I Just Can't Cut it.
03-13-2011, 05:31 AM
#32
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: SE Pennsylvania
Posts: 620
My prescription for this.
1. Gather a favorite fabric
2. Gather your best cutting tools
3. Take a good stiff drink
4. Cut up at least half of each piece into the sizes you cut your scrap into. For me that's 5" charms. Don't save more than a FQ of small prints, 1/2yd of medium or 1yd of large. If you have 4+yds, save about 2 so you can use it as a nice wide picture border.
5. Put the cut pieces together with the yardage
6. Troll your pattern collection, books, online, quilts you've often wanted to do, and imagine that fabric in them. I generally find something that will take my imagination.
7. If you can't bring yourself to do any of this, then hem it and use it as a bed sheet or table topper. Either way it gets it out where you can see it and enjoy it even more.
1. Gather a favorite fabric
2. Gather your best cutting tools
3. Take a good stiff drink
4. Cut up at least half of each piece into the sizes you cut your scrap into. For me that's 5" charms. Don't save more than a FQ of small prints, 1/2yd of medium or 1yd of large. If you have 4+yds, save about 2 so you can use it as a nice wide picture border.
5. Put the cut pieces together with the yardage
6. Troll your pattern collection, books, online, quilts you've often wanted to do, and imagine that fabric in them. I generally find something that will take my imagination.
7. If you can't bring yourself to do any of this, then hem it and use it as a bed sheet or table topper. Either way it gets it out where you can see it and enjoy it even more.
03-13-2011, 06:02 AM
#34
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Posts: 20
Originally Posted by Yooper32
Here I thought that I was the only one who had fabric that is just too pretty to use, so I take it out occasionally and look at it and pet it, fold it up and put it back. No, too nice to use in that project or any other one so far. I know it makes no sense and the thought of my grandchildren using it to dry the dog off after a swim in the pond just makes me physically ill. Maybe I had better re-think this hoarding issue.
03-13-2011, 06:32 AM
#35
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Rockland County, New York
Posts: 1,498
there is a pattern and a book called Just can't cut it. I have been many quilts using it. The book is by Pamela Mostek, the patten is by All Washed Up Just. Check out www.allwashedupquilts.com. You can also checkout sewmuchfunincolumbus.com, they have two great patterns, Big Picture and Portrait in Flight hope this helps. I made a great quilt with big picture. I will post it for you to see if you like Good Luck
03-13-2011, 06:42 AM
#37
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Omaha NE
Posts: 264
I am new to quilting and I brought some Moda Blackbird design fabric which I will use when I am advanced in quilting (my quilt). I also have some vintage fat quarters that are part of my decor (The pattern for the vintage will be a row by row pattern designed by Sandy Klop of American Jane Patterns that would work perfect, americanjane.com I think will work well.
03-13-2011, 06:44 AM
#38
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Jordan
Posts: 1,714
Here is the same :-D , but I found: if I did not do it now I will do nothing.
Days pass, life is short, thoughts r too many
So the fabric with u now will be nice for next quilt ,and will be the best 4 that pattern :-P
Days pass, life is short, thoughts r too many
So the fabric with u now will be nice for next quilt ,and will be the best 4 that pattern :-P
03-13-2011, 07:29 AM
#40
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 547
Originally Posted by Aurora
I use to be like that. But since I had bought that fabric for a specific project, I forced myself to cut it and use it; then I found I could not wait to put it in other projects. I might even purchase more of the fabric so I can use it in lots of projects. I find that my budget does not allow me to just look at fabric. A very smart man once told the that money only has value if you spend it. I think that also applies to fabric, it only has beauty if it is used and seen by others.
Once I put cutting in prospective, I no longer had a problem with the first cut.
Once I put cutting in prospective, I no longer had a problem with the first cut.
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