Glenda m

I just loathed looking at the scraps I placed in the trash can when I was making clothing for the DH and all 8 children. But I wasn't 'into' quilting way back then. Now all the rug rats have grown and left home. I still make the DH shirts, because he is so picky about them. Anyway, I now take those scraps from the shirts and left over quilting and cut them into 1" squares. They will be a postage stamp quilt some day. (Hopefully)

Lucy90

A couple of my quilter friends have told our DH if anything happens to us to call our two remaining friends and let them come over to get the fabric and tools. I don't want it to get thrown out. My husband passed away a couple of years ago so now I told my children as they don't sew!!

Latrinka

Nope, they don't, and they never will!

MarLeClair

When I was in high school my Home Ec teacher told us to save all of our scraps. She never told us what to do with them. That was in the 60's.

riutzelj

While i was away working, i ordered fabrics from several online sites plus bought fabric in Honolulu. i have carefully washed all 40 yards or so and it is neatly stacked on a chair in the living room to go in sewing room. I love that my husband walked by it with nary a word even though the wire basket storage system in my sewing room is clearly overloaded. my daughter informed me recently that she didn't think there would be very much unclaimed sewing/quilting leftovers when i pass to donate to the guild for charity quilts. I picked up a Grace floor quilting stand from a daughter of a quilter this week. Along with the machine she gave me a laundry bag full of "remmants" she thought weren't good enough to keep or sell of her mother's quilting fabrics. i've noticed some very nice pieces are in there.

dsews2

I also save every scrap from stuff i've made. When i really got into quilting back in '97/98 i still had
scraps from things i made my youngest daughter when she was 3 or 4 y.o....the first quilt i made that was a little more then just big blocks was called confetti toss.....made lots of them.
Made one for a g-niece and the mother said she enjoyed looking at all the different fabrics. That one included fabrics from my daughters clothes.......i love scrap quilting.......i also hear from people about omg you'll never use all that fabric.....true but it's there when i want to look for different stuff....had to do a little rearranging in the garage last night and discovered a couple bags of scraps i hadn't seen for a while.....have a nice day.......

Noiseynana

When my MIL passed away last year, the kids went thru her things (she is a quilter). My hubby and his brother went thru her stash ( all of about 10 yds of fabric) . My BIL said " can you believe all this material ?" My hubby said to him " This is nothing , you should see what all Eileene has ." hehehe So far I have 2 large long dressers an antique cabinet and I don't know how many totes and shelves. hehehehe

Crafty1

Ditto for me! My mom was here last month visiting and she shook her head and said, "that's enough now, stop buying all this stuff" blah blah blah. I just laughed and showed her a quilt I'm making for her and she loves it! Then she sort of understands but still shakes her head, LOL

Raine

Hear, Hear! Isn't wonderful to make something out of nothing.

QandE2010

Not only do non-quilters not get it, they also have no concept of the time and $$ it takes to create. I have stopped trying to educate them.