Using Leftover Embroidery Floss, Thread, and Fibers

Make an easy fashion doll top with embroidery thread and a few simple crochet stitches.

Use an old-fashioned one-piece wooden clothes pin, embroidery thread, and a few other supplies to create a cute clothespin doll. These make great ornaments!

To make a fabulous friendship bracelet, all you need is embroidery thread, scissors, and a few safety pins. This is a great way to use up skeins of off-brand thread that seem to creep into our collections.

Combine reindeer moss with embroidery thread for an extremely realistic bird's nest.

Weave linen embroidery thread over fine paper wrapped wire to create a realistic miniature flower gathering basket.

Use similar supplies and techniques to make a woven fruit basket.

Depending on the scale of rug you want, use perle cotton thread, sewing thread, embroidery thread, all the way up to climbing rope if you want a rug for your house instead of the dolls house!

Carolyn Saxby, Mixed Media Textile Artist, creates unusual plastic fabric using bits of yarn, thread, fabric, bubble wrap, and cling wrap. Find out how.

See more of Carolyn's work at CAROLYN SAXBY - MIXED MEDIA TEXTILE ART which deals with a lot of textile art she created. She also blogs about current projects, machine embroidery, hand stitching, and much, much more at LOVE STITCHING RED.