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I'm not planning to turn my entire stash into precuts, but I am going to start cutting up a lot of the older fabrics I have that I really do not know what to do with. I enjoy making log cabin quilts and strip quilts, so I'm going to cut lots of 1.5", 2" and 2.5" strips. For the strip quilts, I am going to select a few specific patterns to make sure that I am cutting the right strips.
Another thing I plan to do is to create pre-cut kits for myself. I have some bins of fabric I bought for specific patterns. (For once I had the sense to store the pattern with the fabrics!) I'm going to pull those out and cut them up so they are ready for sewing when I need a project. There are quite a few websites and books with ideas for organizing a stash into precut shapes. Here's one book: http://www.amazon.com/ScrapTherapy-C...dp/1600853331/ and one website: http://themennobrarian.blogspot.com/...ric-stash.html I haven't seen this book, but it looks interesting. If I liked most of the patterns in that book, I could see cutting my stash into the shapes used in it: http://voguepatterns.mccall.com/pre-...p?page_id=1568 |
I wouldn't do that. I never know what I'm going to make next. So, if the fabric were all cut up, that would severely limit the possibilities of what I could do.
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Originally Posted by Jan in VA
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In my opinion, please don't do it!
So, again, if you have 1/2 yard and more of certain fabrics, I urge you to keep them in that yardage and just cut up those that are smaller or are 'mis-shapened' - with chunks cut out of them already. Bless you with moments to yourself during this time of mommy-dom; they need you so much and the time will pass all too quickly! Jan in VA |
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