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My rule of thumb is at $9 a yard for fabric--an inch width of fabric costs us a quarter. I have trouble tossing a quarter into the trash. A 5 inch charm is worth 15 cents and a layer cake 60 cents. Your 2 1/2 strip would also be worth over 60 cents. We must have been raised by the same kind of parents--waste not, want not.
#12
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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I love scraps and I don't throw out anything... I have several Huggies Wipes flip top containers is several areas where I cut, sew, press....and just push into them threads and pieces too small for crumb blocks. I am saving these "scraps to use as a filling for other projects....I place a pile of these "scraps" on a cutting mat and then rotary cut them into a finer pile with less lumps...no waste at all...I even save the trimmings from the pping blocks...future filling for pot holders...pin cushions..mug rugs/coasters...
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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Thanks, Jeanie. I've already found some very good ideas. I've sort of started to cut strips but this will take me to the next level. I agree with her that scraps are as expensive as the original yardage and that's why I've been so reluctant to give them away like some do.
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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My organized sewing table/design pad might give wonder to why I lose a few pieces in the process:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]359036[/ATTACH], but I know its there somewhere! See why I need help, Mirabelle, CarrieM and the rest of you neat "chick" "hens"??? Room and board until its finished!! LOL!! Thought we needed a bit of laughter; its better than crying over the mess....or is that 'spilled cream' we laughed instead of cried over on the farm.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]359036[/ATTACH], but I know its there somewhere! See why I need help, Mirabelle, CarrieM and the rest of you neat "chick" "hens"??? Room and board until its finished!! LOL!! Thought we needed a bit of laughter; its better than crying over the mess....or is that 'spilled cream' we laughed instead of cried over on the farm.
#16
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I earned my pilot's license at a young age working with Grandma: we piled it here and piled it there. Simply took a big square box and slid it off the table into the box. Now the table is all clear again. That way I will 'discover' different fabric when I dump it out on the table again!! The rest of the story on how my blocks end up so different each time!! LOL!!
#19
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Here you go dublb - Bonnie Hunter's Scrap User System. When I finish a project, I cut all the smaller left over fabric into squares/strips and save in clear show boxes by size. I use the squares as leaders/enders, making twosies, then foursies.
http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
#20
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Brady TX
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Yes Jeanie; Bonnie is great! I've been plannin' ta do her system for a long while. I just gotta do it, but I keep goin' ta Brady instead. I also gotta git the boxes & boxes o' books outta that room & outta my way. I've got built in bookcases in the living room in Brady that I want ta put those books in.
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