. See the post below to see what a mess I made to my iron yesterday!

Cling film and bubble wrap

Fibres and threads trapped between two layers of cling film and ironed to fuse together


























Bubble wrap painted and used to print with

Stuffing

This is large bubble wrap stuffed with wadding. I painted wadding with acrylic paints before stuffing the bubble wrap by cutting into the plastic behind the bubbles