Scrap Stitching: Turn Your Fabric Strips Into Something Beautiful Do you have a pile of fabric strips in your scrap basket? Maybe you’ve been saving those cut-off edges from quilt projects, unsure what to do with them. Here’s a fun, colourful technique to transform those leftovers into something useful and beautiful — Scrap Stitching. This method combines strips of fabric with decorative machine stitches, cords, ribbons, and braids, giving you a whole new piece of fabric to play with.