Do you actually USE your scraps??
10-29-2009, 07:39 AM
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I use mine for applique, paper piecing, strip piecing and the I've actually use the snippit (iddy bity) pieces to create falling leaves in a Autumn Quilt for my mom.
Then there are the trims off the edge of fabrics I'm squaring up and the debris from when I use my serger. I collect these to stuff in pillowcases that I fill up 2/3 of the way, sew it closed and donate it to our local animal shelter for the doggies & kitties to sleep on. It amazing what those leftovers can be used in.
Then there are the trims off the edge of fabrics I'm squaring up and the debris from when I use my serger. I collect these to stuff in pillowcases that I fill up 2/3 of the way, sew it closed and donate it to our local animal shelter for the doggies & kitties to sleep on. It amazing what those leftovers can be used in.
10-29-2009, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by amandasgramma
I SAVE all my scraps. I recently started putting together a sunflower sue quilt using the scraps because I have so many. But darn it, I went to the quilt shop to pick up some different threads to match the appliqueing, and some how :roll: some fat quarters jumped into my bag. Then I went to another store, and they were having a big sale, and MORE jumped in my bag. To make a long story short..........I now have MORE scraps than when I started! :mrgreen: My feelings on this are that if you try to get rid of the scraps, they'll multiply. I think it's called "survival of the scraps".....it's a natural instinct. :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
10-29-2009, 08:56 AM
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I like you saved scraps for the one day I would make a scrap quilt. RIGHT. Now I save my scraps for a friend. Each time she brings one of her BEAUTIFUL quilts to our club. She always comes by and says " do you see any of your fabric in there". I love looking at her work and wishing I done that, but enjoy the fact that I contributed something to another quilter. Not everyone can afford lots of material, but through scraps they to can have beautiful quilts and works of art.,
10-29-2009, 10:17 AM
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If you join the quiltville group at Yahoo! there is a PDF file with a chart for the scrap sizes for the free patterns on quiltville.com. I used it to devise a detailed plan so I can collect pieces for the quilts that I will make for my seven nieces. Each quilt is a different pattern, but my diagrams help me cut strips from each fat quarter so that they are shared among several quilts.
I labeled the drawers in two rolling carts with the strip sizes that I am using, and have started sorting strips as I find time to cut from my stash of FQ's. I am forcing myself to finish two other quilts-in-progress, but every now and then I invest an hour or so to cut some more for the "nieces pieces" drawers. One of the quilts has string piecing, so I have a use for the leftovers from each FQ.
I am having to restrict myelf to FQ sizes for blocks right now. When I get further along, I will start stashing more fabric for the borders, sashing, backing, and binding.
I labeled the drawers in two rolling carts with the strip sizes that I am using, and have started sorting strips as I find time to cut from my stash of FQ's. I am forcing myself to finish two other quilts-in-progress, but every now and then I invest an hour or so to cut some more for the "nieces pieces" drawers. One of the quilts has string piecing, so I have a use for the leftovers from each FQ.
I am having to restrict myelf to FQ sizes for blocks right now. When I get further along, I will start stashing more fabric for the borders, sashing, backing, and binding.
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