Happy Sunday, friends. I have several (read: too many) works in progress this week, so I decided to share something I actually made start-to-finish this week. It is Oh So Simple.

I was making quilt binding for a quilt that I'll share with you later this week. I had a yard of this gorgeous linen/cotton blend fabric cut into 2.5" strips. The way I make my binding leaves me with an abundance of 2.5" triangles.

simply crafted: binding scrap garland tutorial

Rather than just throw them in the scrap pile (or garbage can) I had a light bulb moment: make them into a garland! I've wanted to make one for the boys for awhile, but most of them are pretty girly. I thought this charcoal-brown fabric + manly triangle shape (it's manly, right?) would be just the ticket.

All I did was take my roll of baker's twine, starting about 12" end from the end, lay the triangle on it, and zigzag stitch on top. Easy peasy.

I laid each triangle apart about 6" or so, but didn't bother measuring. I also let some triangles face right while others faced left. I just made sure I didn't have more than 3 or so facing the same direction to keep it interesting.

In about 20 minutes, I had a wicked pile of garland.

It was long enough to string from one wall of Henry's room to the other. Probably 15' or so total.

I initially was just hanging it here so I could have a photo to show you guys, but I kind of fell in love with it. Even The Hubs likes it, and he tends to rebel against most things that are remotely girly: