Really Skinny Strips of Fabric
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I know it is not artistic, nor a challenge, but . . . . . Put any small scrap into an old pillowcase and sew it closed. Using a long basting stitch to quilt it into sections. Thus creating a sleep mattress for abandoned pets at a local shelter. They don't care if it is pretty or not.
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#53
I don't either & also throw them away. I will start a collection for those of you who do. I made two quilts (same pattern) using 1" log cabins & swore never again!
QUOTE=slk350;5023402]I must not have a very good imagination...I just throw them away. I don't know if I'ld have the patience to sew all those tiny pieces together. LOL The quilt in the pic is very nice, though.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=slk350;5023402]I must not have a very good imagination...I just throw them away. I don't know if I'ld have the patience to sew all those tiny pieces together. LOL The quilt in the pic is very nice, though.[/QUOTE]
#56
Or you can save them and cut them up for making a confetti quilt. Cut them up w/ your rotary cutter into tiny pieces, spread over the quilt, cover w/ netting and fmq over the top. The netting pretty much disappears. Landscapes are neat made this way.
#57
This quilt was made with really skinny strips, she started with 1".
http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/2008...ge-quilts.html
http://selvageblog.blogspot.com/2008...ge-quilts.html
#58
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I have been using 1/2 inch strips for trivets for the table by wraping them around 1/2 inch rope and zig zaging it together you' be shocked how much waste you will use . I make some round and some oval. Just google rope baskets and make them flat.
#60
Have you ever seen locker hooking? you use thin strips and they are hooked onto rug canvas. there is a special hook that has a eye at the end. When you have 3 or 4 loops on your hook, you pull a cotton string/yarn thru them to keep the hooks from pulling out.
http://www.bzyqltr.blogspot.com/2007...r-hooking.html
There is a short tutorial on my blog from 2007.
http://www.bzyqltr.blogspot.com/2007...r-hooking.html
There is a short tutorial on my blog from 2007.
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