Originally Posted by
Sheep Farmer
I save everything.
I use crumbs and pieces to make scrappy crumb blocks.
I use everything else as stuffing for dog beds that I donate to our local no-kill shelter.
Me too - Sometimes I wonder if I just have a very bad hoarder gene, but I just love my scraps, and I have a hard time even using them!! I have a box with what I call "tidbits" (potato chip and smaller sizes), I have shoeboxes organized by color for "scraps" - odd pieces under 6 inches, I have underbed boxes with "smalls" - pieces from 6" to fat quarter sizes, again by color. Lastly I have a box of misc leftover pieced this and that -a trial square or some not quite right for the quilt squares, etc. What do I do with them??? Well, with the tidbits, I make fabric just by sewing them together randomly, then cutting them for my pattern. For instance, I made a mini wall quilt for my musician husband with hearts in red tidbit, purple tidbit, blue tidbit, yellow tidbit and orange tidbit. Each color represented a song we love: Heart and Soul, Deep Purple, Green in Blue, Solar Flair, and You are the Sunshine of my Life/ I recently have pulled out the pieced scraps and made them into 12 1/2 inch squares, quilt as you go, to make for charity. (See Little Island quilting blog for that charity project) I had a blast putting these together, as they have been marinating in their box for a few years now. I'm always into the middle sized pieces for this and that- appliques and scrappy projects. I love my fabrics!