Old 06-30-2010, 11:33 AM
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athenagwis
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I keep anything that is ¾ inch wide or larger. Everything else gets tossed. The pieces that are ¾ inch get used in my string quilt, often I won’t do a ¼ seam on these, just keep the raw edge showing and pin down with a decorative stitch (I do them as a QAYG). Here’s an example of what I mean:

[img]http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/...a41e634484.jpg[/img]

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