From Paper to Fabric - A Technique That Transfers! 

I made some fabric clusters while watching 'Hamilton' on Disney+. I slow-stitched them! I don't have a sewing machine... yet! I finally gave my sister her journal, my first. She cried! She wants to help me make some!

I fall into the “little old lady with a heart condition” too...🙄. Keep the masks! I’ll be wearing my mask for a long time.

I agree with you about continuing measures to protect ourselves. I do not intend to go maskless until there is a vaccine

Thank you, Gayle, from little old impaired ladies everywhere! In Oregon, the Governor just issued a 'masks inside' mandate, and most places are enforcing it with signs. Altho' where my offspring works (in retail), corporate has a statement to employees that they shouldn't push it for fear of crazy shoppers getting mean and perhaps attacking the employees. The store, however, can be fined if they don't enforce the mandate. So the employees are stuck between a rock and a hard place. We would not have the spread of the disease if only people would stick to a quarantine. But they've got to have their pom-poms or decorative chairs, and no virus will stop an Amurican from their right to kill other people.

OMG, Gayle. You are such a ray of sunshine. You make me laugh and raise my spirits. These clusters are really pretty. Thank you for bringing us along so I can see how you do this. I am always learning and I always want to be learning. Take care!! ps... Your videos are SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

Yay its Gayle!! I so needed you this morning. I have let worrying about my test results from the dr later today make me sick! Prayers will be greatly appreciated! I hope you have an amazing day! Xoxo hugs

I save my strings in a baggie and use them either as an addition to an embellishment or a bird's nest with beads as eggs.

this was fun Gayle - i really do enjoy making fabric clusters - they just make everything prettier - thanks and be well xx

Good morning Gayle love this! It’s on my list to do... thank you so much have a most blessed day ❤️🌹

Hey friend. Just a thought I had about doing clusters...I like to make each layer smaller than the one below it so that I can see more of the fabrics (or papers) underneath, ending with a small focal point like a button. Yours turned out so pretty! As usual! Thanks for the idea. 🙂❤

This is a FABULOUS idea Gayle. I love it, I still need to try the paper version. Thank you so much for all of your inspiration. Hugs, Amy

What a lovely idea! Thanks for sharing! My mom was on blood thinners for A-fib and it caused her to become chilly much easier. She always tended towards being overly warm prior to taking Warfarin. I don't know if this is your experience or not, but I thought I'd mention it.

I just began watching this video...I am so excited...you have lovely fabric...you’re so innovative and inspiring...I just received my Mother’s Day gift, a wonderful new sewing machine...I tried my hand at making a Snippet Roll...it was so much fun...I have also made Snippet Clusters doing hand sewing...this looks like so much fun...a combo of both...thank you...❤️❤️❤️

I love using fabric in journals. I even fussy cut images out of fabric. This was a lot of fun.

You are amazing Gayle!! Love these clusters! Love your joie de vivre ....your giggle and I love that you have so much FUN!!!! ;) PS...that embroidery cloth that you had trouble pronouncing? lol It's pronounced "hard-anger"....a Norwegian embroidery. My paternal grandfather was born and raised in (Nesvaag) Norway....and on one of their visits he took my Grandma to his birthplace and his sisters taught her how to do this beautiful embroidery work. I have several pieces...but haven't the heart to tear into them....so I'm scanning and photographing them so I can use them in my journals and cards. I'm a newbie at this amazing craft....inspired greatly by yourself and Rachel!! Perhaps one day I'll be brave enough to start videoing and sharing what I've done! ;) Thank you for all the amazing videos you create!! :) xo

Your fabric flip and snippets are so amazing. I tried to make one of the fabric flips like yours and never turn out that good. Now I need to try this. Thank you so much for sharing, so much fun watching you as always. Love and hugs.

I loved this Video sew much lol. I’m going to spend today doing it. I have sew much fabric pieces, great way to thin the pack. Thank you sew much. Fun fun fun video 💕

This is great Gayle. When you were making the paper snippets the other day, I was thinking to myself, "I wonder if you could do that with fabric?" Great minds think alike! Hurry for fabric snippets made easy!!! Keep up the good work you little ole lady with a heart condition!!!

You know, you have plenty of room to spread out your work space a little more for videos. (Your washi tape can be moved back) And THANK YOU for zooming in for us! It's so much better! ❤🌞

Ooooh! That´s the cutest fabric-snippety-things I`ve seen!!!! And its always so fun(FUN) having your company while crafting. Thanks for sharing your work!!!

Love the fabric on the bottom. Did you buy it recently at a fabric store? Thanks

Oh, it’s so good to see genius at work!

Now you have gone and done it again!!! 😂 This is a brilliant idea… so smart! I have other things I should be doing but I have to go try this NOW! I just ran out of my fabric/lace snippets and I actually need them. Thanks for sharing your experiment with us. A total success I would say my friend! Big hugs from your little sis! 🤗💖🤗

Cool idea. Not sure I’d want to tear the strips apart after...maybe tear before hand, but lay out as one fabric and place bits. I waited for you to pull out the Timmy mini stapler! Even faster finish, lol. Big hugs. Back to add, definitely need to make some of these...thanks for the inspiration!

