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I find containers for the scraps but forget to label the containers so don't really know what the heck I have stashed away.

Wow! Thanks for the tips. Keep 'em coming.

I'll pick up some boxes and start sorting (I'm a sorter).

I guess I need to include one inch pieces as the miniatures are intriguing me. I don't know if I'm ready for that project yet.

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Again, I appreciate your time and attention to my question.

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Originally Posted by thrums

Now that it's spring the guilt is gone for the tiny strips I usually throw away. Now I put them out for the birds to make nests.

I have been trying to think of a logical way to sort and store my leftover fabric pieces after cutting. I tried a craftbox, but it was too limiting.

With 2 inches being my smallest width, I find that I have various shapes and lengths of scraps. How do you store your scraps?

I am beginning to have arthritits in my hands so don't like working with really small pieces (honestly never have liked working with small pieces) for strips I use them to tie up plants in my garden which is quite lovely! and also use as packing material when you send presents and let the other person figure out what to do with them.

My mother used to irrigate her house plants before going away for a few days. She'd line them up on a bench and connect one piece of fabric strip from plant to plant (in the soil) and then both loose ends would go into a jar of water. Don't know how well it worked.....

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Originally Posted by quilting in my60s

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Originally Posted by thrums

a friend started us, with saving all our trimming scraps, and making a big bag, out of unwanted fabric, stuffing trrimmings, and sewing end up , donating to the animal shelter

I use the "dump it in a plastic bin" method of scrap sorting and storage. I consider them sort of an archive. It actually makes it easy to find the scraps I'm looking for since I know which quilt they came from and therefore which layer they'd be in. I don't use the giant bins though because they get too heavy and are too hard to dig thru.

I use the rectangular plastic gallon ice cream containers and label the color. Free storage and I must eat the ice cream in order to get the free container!

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Originally Posted by loves_2_quilt

http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
check this out it may help.
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That was a great website. Thank you for sharing.

I cut them into 5", 4", 3", 2.5" and strips over 12" long. The 5" I separate into general color families, the others just throw into a shoebox of like sizes.

Ok here is how I used to do it as of 1 second ago...

I have 9 totes of scraps sorted by color....

I am now going to take those totes and cut into strips and squares... I should be done... oh about Christmas time