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Old 01-03-2011, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by makakehau
Would you consider the pieces of fabric in the attached picture to be scraps, crumbs or trash?
Are they realistically useable? I am on tight budget and dont want to waste anything.

Thanks for your input.
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More along the trash size, the seam allowance is bigger than a couple of those pieces.
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:09 PM
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To me, the 3 smallest are trash, but the others are crumbs. Those I would save and pass on to someone on the board who would want them. I have a crumb container and when it gets full, I post it in the pay it forward and away it goes. I personally would not use them, but I'm glad someone does.
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Old 01-03-2011, 10:12 PM
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I'll use anything 1inx1in and bigger.. I make crumb quilts.. and yes they are WIP for years..
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Old 01-03-2011, 11:57 PM
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I would use the larger ones. But if you can't think of a use for them or know of someone who can use them then they are trash. I never keep something that I can't use. "Just because" is not a good enough reason. Now if my house was like some of those stretchy garbage bags and would expand to contain everything then perhaps I could/would save everything. :-)
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:12 AM
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nope throw them
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Old 01-04-2011, 12:29 AM
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I would say trash. I save a lot of scraps, but not that small. I really need to make a scrappy quilt with all those scraps I'm saving (for a rainy day I guess) lol.
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:00 AM
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If you make your own greeting cards, you could use those for something on them. I saw 2 different cards yesterday a friend received of a scarf, hat and mittens on a white card and the other had hearts on it with mini snowflakes on it.
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Old 01-04-2011, 09:22 AM
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If you do art quilts, you can use any size fabric. Lay them out on foundation fabric, top with netting and free motion quilt to your hears content.
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Old 01-04-2011, 07:42 PM
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I would say trash as well - They look like they would turn into nothing when you tried to sew them together - if your machine didn['t eat them first.
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also great to stuff the clear ornaments at xmas.
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