Scraps and More Scraps
#1
Like many of you, I have TONS of scraps from my many projects. I saw a tutorial where you just sew them at various angles, make a large piece, then cut them to the size block you want. I started doing that but it is not coming out right. Is there a special way you put them together or am I just having a Senior Moment?
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I made a quilt doing that and it was very cute. Do you have a picture of what you have done so far. I'm interested in seeing it. I'm sure it's not bad at all.
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I have made quite a few quilts this way and it always turns out fine in the end...keep going. I am a scrapaholic and cannot bear to throw anything out...but I am overrun by scraps! So I sit down at my sewing machine for a day and sew them all together, just as you described, cutting them down to 6.5 inch blocks. Another day, I'll start sewing the blocks together. The end result is usually a bright, crazy, cute baby quilt, which I then give away.....
My motto....Never THrow Anything Out!
My motto....Never THrow Anything Out!
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Victoria (aka Bumble Beans) and Co. have made it into an art form.
Here's the tutorial:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/2010/07...5-minutes.html
And here are some of the projects from the group:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/
Here's the tutorial:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/2010/07...5-minutes.html
And here are some of the projects from the group:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/
#8
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Originally Posted by Claddaughquilting
I have made quite a few quilts this way and it always turns out fine in the end...keep going. I am a scrapaholic and cannot bear to throw anything out...but I am overrun by scraps! So I sit down at my sewing machine for a day and sew them all together, just as you described, cutting them down to 6.5 inch blocks. Another day, I'll start sewing the blocks together. The end result is usually a bright, crazy, cute baby quilt, which I then give away.....
My motto....Never THrow Anything Out!
My motto....Never THrow Anything Out!
#9
Originally Posted by MTS
Victoria (aka Bumble Beans) and Co. have made it into an art form.
Here's the tutorial:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/2010/07...5-minutes.html
And here are some of the projects from the group:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/
Here's the tutorial:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/2010/07...5-minutes.html
And here are some of the projects from the group:
http://www.15minutesplay.com/
Thank you....those are great sites.
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