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Originally Posted by Venicepinky
(Post 6486366)
OK.....one of my new year resolutions is to purge my stash of small pieces. I love to applique and have some fabrics that are over 30 years old in my boxes sorted by color...How can I get myself to let go...It's always "I might need this little bit of this color later on" The boxes I use are the clear plastic ones that are about 10 by 15 inches and 9 inches deep and I can't shut the lids anymore. How do you do it?
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I take crumbs and sew them onto phone book pages. I separate them by color so each piece (I do 2.5 inch strips and 5 inch squares) to make "new fabric." If it is too small, I throw it out. I have made some really cool pieces and plan to make a couple modern quilts from them.
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Make an "Oh My Gosh" quilt. They are beautiful! Google it, then hit images!! I am making one, finally got it all cut. Best way I know of to use up those small pieces.
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A while back someone posted a quilt made with very small bits of fabric sewn to adding machine tape. I thought it was a neat idea, as many scraps in my "light, medium, and dark bins" are really too small to cut into 2.5" strips, etc. The other day I was in a Habitat Re-Store, and they had rolls of adding machine tape for 25 cents. I bought four rolls and think I will try this method. My grandmother never wasted any fabric, so I think she would be pleased that I am following in her quilting footsteps. But that certainly doesn't mean that you can't "pay your scraps forward" to some one or some organization that could utilize them. By all means, do what will satisfy your needs. Reducing clutter is very "freeing" and the recipients will be happy, too. Go for it!
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Someone suggested recently to take them and use them as filling doggie beds. The local pound could probably use some nice beds for the poor puppies waiting there for a nice home. They could be comfortable while they are waiting.
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Great quilts!
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I can't throw any small pieces out. I fell like I am throwing money out the window. I cut my larger scraps into useable squares the smallest being 2 inches and anything under that goes into a crumbs bin and I did recently made a crumb quilt using alot of these smaller pieces. http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...d-t228155.html
My crumb quilt went together very quickly and it's one of my favorite projects. justflyingin....your little strips quilts turned out fabulous! If you add up all of those strips you will see that you have yards of fabric in there. |
Originally Posted by justflyingin
(Post 6486462)
Personally, I use them up. In 2012 and 2013 I finished up several using 1.5" strips that looked like this:
They are donation quilts. |
Keep 1 1/2 inches and above.
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I have been making string quilts. Save the "chunky" pieces to use in the corners. I try to use it all! Make crumb blocks with the leftovers.
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