Scrap Foot Pouffe

When you sew, you end up with lots of scraps of fabric that many crafters cannot bring themselves to throw away - including me. And even if you mend, items do degrade to the point they can’t be used anymore and they should be thrown away… but it’s fabric!

Enter the Scrap Foot Pouffe. I am on a mission to use all my bits of tiny scraps - and unwearable clothing - for something useful. I found a pattern online at Closet Core Patterns that I drafted my own pieces from. The idea is to make an inner bag that you can stuff with all your scraps, and put it inside a lovely outer, pretty cover sewn up with bigger scrap pieces of lovely fabrics. This also allows you to remove the insides and wash the pouffe when needed, and you can top up the filling as it flattens over time.

I set about making my inner bag, and this thing turned out huge. A photo of it doesn’t really do it justice so I will have to post progress pictures as it fills. It already has a bunch of scraps and a heap of my husbands discarded socks inside and it’s still mostly flat.

I’ve cut the pattern pieces ready for the outer pouffe, but I haven’t started cutting fabric for it yet. I'm about to start a project with red polyester fabric lining, and I will cut that for the bottom of the pouffe. It doesn't have to be pretty as it will always be on the floor!

My husband thinks it’ll take me years to fill the pouffe with scraps and have a usable item… I think it will take between 1 and 2 years. We will see!