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Originally Posted by quilterjody

1/4" strips are not wide enough because you should be using a 1/4" seam, but you could do what I do and I save all the little strips and scraps and put them in an old pillowcase and use a ponytail holder to tie the pillowcase shut. Instant dog bed! I use the ponytail holder so that I can keep adding to it. My dog loves it.

If anyone doesn't have a dog, or the dog doesn't need a new bed - consider making a bed (or 2 or more!) for your local animal shelter. They are so appreciative. You don't have to use a pillowcase - you can make one from some of your ugly fabric that you wonder why you bought to begin with. Or you can stitch together larger scraps. The animals aren't fussy!

A gal at work uses these skinny scraps to make landscape wall hangings. She just lays or glues them down and then FMQs them down.

I too hate to throw away scraps but several years ago I discovered a pattern called Mile a Mnute. It makes use of strips and odd sized or shaped "chunks". The results are quilt blocks that look like Crazy Quilts. Add sashing or plain blocks between and the uses are endless. last year I made one with beige blocks between the colorful crazy squares and it sold for 250.00 at a church yard sale. Not bad for scraps?

Bunk Bed cover

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throw cover

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A Quilt of Valor titled Am I Blue

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What a fantatic way to use up scraps