I use 1 1/2" strips for my log cabin blocks; my very favorite type of scrap quilt.
You can see them on this page of my webshots.

http://good-times.webshots.com/album/562396634NVWSUO
Sharon

There's a woman in my guild that uses strips to create blocks in a circular pattern and the finished width of the strips are only about 1/16th of an inch wide. Yes, that's 1/16th of an inch. So the strips she uses are about 1/2 in wide and then she cuts down the seam allowance to reduce bulk as well. She calls the scraps "Kibbles and Bits" that she uses. Nothing is too small for her.

love that car with those quilts! (your avatar)

That is a very nice quilt, never thought of crumbs in a pinwheel, neat idea!!! :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

My scraps and crumbs cost the same $7-10 a yard as the big pieces, and that makes it hard to dump them. When I get too many or realize that I'll never get to them, I offer them here for free. In 5 minutes you get more takers than you could possibly imagine. I'm always surprised that a scrap or crumb quilt doesn't seem to make the pile of little pieces go down very much.

Well I have a bin of crumbs if anyone wants them. They are actually fairly large ( like 2x3 etc) but could be cut down for those people who like to drive themselves crazy with all those itsy pieces:)

Now, I'm inspired to start saving my "crumbs". I had heard of them before, but had them pictured as being much smaller and wondered how one would work with them.

Thank you for sharing this pic, I didn't have a very good idea what y'all were talking about. It sounds like fun but not for me, maybe I will start saving my scraps and crumbs and will send them to someone here.

Hi. This is my first post. I've been quilting for ever but have never heard of "crumbs". It sounds awesome. Can I have more details please. I am from Perth in Western Australia.

Go to the top of the page and find the search link above. Click on that. Then type in Crumbs and you will get alot of threads that will give you all sorts of information.

There are tutorials on how to make crumb blocks. My version I call confusion. You can search for that also if you like.