My husband and I have had a problem over our daughter and family visiting this month. We have been in since March except for his trips for groceries, etc. I had to tell my daughter he doesn't want them to come to our house! I couldn't help crying. It's heart breaking that we have may have caused hurt feelings. HE is adamant that we stay in. I'm ready to break lockdown!

Really beautiful, of course I love the browns. This is a great idea, it goes fast. Not to be bossy but could pin them instead of gluing to sew. I would like having all of them. Love watching your thought process.❤️🐶

A Genius idea!! Gayle I really appreciate your time and effort in helping us create beautimus stuff. ☀️💜🐞🐞🐝🐝💚

Love the fabric snippets. Will have to try this method myself. You finished the video with many beautiful snippets to use. Love that!!! TFS!!! Hugs, Sharon 🌷💜

Great video Gayle, and not trying to be difficult, but I like it zoomed out better... lol. Love and hugs

A NEW IDEA! Gayle, so clever. I love to experiment with coffee dying my various fabrics. Have a wonderful visit with your loved ones, Gayle.

well aren't you clever to try this technique out using fabrics! i love any kind of "mass production" for crafts/journals, etc. the weather is so different everywhere-we are in the 90's all week and hitting 100 next monday 😮😣😳 eek! with no central ac i am not liking this heat-it zaps me. tyfs my friend, big hugs 😍

I thought you would put a safety pin in each one before tearing and sewing.

Those fabric clusters turned out really beautiful. Great video as always. Thanks for sharing with us!

Loved these Gayle. And yes, it transfers beautifully from paper to fabric!!!!!

"Just a little old lady with a heart condition" made me laugh out loud! Here in Texas, we got too loose too soon and now we're paying for it. These clusters are awesomely darling!

I love this idea - Ive been wanting to make clusters and snippets so bad but Im still new to this that I don't have enough fabrics/trims of the same color family yet!! But when I do I'll definatly try this. I was very surprised that a glue stick worked to hold them together, I may use stronger glue as I'll have to hand stitch(slow stitch) them together. Thank you for the creative inspiration as usual!!

Cute little fabric snippets. Great idea. Turned out really nice. I am a little old lady with AFIB too. I don’t think not i am as bad as yours is. I just don’t know when mine is happening. That’s why i have a loop recorder in my chest. All these new fangled things we have now days.

Hi Gayle, just heard you mention about the masks possibly going away at Costco. While driving today, listening to the news, I heard that Germany came up with an idea to get people to wear masks - they asked their commuters to stop wearing deodorant to encourage people to put their masks back on!!!!! I thought you would enjoy that bit of news.

Harbendigger........you were close, Gayle. Hardanger.......you crack me up!💗

Hey Gayle hope you're feeling better. I don't fall into the little old lady with the heart condition yet. Hopefully won't. I do hiwever fall into the little old lady with the lung condition so will keep wearing the mask too. Love your fabiric clusters. I've made paper ones, but not the fabric ones yet. I just love, love, love all of them !!!!

Whoever suggested the sugar belle bottles for glue ?? Thank you so much they are the Best Buy I have made in a long time regarding craft tools ... I did have to order them from the USA as they were out of stock everywhere in aus but I was glad I invested in them :) thanks for as always a fab vid Gayle xox

i love it ,what you had in your box,the white one that you called harbendinger is called : Hardanger søm or Hardanger embroidery,Hardanger is a place in norway and my grandmom used to make big tablecloths of thos-it took her forever but they are gorgeous

Thank you Gayle for inspiring me so much! I made fabric flips and snippets today! 💗💗

Thanks Gayle for bringing a smile to me today,this is a fun project. Thanks for sharing 😍🌴

I love love love the fabric snippets. I do the paper ones, but think I will make some fabric ones to add more texture to my journals. So fun!

I love this project, i thought if using straight pins, long quilting ones to hold the clusters in place instead of the glue. Thank you for sharing your great ideas.

Gayle, what a great spark of inspiration. They are beautiful fabric snippets. Love the color combination. I am working on a baby journal as a gift. I am going to try this tonight.

Love these. Just a thought that you could pin the clusters down to hold in place instead of gluing since you’re sewing them. I agree stick with the masks! Anyplace who lifted restrictions is now having major upticks.

You are so creative. I enjoy so much watching your beautiful ideas. Thank you for sharing 🤗

Lovely! I think I'll make mine in whole sheets, sew the whole thing, then tear one off when needed...then I can store them all flat and in colour combos.... 😁😁😁

These are so nice and you did them very fast. Thanks for sharing. Here in Ontario Canada we are just now having to wear masks in stores and public buildings and we are still only allowed to gather in groups of ten but six feet away. Cases are low in my area thank goodness. 🇨🇦

Well, this was a genius idea! Maybe if you stapled the clusters and them removed the staples before you sew would keep everything where you want it. Love this!

