I know I should probably just toss them, but the art student in me knows there must be some great use for them I just haven’t thought of yet lol

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I hoard my ORTs in a mason jar against the day I come up with a weird project for them. Considering putting them inside a set of handmade dice, maybe 🤔

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After reading some of the responses here I have also started an ort jar! If I save enough maybe I’ll stuff a pillow with them 😀

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Ambitious, but you are a fast stitcher so who knows lol

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I’ve been making lamps lately and someone suggested tassels for a lamp shade so that may be an option too! Either way it’s going to be a while before I have enough 😅

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Give it to your cat, if you don’t have one, get one and give it all the pieces

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I save up thread, yarn and fabric scraps that are too small to do anything with in a shoebox, and then use it to stuff small pillows and such.

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I’ve been composting them at the end of each project.

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Looks like they might be at a good length for making (multicolored) tassels, if you’ve got anything that might be improved by a few of those.

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I do have some homemade lampshades that could do with tassels… I’d need to save up a lot more bits of thread though! That may become the long term goal for these

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