Originally Posted by
patricej
i used to feel guilty about throwing scraps away.
i don't feel that way anymore.
i do admire those who save scraps if they actually use them.
so ... just asking to be a trouble maker. [mwaaah haaa haa]
at what point is it a scrap vs. small leftover piece?
we are all so different! to me a fat quarter is yardage. I am a scrappy quilter, in that if a pattern calls for red I'm perfectly happy using 20 reds, bored stiff using one red. So I save everything down to 1.5", and cut down as I go along with projects. No stuffed bags for me, I'd feel so much pressure it would make me ill
I'm also slowly losing my vision so have paid postage for a number of boxes of scraps from members here, and cut them down for the future. It won't be long and I won't be able to cut, but I'll be ready. I'm very hopeful to have a box awaiting me when we get back home in October
that said, I have zero problems getting rid of things I no longer use. FlyLady converted me in 2001. I've downsized my house by half at the very least, when we do move smaller, it will be an easy move. Nothing but keepers left.