String quilts, crumb quilts, crazy quilts, Postage stamp quilts---you have a ton of choices. I love scrap quilts so I see endless possibilities. Have fun sorting, shaping and sewing.

Bonnie Hunter I do believe narrows it down to anything under 2" is for crumbs or crazy quilts, Things long but thin go for string quilts. She has some beautiful ones. The there is a gal here in QB who takes a roll of adding machine paper and sews the material across it, makes beautiful quilts about what 3 inch accross the paper. I bet she had done miles of them.... some of the prettest I've seen. Have fun

I have bags of the same thing and you can come get them anytime. I'm not going to ever use them!! I have tried to donate but noone wants them. When I cleaned out my Mom's house she had bags of scraps from the local Ethan Allen drapery scraps. I wasn't a quilter then (she was) and probably would not have used them anyway. No one would take them, not even Goodwill.

what a lucky person you are to get these scraps....i love scraps,.....i buy them everywhere i go........i use them for applique, scrappy quilts, small projects....1" square (3" finished) block of nines, just a ton of stuff.........have fun with all of those bags.....gina

Love your blocks. Its very relaxing doing the crumb blocks and the crazy quilt blocks. You just go for it.

I'm so excited because I found my 6.5" square last night, and this great tutorial on the Quiltville site: http://quiltville.com/barbscrumbs.shtml I think with the bigger blocks I can make the lap quilts much faster. The smaller 4.5" square is perfect for coasters, which would be perfect for putting on all of my old sewing machines where hubby & kids continually set down their cups. Anybody know if you bind coasters the same as a quilt?

I think this scrapy/string/crumb quilting will help me to express myself with color and add some fun to my quilting. It is so much fun not to have to worry about following a set pattern, and the whole thing is so liberating. :)

You would be surprised how much fun these quilts are to make! I feel great using up the smallest pieces of fabric.

Join the 1.5" swap going on!

Do you do any applique? I use a lot of very tiny pieces that way. I'm so jealous of your new "stash" of scraps.

Check out some scrap quilt designs. I agree that Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com is an excellant place to start. She is so good at explainign the steps.