What do you consider a scrap?
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Dallas, GA
Posts: 232
Any scraps smaller than 2-3" square go to my friend who makes doggie and cat beds from them for our local animal shelter. They are washable and greatly appreciated, especially in these hard financial times when our local government agencies are truly struggling to keep up their needed services.
#12
Fat quarter and bigger in my stash, anything smaller goes in the scrap bins. I sort by color not size in my scraps and in my stash. If its bigger than one inch I save the rest is trashed, and that kills me, I use to put them out for the birds but I became tired of the mess in the yard. So they only get scrap strips in the spring.
#13
Originally Posted by MIJul
I have never kept any scraps. They have to be at least 6 inches square or wide before I'll keep them. People will shudder to think how much fabric I've thrown away. But I know I'll never use them and won't take the time to sort through them. Of course, now that fabric costs are skyrocketing, I may have to re-consider this policy. :-)
I guess what I'm trying to say is please don't throw your scraps away. Fill up a small box or envelope and offer them on this board for shipping only. There are folks on this board who love to create but just can't afford to buy a lot. At least they will be able to do what they love. :thumbup:
#15
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Merced, CA
Posts: 4,188
To me, a scrap is about the size of my palm. Any smaller gets tossed before it can add to the mass/pile of just plain "stuff" that is sagging in the middle some shelves that have marvelous fabrics stored on them.
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 106
I keep pretty much everything. BUT smaller stuff or stuff I didn't like as much as I thought I woud goes in a small bin next to the sewing machine. I pull out a piece and use it to test stitch before starting on piecing or whatever. Because my machine is super finicky about the bobbin winding, etc. that the tension can easily go out of whack. I swear I think if I blink at it too many times it messes up the tension. I do this anytime I start with a new spool of thread, new bobbin, change presser foot, etc.
Then it goes in the trash.
Then it goes in the trash.
#19
Originally Posted by paulina
I keep pretty much everything. BUT smaller stuff or stuff I didn't like as much as I thought I woud goes in a small bin next to the sewing machine. I pull out a piece and use it to test stitch before starting on piecing or whatever. Because my machine is super finicky about the bobbin winding, etc. that the tension can easily go out of whack. I swear I think if I blink at it too many times it messes up the tension. I do this anytime I start with a new spool of thread, new bobbin, change presser foot, etc.
Then it goes in the trash.
Then it goes in the trash.
#20
the smallest that I keep is 1/2 inch strips that I use to make those bowls with clothline rope. Have several boxes of strips already cut up. Have made 4 bowls so far. Check them out on my webshots below.
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