Scrap Happy Day - November 2025

ScrapHappy Day

better late than never!

This year has been a busy one of travel for me, which is great but it means I haven't had much time in my sewing room.  But I have got something to show for Scrap Happy Day this month - even if I am posting late.  I actually did this back in August when I was home for a couple of weeks.  

My daughter has had a fabulously bright knitted coat for many years.  It is warm and cosy and she loves it.  So did their new puppy!  who chewed through the zip, a section of the knitted outer and the felt lining, and made a mess of it.  I volunteered to fix it and found it wasn't as difficult as I thought, just took time.  I removed the half-eaten orange webbing binding from the front of the jacket and replaced it with scrap binding from my stash - two different colours but I didn't think that mattered with a rainbow coat.  I added a piece of scrap felt over the chewed pieces of lining.  Using scrap embroidery wools from the stash (leftovers from long stitch kits made 30 years ago - remember those?!), I knitted a patch that filled in the missing knitting nicely.  Although it doesn't match exactly, it is pretty close.  And in my box of zips, I found one that was just the right length.  How lucky was that?!  The drawstring from the waistband had been chewed - a long black shoelace replaced that.  The shoelace had been used in the waistband of an old pair of tracksuit pants which finally went in the bin, so was scrap.  I also made a replacement knitted toggle for the end of the drawstring from scrap wool. 

The repaired jacket, with the paws of the naughty puppy in the top right hand corner.  

My piece of knitting to replace the chewed area.  I didn't have all the right coloured wools.

Green and blue binding replaced the orange down the front of the jacket.  

The pale toggle and the drawstring shoelace are replacements.  

I felt very virtuous indeed!  All from the stash and scraps.  

ScrapHappy is open to anyone using up scraps of anything – no new materials. It can be a quilt block, pincushion, bag or hat, socks or a sculpture. Anything made of genuine scraps is eligible (including food). If your scrap collection is out of control and you’d like to turn them into something beautiful or useful instead of leaving them to collect dust in the cupboard, why not join us on the 15th of each month? Contact Kate on katechiconi@gmail.com and she'll add you to the list.  We welcome new members. You don’t have to worry about making a long term commitment or even join in every month. Regular contributors will receive an email reminder three days before the event.

Here are the links for everyone who joins ScrapHappy from time to time (they may not post every time, but their blogs are still worth looking at).

Kate, Eva, Sue, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Tracy, Jan, 
Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys,
Claire, Jean, Dawn, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera, 
Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti,
Viv, Karrin,  Alissa,
Hannah and Maggie