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03-10-2011, 05:42 PM

#41

ga447

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Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Omaha NE

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Our church is fortunate to get donations of fabric and scraps. Well I am the keeper of scraps and I am in seventh heaven. I am working on two bags full and I just love seeing all the surprise fabrics. I love ironing them, cutting them into 10, 6, 4in blocks and 2 1/2 strips. I could do this all day.

03-10-2011, 06:33 PM

#42

desertrose

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Northern New Hampshire

Posts: 1,936

Quote:

Originally Posted by luvstitches

Sometimes I wish I had NO fabric at all. I love to go to fabric stores and buy the latest with a pattern in hand and then go home and make it. If there are any problems, the quilt shops would still be able to get more fabric in or still have it on their shelves. I also wouldn't have a huge storage closet in one of my bedrooms. Maybe I should do what you have done. Thanks for the inspiration.

As a maker of charity quilts for children in crisis all my quilts are made from scraps. I'm on social security so buying fabric is rarity. I rely on people that are willing to part with their scraps.

03-10-2011, 07:01 PM

#43

Monie

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Posts: 365

Where r u taking your stash to? I am a newbie with little fabric send to me I'll pay postage if interested pm me. Thank you

03-10-2011, 07:30 PM

#44

GrannyHanaDa

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Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: Wisconsin

Posts: 738

Way to go.
I cut up scraps all day today myself, but to keep.

03-10-2011, 07:35 PM

#45

isabel825

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Sanford, NC

Posts: 25

I collect fabric, period! My sewing room is full of it, and I have so many projects I want to complete. But when I get ready to start cutting, it seems I need new, different fabrics than what I have!

03-10-2011, 08:31 PM

#46

Rose Bagwell

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Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Lemoore, Ca

Posts: 1,467

Good for you, I need to do that, I have started cutting mine into different size blocks but I have a long way to go.

03-10-2011, 09:15 PM

#47

penski

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Join Date: May 2007

Location: Illinois

Posts: 3,474

congratulations , sounds like a job well done !!

03-10-2011, 10:16 PM

#48

glenda5253

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Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: NE Kansas

Posts: 1,024

I hope to accomplish that with all my scraps someday. :roll:

03-10-2011, 11:30 PM

#49

snicktrain

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Wa

Posts: 937

Quote:

Originally Posted by KathyAire

Quote:

Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter

I am free! All my scraps are gone! I packed up 3 LARGE priority-rate boxes for QB members. To get that many, I went through 3 liquor boxes and a half-full zip up comforter bag, cutting everything into 3x5 bricks and squares to make (several) flying geese quilts. Everything unwanted and smaller than that was given away. Small! But there were tons of people who wanted them. It takes a long time for a scrap quilter to have enough scraps to give away, but I feel so clean and happy now.

It would take three boxes of liquor for me to get through all of that................. :) :)

me too