Test Stitch-Outs

If you test-stitch each design before using it on a garment or project, you probably have quite a collection of test stitch-outs. What are they good for? If you always use a clean, quality fabric, and leave a few inches of fabric around each design, you probably have some useful designs.

A single design can be used inside a plastic kit made to hold cross stitch. These can be found in craft stores or ordered online. Look for trivets, coffee mugs, luggage tags, coasters and key fobs. Just toss the cross stitch part and insert the embroidery design.

A collection of designs in similar themes or coordinating colors can be stitched together to create a patchwork tote bag, sewing machine cover or quilt. Your local quilt guild would likely appreciate your donation of embroidered squares, especially if they are stitched on 100% cotton fabric.

Click on the images below for project instructions.

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from Mary Jane Allen of Perfect Little Stitches

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Christmas
Houses

Create these
wonderful
containers to
hold candies or
small toys.

Half Barrel

Organize up to 72 cones of thread on
this convenient wall-mountable thread
storage system. This solid oak organizer
includes 72 large wooden dowels for
cones or mini cones and 64 smaller
dowels for bobbins or spools. Now you
can keep the bobbins together with
the cones.