Scraps and Murphy’s Law
#1
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Northwoods of WI
Posts: 57
Scraps and Murphy’s Law
My husband went hunting for 9 days. Great time to clean sewing room and tackle the remnants. I emptied every box, bag and container that had leftover project pieces in it. Some of these bags had stuff from 20+ year’s ago. I ironed and cut my way thru it all. I ended up with 2 under the bed totes with strips and squares full. My scraps ended up being fat quarters, 10,9,6,5,4,3,and 2 1/2”. What a job but what a good feeling. My area is clean of fabric clutter. ( will work on the other stuff later). So today I decided to start using up these scraps. Pattern that I really liked uses 3 1/2” squares. 🤦♀️ Go figure.
#5
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Join Date: May 2018
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 332
You are an inspiration! That is just awesome. I feel my scraps have taken over as well and I just keep throwing them in a bin to be dealt with - someday. Maybe sooner thanks to your "get it done" attitude!!
#6
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,401
I got rid of the scrap guilt. I take my scrap bin to retreat twice a year for everyone to take what they want. Everyone loves to dig through it. I rarely use out of my scrap bin, just keep adding more. I have an extensive stash so using scraps is not a big priority for me.
#8
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Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Southwest
Posts: 738
You are right, something must be in the air! I decided my goal for 2023 is to make scrap quilts until I've gone thru all the scraps from previous years. I didin't realize I had that much, but it seems every little storage box had scraps! Even found a box with 2" squares sewn together in pairs and many sewn 3 together. So, I spent all day pressing, sewing and working my way thru that pile. I have a plan on a quilt for Project Linus and will have plenty to continue for "many quilts". I might even "keep track" to see how many I'm able to make! I'd like to get all these made into something before I dig in to my yardage stash. (But, if necessary for sashing or borders, I'll dig in)!
Happy sewing and piecing everyone!
Happy sewing and piecing everyone!
#9
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Gaylord, MN
Posts: 4,013
I had organized my "stuff" by cutting 2 1/2" strips, 2 1/2" squares, 3" squares, 4'" and 5"squares and putting each size in box flats. My intention was to sell them on line but can't transfer pictures to my computer anymore. So I am trying to use them as much as I can. At my age, I can't keep making quilts unless I have someone to give it to or donate. It does certainly clean up things to be organized like that.