I think scraps grow during the night???

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01-12-2013, 06:02 AM

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QuiltMom2

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Everything is explained! How could I have been in ignorance for so long about what is happening!!

01-12-2013, 06:06 AM

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Nilla

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I once spent hours and hours cutting up scraps into manageable strips and squares. It didn't make anymore room in my bins even though I purchased new bins specifically for the new strips. I'm pretty sure I could make only scrappy quilts for several years and not use all my scraps.

01-12-2013, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by huntannette

No matter how much I use scraps.....thy just seem to grow during the night....haven`t seen the bottom of my scrap basket in a long long time.....just saying!!!

This is true.

01-12-2013, 10:14 AM

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sandy l

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Well, you know what they say about rabbits or wire coat hangers in a dark room. Scraps just want to have the same kind of fun

01-12-2013, 10:50 AM

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huntannette

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he he he.....so it`s not Girls want to have fun, but Scraps wanna have fun!!!!

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Originally Posted by sandy l

Well, you know what they say about rabbits or wire coat hangers in a dark room. Scraps just want to have the same kind of fun

01-12-2013, 02:10 PM

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They don't decompose, it's the Sock Gnomes that invade your house after the Sand Man comes. They steal one sock but feel bad and leave some fabric scraps behind.

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Originally Posted by Mom3

You know those pairs of socks that you put in the washing machine and only 1 sock comes out? Well, it is fairly well known in this house that those single socks decompose into quilting scraps and tip toe from the laundry room in the middle of the night and creep into my scrap pile.

01-12-2013, 02:13 PM

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cowgirlquilter

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I think a little bit of monkey business happens in our scrap piles.......isn't it something?

01-12-2013, 08:48 PM

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Scraplady

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Originally Posted by sandy l

Well, you know what they say about rabbits or wire coat hangers in a dark room. Scraps just want to have the same kind of fun

Yup, can't turn your back on 'em for a minute. Now if only we could train them to clean up the sewing room while our backs are turned...

01-12-2013, 08:52 PM

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hperttula123

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lol...they do!!! I've been making some wonky stars and trying to make a dent in my scraps. It doesn't even look I touched them. I am determined to get them all to fit in one bin instead of 5.

01-13-2013, 03:55 AM

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If I mention to the dogs I am short of a special fabric suddenly it or another turns up by my feet. During the night sometimes a fabric I haven't seen for ages will also appear including bras skirts trousers etc.on morning my tv handset was in bed with me. Oh and cushions and pillows more around the house. I assume if I had children it would be Mr Nobody.