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Old 09-02-2014, 10:31 AM
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Some ideas. http://www.patchworkposse.com/50-eas...o-quilt-blocks
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Old 09-02-2014, 10:34 AM
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Super bunch of ideas!
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Bookmarked it. Thank you!
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I us to save all my 'stray' blocks till they threatened to take over -not only the house but they would invade my night mares. Now I have a 1 tote rule-once the tote is full they get sorted and the majority become picnic or car quilts. The rest become shopping bags. I donate them to our local Free Store. I will also hand sew the extra blocks to the corners of the batting before sandwiching. Just in case they ever need fixing. This has saved me a lot of tote space : )
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Thanks so much for this link! It's very timely. When looking for some scraps I just found a bunch of squares I had forgotten about. Lots of great ideas.
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Thank you for sharing. What a great site.
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Originally Posted by Stitchit123 View Post
I us to save all my 'stray' blocks till they threatened to take over -not only the house but they would invade my night mares. Now I have a 1 tote rule-once the tote is full they get sorted and the majority become picnic or car quilts. The rest become shopping bags. I donate them to our local Free Store. I will also hand sew the extra blocks to the corners of the batting before sandwiching. Just in case they ever need fixing. This has saved me a lot of tote space : )
Excellent process.
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Thanks for sharing..
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My sarcasm wins out against common sense.... Sew them together into a quilt and tell people it is an Underground Railroad quilt. (Yes, I'm bad some days)
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Thanks for link. I am on to what i call "Country Leftovers #6."
i try to keep three colors to four and throw in some embroidery or cross stitch.
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