Just A Sewing Fool
#12
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: North Carolina
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Wow! Wonderful! I've been cutting squares non-stop for the past 2 weeks to get some control of stash.... but can't see even a dent in the piles. I'll be at it again today. It must be so nice to see progress. Sigh, sigh!
#14
I keep a bin of 2 1/2 inch squares next to my sewing machine for ender/leaders and, like Boston, sometimes I just keep sewing them into four patches...
this is my second Arkansas Roads quilt in progress. [ATTACH=CONFIG]594078[/ATTACH]
this is my second Arkansas Roads quilt in progress. [ATTACH=CONFIG]594078[/ATTACH]
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Long Island, N.Y.
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I take scraps, approx. 2" squares, right sides together, put them under my sewing foot and make an upside down "U" freehand.
Five of the same fabric makes a flower. Back fabric doesn't have to match.
Cut them out with pinking shears, turn them right side out, running stitch the bottom closed, pull tight and tie off. Put 5 together, button or pom pom in the center, add a few felt leaves. They look cute on stuffed animals, pencil, anything!
No thinking, scrap busting, take along project, no cost. winner/winner!
Five of the same fabric makes a flower. Back fabric doesn't have to match.
Cut them out with pinking shears, turn them right side out, running stitch the bottom closed, pull tight and tie off. Put 5 together, button or pom pom in the center, add a few felt leaves. They look cute on stuffed animals, pencil, anything!
No thinking, scrap busting, take along project, no cost. winner/winner!
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: northeast NE
Posts: 1,072
Well, there is an easier way (20" x 2 1/2"). Take (20" x 2 1/2") of red fabric, (20" x 2 1/2") of blue fabric, (20" x 2 1/2")of green fabric, (20" x 2 1/2") yellow fabric, (20" x 2 1/2"), pink fabric (20" x 2 1/2")" and then sew side by side and you will end of with a block and then cut the strips of by 2 1/2" and you will end up with 8 strips with all the colors in this bunch and then next another bunch (rather than sewing them all 2 1/2" one by one). Just a suggestion.
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,463
I like to do it Boston's way too. And guess what? Sometimes I take a 2-1/2 template square and trace and cut my smaller scraps because I can do that sitting not standing. It reverts back to childhood when I use to cut out hearts to make valentines. Most relaxing and I'm not really in a hurry. I do like my cutting mat and rotary cutter but sometimes I need to sit.
#20
I have a shoe holder, plastic type that hangs on the back of a door, and all the pockets are filled with fabrics from deconstructing clothing.
Your idea is inspiring to me too. I want to start selecting the fabrics that will go together in a quilt and cutting them into squares.
I could just do all the fabrics, but I feel like I want to do controlled scrappy for this project! I can always mix all the leftovers at the end for truly scrappy!
Your idea is inspiring to me too. I want to start selecting the fabrics that will go together in a quilt and cutting them into squares.
I could just do all the fabrics, but I feel like I want to do controlled scrappy for this project! I can always mix all the leftovers at the end for truly scrappy!
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