Originally Posted by SewExtreme
It sounds like a lot if you were cutting each individual square out. I have participated in about 4 of the postage stamp swaps and have divised ways of making muitiple cuts pretty quickly. :-D
Ohhhh, do tell please. Would love a way to cut more faster. I joined the Summer Postage stamp. I would love to do 20 sets but am a little worried after last night.
I found a website that gave great ideas on cutting up scraps as soon as you aquire them into strips, squares, bricks, oddities, and strings. And quilts that she made from her scraps.
http://www.quiltville.com/
So I started to go through pile of scraps last night. I worked for about 2 hours. I think I ended up cutting 10 1.5" squares. It'll take me forever to cut 50 of them, let alone 1000. :) I really love her idea and think the initial scrap fest will be the hardest and then easy to keep up.
I tried to take a picture of my before to after but camera battery was dead. Will take pictures today before starting on it again.