Pieces too small to keep
#31
Give away a box or two of them. It'll help whittle them down fast.
Personally, I use them up. In 2012 and 2013 I finished up several using 1.5" strips that looked like this:
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and this one in 2013:
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They are donation quilts.
Personally, I use them up. In 2012 and 2013 I finished up several using 1.5" strips that looked like this:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]454266[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]454267[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]454271[/ATTACH]
and this one in 2013:
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They are donation quilts.
#32
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: CA
Posts: 88
I saw an exhibit of antique quilt tools, templates, etc. One item was an old-fashioned round hat box with a label that said, "pieces too small to save." Yes, it was full of little pieces! Made me limit my saved scraps to 2.5" strips or 2.5" squares. I know where the trash can is.
#33
I have been cutting up my scraps into strips and squares, and frankly I look at some and think "you are just too small to fool with". Into the trash bin they go! I refuse to put time into seaming and pressing anything that is not much bigger than its seams.
I hereby give you permission to get rid of your "tinies"... without guilt!
I hereby give you permission to get rid of your "tinies"... without guilt!
#36
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Tx
Posts: 495
I keep anything over 1 1/2" sq. I use them in paper piecing and small baby quilts or where I need only a few small pieces .
with the price of fabric and the poor quality out there now you cannot afford to lose what you have
with the price of fabric and the poor quality out there now you cannot afford to lose what you have
#38
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Northern California mountains
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About 3 or 4 years ago, I had 6 large packing boxes full of scraps. I spent about 2 weeks trimming them into useful sizes and shapes, precutting for specific projects and generally reducing the total to 2 boxes. I was surprised to find that the majority of pieces was not suitable even for my applique projects. Over the next few months, I made about 10 scrap quilts. I am now much more careful about what I save. Of course, my stash hasn't really gotten any smaller, merely more organized with more "good" fabric. One thing I decided to do was to cut 2.5" squares. When I want to sew but don't feel up to anything challenging, I make 4 patches, which tend to be "filler" bits because they are already made. One advantage is that a gallon baggy of 2.5" scraps takes much less space than the scraps from which I cut them. My other categories were 5", 5.5" 6" squares. 2.5 x 5.5 (with the 2.5 and 5.5, this makes my fav scrap quilt, Vestibule, or Star in the Corner.) My last category is "long, skinny", a category of even widths, rather like jelly rolls. These must be at least 1.5" wide. I roll these individually and baggy them too.
#39
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I keep far too much. I have been cutting all my little pieces into 1.5 inch squares and tacking them to papers and separating into lights and darks for a proposed hand pieced postage stamp quilt. I bought a stack of adding machine tape on super special and have been stitching on random bits for a scrappy/strippy.....as for anything smaller....I was considering saving them for one of those confetti quilts (Noriko Endo creates beauties).
#40
this is the quilt i made with some of my scraps. i posted it a long time ago. none of my scraps go to waste. whatever is too small, goes to a lady who makes dog beds for the Humane Society. I have a bag taped to my cutting table and when I square the edges, each sliver goes into the bag. when it is full, I tie it up, throw it in the corner and take it to the next months meeting. I am amazed how fast the bags fill. At $11-12 a yard, I don't feel I can just throw them in the landfill when there is a use for them. I love scrappy quilts. i have started a miniature quilt using one inch wide strips for 4 patches. i also have been saving strips of all sizes for a strippy quilt. i wish i understood why i love scraps so mucm. Some of the blocks below looked like vomit by themselves...but sewed together, i love them.
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