Originally Posted by
Irishrose2
What's the smallest scrap that you use? Is anyone making postage stamp quilts with 1 1/2" squares? It sounds like it'd be a way to continue quilting on a budget.
As a newbie, while cutting my latest project I kept anything that was a minimum of 2.5" and squared it up into a rectangle. I debated about 1.5", but I wasn't sure if those were designed to be machine quilted. Do you have any experience with these, can they be machine quilted?
I appreciate all of these tips! So far, with the exception of some 1/2 off goodwill scrubs (perfect cotton fabric!) and some cheap amazon fabric (with the intentions of using these to practice FMQ), I've tried to only purchase what I need (plus extra for mistakes). I've also started trying to precut scraps so that when I'm ready for a project, but lack the money to invest, I can use some scrappy quilts as inspiration.