I spent yesterday working on my scraps. I went through my scrap drawers that hold scraps smaller than a fat quarter. I used to sort them by “precut” sizes and then within those sizes by value. But several years ago I decided to start sorting them by color and they took up 8 shallow drawers. I also stopped cutting them up and was just putting the uncut colors in the drawers with the cut ones. The drawers were stuffed full with a combination of stacks of precuts and folded uncut pieces and I had decided that I didn't like having the smaller uncut pieces in the same drawers as the precut pieces. In fact, I do a better job keeping up with scraps if I cut them up into the sizes I use most often and store them by size rather than color. So I’ve been wanting to reorganize those drawers.
Anyway, Since I started doing the Debbie Brown QAL I’ve used up a bunch of my “precuts” and needed to cut some more for the March quilt.
One thing led to another, and rather than just pulling fabrics out and cutting 2.5” squares for that quilt, I decided that might as well cut the rest into the largest size “precut” I can get out of each. So I sorted them into piles. Now I have a bunch of piles on my cutting table and it looks like a hot mess. However, Once they’re cut to the sizes I like to useI will be able to consolidate them into 6 drawers based on size not color. That gives me two more shallow drawers that I can use to make homes for the things that currently live on whatever horizontal surface is available! I’ll work on the cutting over the next couple of days as I get time.
Rob