Janette

Like most of you I religiously saved my scraps until I had boxes of them. But I realized yesterday, on looking at these boxes, that I rarely use them. I have only made one scrap quilt and decided that I am not a scrap person. I need structure. I need to see patterns flow through the quilt. And I love to shop for fabrics when I decide to make something. So I bundled up all my scraps and am taking them to a group where I live that makes scrap quilts for homeless children. Many of them go to the police department to give to children when the police have to respond to a family situation. All my scraps are gone and I admit to feeling a little anxious but so much lighter in my mood when I open the door to my scrap cabinet and see it's clean.

Deborahlees

Good for you, I think that is wonderful......If you close your eyes real tight you will be able to see those quilts and the faces of the children....

Mariposa

Good for you.... and them!

QuiltnNan

thanks for donating them to a very worthy cause. we make these quilts for the police in our senior center.

Stitchnripper

Seems like a win-win situation!!

Peckish

I think I am with you, and will find a place to donate my scraps! I've kept them in a box because so many other quilters are proud to be thrifty and use them, so I guess I'm guilted into keeping them. But I find that I don't use them at all. I don't know why it never occurred to me to donate them to someone who loves to make scrap quilts....

soccertxi

Janette, when I finally give up something, like you passed on your scraps, I realize that I was not saving them for ME. I was saving them for the person I gave them to. Then I can be assured that they are being enjoyed and made into the quilts they were meant to be. (just not at my house! lol) Pat yourself on the back! (and I would ask for pictures from the person who is going to use them...you would get a kick out of seeing some of those little scraps...like old home week!)

PlanoDebbie

So glad you said that you donated those scraps! I was afraid you were gonna say that you threw them away. I call myself a "Scrappy" Quilter, so my heart skipped a beat at first.

For anyone else with tons of left over quilt scraps, I hope you will donate them as well. Look for a local Project Linus group or any other church quilting group. They will happily take your scraps and turn them into lovely quilts.

Grandma58

I save mine for folks on here then when I get a flat rate box full, I sell them. Some one gets a color variety and I get a small treat for myself. I have also taken to keeping the silly selvedges as well.

sandy l

I don't belong to a guild, but a friend of mine does. So when I get a large box of scraps I give them to her and she takes them to a meeting and they get passed on to anyone that wants them. Win/Win for all.