The Story Behind Cottage Scraps
About the Cottage
A little place built from scraps, skills passed down, and the belief that making things is worth passing along.
It Started With a Needle & Thread
Cottage Scraps started with a needle, some thread, and a grandmother willing to teach.
I’ve been crafting in one form or another for most of my life. My grandmother first taught me to sew by hand when I was young. I didn’t realize then just how important those simple lessons would become.
Years later, as a single mom, I came back to sewing. I made clothes for my daughter and took on a little side work to help pay the bills. What started as something I’d learned from my grandmother became a skill I could actually depend on.
And it stuck. My daughter grew up to become a crafter herself, and I’ve continued making things ever since—including making Pig Gear Mini Pig harnesses since 2008.
After all those years of creating, I’ve accumulated exactly what you’d expect: boxes, bins, and stacks of fabric, yarn, notions, and all sorts of scraps waiting for their turn to become something. And that’s where Cottage Scraps began.
More Than a Handmade Shop
Originally, my plan was pretty simple: make things from all those supplies and sell them at craft fairs. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized something—I couldn’t make any of those things if someone hadn’t first taught me how.
I was fortunate. I had my grandmother, and I also grew up at a time when classes like Home Economics gave us a chance to learn practical skills such as sewing and making things with our own hands. A lot of people don’t have those opportunities anymore.
There are wonderful teachers and makers sharing their knowledge today, but sometimes people simply don’t know where to begin—or even realize what’s available to them. So Cottage Scraps became something bigger than the little handmade shop I originally imagined.
Learn Something. Make Something. Share It.
Maybe you’ll make something because you love it, make gifts for your family, or someday put your own creations on a craft table and earn a little extra from them. You never know where learning one simple skill might take you.
A place where making things gets passed along.
That’s what I want Cottage Scraps to be—and I’m glad you found your way to the Cottage.