WeatherWool® Hardcore Luxury® is the foundation of our company. And when the tailors turn our Fabric into garments, remnants are inevitably created. The size of each remnant piece varies greatly. Some are pretty large ... up to 6 inches (15 cm) by 4 inches (10 cm). Most are irregular shape ... sometimes kind of rectangular, often long and thin.
All remnants are our true production Fabric. Mixed in with the remnants may be some pieces of the paper "markers" that the tailors place on top of the stacks of Fabric in order to guide the cutting.
We use remnants to make up our Fabric Sample Packs, and so the remnants are extremely valuable to us. But we have far more remnants than we ever use for the Samples. Remnants are a good way to get to know our Fabric.
Each order will include at least 5 pounds (2.3 kg), which is plenty to stuff a full-sized bed pillow. The remnants will be completely random in size, color and Fabric weight. We get bags of remnants from the tailors whenever we make anything, and each bag contains whatever Fabrics the tailors were working with at the time.
We hope others can find more uses for them. Potential Uses:
- Pillow stuffing. I've been sleeping with a remnant-stuffed pillow since about August 2021, and I like it a lot. Alex says it's MY-MyPillow. But it's not for everyone ... Debby doesn't like it but others have told me their remnant-pillows are great. One of the Reviewers (below) gives some directions
- Blankets and Quilting (but pieces are small). You can see the front and back of a blanket among the main photos
- Reinforcing edges of other pieces ... Lance K
- Create sew-on pockets ... Lance K
- Liners on Hats ... can be used to replace other liners adjust sizing or to bolster
- Sew-on sound dampeners ... Lance K
- Lance K is even fashioning a close-fitting set of leggings for quiet stalking (traditional archer moving on the ground)
- Scarves ... One customer made a 72-inch (183 cm) Scarf for each of his parents
- Fingerless Gloves. found enough suitably-sized pieces in one bag of remnants to make about 5 pair and he has used them a lot!
- Cell phone pouch/cozy (Thanks to Stefan H for this idea!)
- Coasters
- Ground cloth if you want to stitch a bunch of remnants together
- Sewn into long strips for leg wraps (puttees) to wrap bare legs or pant legs for stalking ... thanks to Lance K
- Sewn into strips can be used as Gaiters ... Thanks Lance K
- Sewn together for knee and elbow pads ... Thanks Lance K
- Shemagh ... again, will require a bunch of sewing
- Ghillie Suit ... add wool scraps to the outside of anything
- Stitch together for wall coverings
- Material-testing (people test the swatches from our Sample Packs)
- Dog Bed! This is a "for-sure"! Thanks, Rod
- Can be used to line a hard hat ... create a sweatband .... works very well! Thanks to Jason G for this idea
- Plant Potting. Some wool in the bottom of a flower pot, or mixed in with soil, helps keep soil moist. If the pot has a hole at bottom, the Fabric can keep dirt from coming out
- Barbie Doll clothes! ... THANKS to Gary P's daughter for this idea!
- Insulation for use in all kinds of places
- Pot Holders ... Thanks to Judith L
- Protect face from marks that would otherwise be created by CPAP straps ... Thanks to Paul K!
Each order will be approximately 5 pounds, maybe more if you live close to us.
We will be happy to hear any other ideas and results of testing.
We usually have a lot of remnants, with the tailors always generating more. If you , you can usually pick up quite a lot of them at no charge.
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Updated 23 July 2024 --- Ralph and Alex
