She organized the scraps by color, then curated color combinations to create an aesthetic that looks like brushstrokes moving across the fabric, much like strokes of paint on a canvas.

Press Photos/Jennifer Ackerman-HaywoodJeri Fry, 65, of White Cloud, shows off a selection of the "reduce, reuse, recycle" quilts she makes. She loves to see what she can make out of fabric others ...

Apparently, reader G.W. was not the only reader with fabric scraps too good to throw away. “Everyday Cheapskate” readers sent so many donations, this group is set for years.

Longtime readers of this column may remember the reader who wanted to know where she could donate her fabric scraps. I offered details on a small organization in Texas that ...

Layer smaller scraps of fabric, yarn and even threads onto the base. Top with the piece of stabilizer. With a sewing machine, stitch all the way around the edge of all the layers.

Each jacket features fabric scraps rescued from designers' studios. Courtesy of Zero Waste Daniel. Silverstein said he tried to make the price of each jacket, $255, affordable for many of his fans.

Strasdin illuminates an era in fashion — the 1830s to the 1870s — characterized by dramatic change, the scraps of fabric witnesses to “the industrial maelstrom of the 19th century with all ...