Scrap embroidery thread ideas

As you use embroidery floss for a project, you'll find you're left with small bits of leftover floss. These leftover bits of floss are often referred to as Old Ratty Threads (or ORTs, for short), and newer stitchers often ask what they're "supposed" to be doing with them. As is always the case in hand embroidery, there aren't any "rules" for what to do with these leftover bits of floss. In this post, I share a few ideas for what you might do with them!

You’ll receive all main formats (PES, DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, VIP, VP3) and you’ll find your designs in your PURCHASE HISTORY I decided to group all my projects for thread scraps together in this page, so it’s quickier for you to find them. Did you collect all those threads scraps you have to cut off... Continue reading »

A tutorial on how to make fabric from scrap threads and use your orts. Using wash away stabiliser or dissolvable fabric you can create a new fabric.

Do you keep your extra cross stitch thread bits? Ever wonder what you could actually DO with your orts? Here' some ideas to get you started!

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Hey friends! Today I'm sharing four different ways that I love to use up leftover thread as I work on larger embroidery projects.Shop: https://www.etsy.com/s...

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What are embroidery thread bits called? Do they have a special name? What do you do with them? Do you try to save them for another project? Throw them away? After I had been embroidering for a few years, I started hearing the term orts. I wasn't really sure what it was being referred to or if I was missing something in translation. Turns out orts are thread bits!

Here are twenty things to make with scrap yarn, fabric, and floss. These projects are great for anytime of the year, and for all skill levels!

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How to make a new useable cloth from the tiniest scraps of fabric, or fabric crumbs as they are known in the quilting world

This little rug is made from the tangle of leftover, scrap embroidery thread and this mesh I've had hanging around forever. It was quick enough and so...

I didn't know until now that leftover thread bits are called orts. via Mary Corbet's Needle 'n Thread

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The construction of the embroidery stitches sampler books is hard to describe for this crafts how-to. I hope the photos help and that I can effectively describe how I put them together and make sense instead of being clear as mud. If you click on an image, you will get a closer view. It will…

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