Originally Posted by
w7sue
... When I am ready to make blocks, I take out coffee filters and lay about 10 of them out in a row. I take my scraps and deal them like cards so each coffee filter has one of each different scrap in it. That way all the blocks I make when I take a filter to the sewing machine are different with no duplicate fabrics. It doesn't matter that the same material will be in the next filter's worth of blocks because they will be in a different order....
w7sue -- I also "deal" out my scraps or small pieced units to get them distributed throughout the quilt. Gotta say that I LOVE your coffee filter method!! I'm going to give it a try! Thanks!