Do you feel like this aboout your scraps?
#11
I'm in a real quandry. I have plenty of these "jelly rolls" which are to be 2 1/2 inches wide.. THEY are NOT. I was trying to use MSCQ tute on checkered dresden plate, but I need these strips of 4 that are sewn together to be 8 1/2. I"m not coming up with 7 1/2 inches. This is going to greatly effect my blades. This one was Opasl from Northcott. Does everyone else have this trouble?
#12
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I have a big clothes hamper next to my cutting table for all my scraps. When it gets full I sack it up and give it away. I use out of it when I want to but I don't keep it once it's full. I always have more, it's never ending. I have too many fat quarters to ever run out of scraps.
#13
Like most, I do not precut my scraps until I know where they're going but I have them sorted in 3 bins...crumbs, strips and "larger" scraps (like leftover border pieces). FQs and yardage is kept separate.
#14
It's so hard to use those pretty scraps....I started to cut some scraps up into sizes...there were so many I would have been there for years....plus...I actually hurt my shoulder I think from doing this for periods of time...I am still trying but I do 10-15 minutes at a time...
i actually made about 48 string quilt blocks in 2016...blues....but it looked like there were more scraps when I finished my blocks...I thinks scraps "procreate"...
i actually made about 48 string quilt blocks in 2016...blues....but it looked like there were more scraps when I finished my blocks...I thinks scraps "procreate"...
#15
I have a big clothes hamper next to my cutting table for all my scraps. When it gets full I sack it up and give it away. I use out of it when I want to but I don't keep it once it's full. I always have more, it's never ending. I have too many fat quarters to ever run out of scraps.
#16
I organize scraps by color and do not cut them on my die cutter till I get ready to make a particular quilt. This way I do not spend time on cutting and wear and tear on my die cutter and mats, until I am sure I will use those particular sized pieces.
#17
I'm in a real quandry. I have plenty of these "jelly rolls" which are to be 2 1/2 inches wide.. THEY are NOT. I was trying to use MSCQ tute on checkered dresden plate, but I need these strips of 4 that are sewn together to be 8 1/2. I"m not coming up with 7 1/2 inches. This is going to greatly effect my blades. This one was Opasl from Northcott. Does everyone else have this trouble?
#18
I just had to trim down a 5" charm pack - was almost 1/4" overcut. I save scraps & have quilters give them to me along w/salvedges. I love scrappy & make string quilts on muslin foundations so I don't have to add batting. These are then backed, bound & donated. I call them "sleeping porch quilts" or "car quilts." Just enough when you don't need too much warmth. Have fun.
#19
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Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Kentucky
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I also do not cut up my scraps since I just don't know what size I'll ultimately need to use.
I do store my scraps according to general size; crumbs, squares, strips, and larger.
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