Love this snippet idea!! So cute!! TFS! Hugs & Blessings!!❤️❤️

Your videos are my favorite to watch. Your voice is soothing, you explain things well , I love your stories and you are so real. It's like I am at your home. Thanks so much for all you do.

You have opened up Pandora's box with this project! Can't wait to use up some fabric!

Wow these are absolutely gorgeous, love these so much :) thank you for sharing, will definitely have to try this :)

Wonder how it would work to put a Hand stitch right in center. The no glue to sew thru

Awesome idea, I have so many fabric scraps. 👍🌻🌻🌻

Hi sweet Gayle, I watch you every morning, just on the BIG SCREEN TV in living room while i sip my coffee, so don't get to leave comments every day...long time no chatty... I have been busy! THIS is so pretty, you know i love to rip fabric too! i love it sew much! LOL!!! sending you big LUVnHUGZ, Rita Donnelly.

Love your clusters. So pretty. Thanks for sharing.

This looks like so much fun Gayle. I may have to try the paper ones.

I really enjoyed this project. Thanks Gayle!

I want a fishing tackle box like yours!!

Gayle, I really loved that text collage roll you made. I may have to give that a try! Lovely gifts and shares today!

Pam @ The paper Outpost saves her strings and uses them in collages.

Hi Gayle , love your clusters. Very pretty.🌺💞🌺

Great idea and they came out so perfect. Thanks for the inspiration.

I loved this project. Snippet Queen you!

Enjoyed the tutorial! Thanks

sorry i didnt finish what i was typing after i got what i wanted i pined it and then sewed them then cut em i used these for sewing needle books .

I’ve never seen fabric that stringy before. You would think with all those strings the pattern would have been effected. But it wasn’t.

Fun idea. You always come up with the best ideas🥰

Wow, you did it and it was "FUN'! Really love it.

Oh Gayle that tackle box is so full of scrumptiousness. Great idea and I had such a lovely time spending it with you. I hope you have a wonderful time with your family. We’re still in lockdown and in fact the second wave we’re experiencing is far worse than the original so missing our family something terrible, they are all in different states here in Australia and now we’re in total lockdown again. 😢 Thanks for making isolation easier, I really appreciate your generosity in time and inspiration. 💕💖👋🏻

Love this idea! Where do you get all of your fabrics, lace, etc. I'm just starting to get into making ephemera and find products so expensive. Any suggestions?

You are always thinking! Good idea!

Love this idea and plenty of fabrics and lace. What a way to destash. If anyone needs some please let me know and I’d be happy to share.

Always new ideas from our favorite friend!

Wow! They are such pretty clusters. TFS

Maybe next time try ripping into “strips”before putting clusters down then you only have to worry about one additional tear on each one. I’m one of those people that tries anything and everything to make something easier. 😂😂🤪

Loved the video. Good way to start the day, tea and Gayle. (-;

Great idea! Turned out fabulous!💕

Happy happy happy, fun fun fun!! 😁

This worked out great Gayle! You can do almost anything and this was a great idea! Tyfs🤗👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💚🍀

Very sweet, Gayle! Thank you!

Gayle, this video really cheered me up! Loved it! Awesome snippets. You have such a great stash of fabrics and lace. I was having a bad day but watched your video and had fun. Feel so much better now. Thank you 💜💜💜💜

This went better than I feared. In my mind I saw every cluster jump of into a great big cluster of a mess but only a few went shifting a bit while you ripped the fabric. Nicely done Gayle! Someone else likely suggested already but just in case no one did yet, you might want to use big 🧷 to hold everything down the next time. But then you might not be able to get the pin through... hmmm... Well, you could try 😅❤️

Hey Gayle. Love fabric snippets and always enjoy watching what fabulous fabrics and trims you pull out of your stash. Today was great...aren’t they all. 🥰.

Jimmy Joe is a very happy boy today! Our dogs do the same thing when it's rainy outside and they come in. lol. Our cats just do that whenever. They are worse than the dogs. lol. What a cute idea! I hope y'all are doing well!

These are fun. I need to make some.

Gayle, these are beautiful!!!

Real nice Ms. G. Unique idea!! Thanks for sharing ur ideas! Be blessed & happy crafting!!🌹🦋🔖

Incidentally I sent you a little package this morning, heading your way, but before I watched the video!! Now I wish I included some more of the flowers and the butterflies. I have a new batch of flowers but I have to make more butterflies. I will send some soon too. This project reminds me a lot of fabric snip it rolls, I have been making some; they sure sell fast on etsy. Thank you for sharing Gayle, your experiment is definitely 5 stars!

You. ‘’Too much?’’ Me. Shaking my head no. You..’’ I think it’s ok’’. I know you can’t hear me but I I talk to you anyway. Hugs and blessings.

Perfect like that video I wanted to ask you are you going to have more of the different laces

These all turned out so pretty. 💗

Those were so cute !! Great ideas too

This is such great way to do mini snippits that's not overwhelming. I LOVE your "tackle box"!! =)

Morning Gaylegreat idea

They look so good. I have such a love for cluster/snippet items. No idea why! 😊