You guys are so silly. Everyone knows the bonus bag of scraps came from the scrap-quilt fairy as a reward for doing such a great job! :P

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quiltville.com is a great site! I sent a suggestion to the gal who runs the Workshop program in my local guild to see if we can get her up here in 2012. She's completely booked through then! :shock:

You might take a look at this site for a local place in your state for the donation of your quilts...

http://www.missionfinder.org/orphanages.htm

There is a class called Scrap Therapy. There is also patterns to go with that. It teaches you to cut your scraps in the most usuable sizes and then makes beautiful quilts out of them. I have made several and I love the patterns. Hope this will help you.

I like quiltville as well...but I also just use them in different things and draw up my own sketches and I am sure none of it is original just trying to use what I have....I will post pics as soon as I get borders on....that is my biggest problem.....borders..borders..borders! Thanks for the donation site!

Several years ago, I got tired of all the scraps, sacked them up and there were 4 big black trash bags full, and gave them to a beginning quilter. She was real pleased, and I was too, the bins were empty. But then someone on this board showed the disappearing 9 patch which I had to make and I started using the new accumulation. But unfortunately, I can't sew scrappy fast enough to get to the bottom of the bins!

I am teaching a mystery quilt class next week and have chosen a scrap quilt. I am taking my own scraps for everyone to use. The blocks we make will go together for a "Child Delight" quilt. It will go to a child just entering the foster care system. So 2 good things will come of this - I will have a lot less scraps to deal with - and hopefully we will make a child or two happy!!!

I am going to my first meeting in my area Saturday for Project Linus. You can do a search on www.projectlinus.org to find your area locations. They have donated fabric as well as you can donate the quilts you have made. The website can tell you the size most needed in your area. The website has patterns available for quilting, crocheting and knitting.

I vote for the D9P for a scrappy quilt!! I also learned about them here and just love how a scrappy D9P looks. If you don't have enough large pieces for the squares, just sew a bunch of the scraps together and then cut the squares and proceed. It would make it nice and scrappy.
I am making scrappy D9P quilts for my 10 mo. old grand daughters and appliqued butterflies, and other things on some of the big squares after the quilt tops were sewn together. they are turning out quite nicely.

You may have already seen this site, quiltville.com. I am excited about it. All the quilts are scrap quilts.

I am curious....what size do you consider a "scrap"