A while back I had cut up a ton of my fabric into 2.5" strips-borrowed a friends Go! and went to town one weekend. I'd been happily sewing my strips until I got to a point that I didn't have anything to go with what I had left and I was dreading looking at my basket of strips.

A friend forced a large bag of more strips on me the last time I visited and I was dreading adding more to my pile ...but to my great surprise it was exactly the colors I needed to work with what I had left. Yeah! I'm spending the evening sewing my strips again and being happy.

Yeah

Isn't it fun when things work out like that!

Be sure to show your labor of love of strips. Have Fun:)

My scrap basket is over-flowing with odd shaped scraps. I'm dreading spending the time to cut them all into uniform shapes to make a nice scrapy quilt. It may have to be my next project. If it's not, I might just drown in scraps.

Good for you! Glad you are :)

Show us the pic's when it's done.

so glad it worked out on the positive side. can't wait to see the end product.

I've got a system down with my strips. I sew strips so I have ~13" wide. Then cut as many 12.5" squares I can from the strip set, then 4.5" x 10.5" as many as I can, then a 2.5" strip.

That way I'm making 3 quilts at a time. The 12.5" strips I sew all around like the Missouri Star quilt company 1/2 square triangle methodhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekYpJzHoW6E

and make a super scrappy pinwheel.

The 4.5" strip I make this or something similiar:
http://www.quiltville.com/stringx.shtml

and the 2" strip I make chinese coins quilts-sort of like this but smaller coins with alternating fabric 3-4" or so.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i5qP...EF21A981F69C28

My problem is I like to cut, press and sew my strips but I don't really like to actually piece things into a quilt.

You would not believe how many quilts I have in various stages of construction in my sewing room.

So when I finally force myself to finish I can turn in a bunch at once because I've been working on them all year off and on. I really need a co-quilter. Someone who likes to finish. I can cut out and make the basics and then turn it over the next person. <Sigh>

You're so funny!! I loooove cutting stips, squares etc. Fun, huh????
Thanks for the links as well :D

Love that strip quilt on Quiltville!! How cool!!!!!!

OK, this part puzzles me.... she forced fabric on me. Now how much force did she really have to use?lol

Hahahahaha I was thinking the same!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

smiles

8-) pictures when you can please

That's why we have quilting friends! "2 are better than one."

Ok, ok, I confess it was more like
She said "I know you'll use these."
I said "No, really I have enough I don't need anymore."
She said, "Well, I'm not taking them back home so they are yours."

It was a true battle of wills. Reminds of the saying I can resist anything but temptation.

I posted pictures of my scrappy methods on this thread:

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-144123-3.htm#3918884

I want to make a quilt useing scraps to make HSTs in as many colors as possible. Fons and Porter had a show about it and they made a beautiful quilt all with HSTs.