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    Old 02-21-2011, 07:32 PM
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    String quilts, crumb quilts, crazy quilts, Postage stamp quilts---you have a ton of choices. I love scrap quilts so I see endless possibilities. Have fun sorting, shaping and sewing.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 08:09 PM
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    Bonnie Hunter I do believe narrows it down to anything under 2" is for crumbs or crazy quilts, Things long but thin go for string quilts. She has some beautiful ones. The there is a gal here in QB who takes a roll of adding machine paper and sews the material across it, makes beautiful quilts about what 3 inch accross the paper. I bet she had done miles of them.... some of the prettest I've seen. Have fun
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:34 PM
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    I have bags of the same thing and you can come get them anytime. I'm not going to ever use them!! I have tried to donate but noone wants them. When I cleaned out my Mom's house she had bags of scraps from the local Ethan Allen drapery scraps. I wasn't a quilter then (she was) and probably would not have used them anyway. No one would take them, not even Goodwill.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:36 PM
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    what a lucky person you are to get these scraps....i love scraps,.....i buy them everywhere i go........i use them for applique, scrappy quilts, small projects....1" square (3" finished) block of nines, just a ton of stuff.........have fun with all of those bags.....gina
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    Old 02-22-2011, 06:01 AM
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    Love your blocks. Its very relaxing doing the crumb blocks and the crazy quilt blocks. You just go for it.
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    Old 02-22-2011, 06:35 AM
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    I'm so excited because I found my 6.5" square last night, and this great tutorial on the Quiltville site: http://quiltville.com/barbscrumbs.shtml I think with the bigger blocks I can make the lap quilts much faster. The smaller 4.5" square is perfect for coasters, which would be perfect for putting on all of my old sewing machines where hubby & kids continually set down their cups. Anybody know if you bind coasters the same as a quilt?

    I think this scrapy/string/crumb quilting will help me to express myself with color and add some fun to my quilting. It is so much fun not to have to worry about following a set pattern, and the whole thing is so liberating. :)
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    Old 02-22-2011, 06:42 AM
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    You would be surprised how much fun these quilts are to make! I feel great using up the smallest pieces of fabric.
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    Try a crumb quilt............Check out Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville...............Lots of good info there.
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    Old 02-22-2011, 08:34 AM
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    Join the 1.5" swap going on!
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    Old 02-22-2011, 11:07 AM
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    Do you do any applique? I use a lot of very tiny pieces that way. I'm so jealous of your new "stash" of scraps.
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    Check out some scrap quilt designs. I agree that Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com is an excellant place to start. She is so good at explainign the steps.
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