Originally Posted by lisalovesquilting
Thank you wildyard, this is very interesting to me as I have a LOT of scraps. Am I right in assuming that you didn't cut them at all, just used them as they were? Prayers going up for your sister and you.
Oh, no, sorry I missed that part. I did cut them to straighten the edges and make them into strips, rectangles, squares, triangles or whatever shape was most suggested by the scrap.
I do that when putting my scraps away so I have them already cut like that in bins.
My sis-in-law recently gave me a shoebox of her scraps that were not trimmed, but were some of them in kind of wonky shapes which I kept and used that way.
Also, I have pulled some fabrics from my regular stash which I cut into strips of various widths for I'll need longer pieces as the squares grow. Plus, I am going to make some 9P blocks so I had to cut strips for those.
Also, I have my scissors handy and snip and trim as needed to fit things where I want them.
Smiles and huggggggggs