I often use 1 inch pieces to accent a quilt. After making the main part I add a little strip just to set it off. I do not have one right now to take a picture of but it is basically like putting a very small border on and the adding more.

I roll mine up into balls and the kitty plays with them. One time I had a yard sale and I had wrapped up the strings into balls and set them in a wicker basket and people bought them for $1.00! Can you believe it!! Cut them up and leave them out for the birds. I also use them to tie things up.

What a great idea. I think I will do that.

Love the quilt what a detailed work with such small pieces. WOW!!

Great ideas all .. Thanks for sharing !

holice there is a guy on this board who made a wonderful magazine worthy masterpiece using 5/8" pieces of fabric. i would say no pieces are too small. some use the really small pieces for applique. give them as a pif instead of pitching them. i have started doing that myself.

here is the link to the husband's masterpiece with over 100,000 pieces of fabric.http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...t172737-6.html


i have also used my small strips to make scrappy binding for borders or binding for my scrappy quilt projects.



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Holice: I have sent you a PM regarding these strips. Tks. GiGi

With my machine I have an attachment that is used for sewing bias binding onto projects. It does not like strips wider than one inch. I will run non bias, cross grain [wof] through it minus project to get great double fold narrow stringletts that will be great for small purse handles or drawstrings and much more. Also you can use the same thing with project to bind off raw edges...as long as there is no curve it works fine...for example take a quilted strip or doubled strip of fabric, bind the raw edges and you have great purse handles or straps. Also you could take those bits raw edges and all and weave them together to make some "new" fabric. I usually do this on a piece of fusible side up interfacing and when the weaving is done a bit of a press makes it very stable. It makes great place-mats.

I recently taught a class about what to do with these "useless" fabric scraps. Some of the ideas have already been brought up, such as mini blocks (log cabin or tiny paper pieced are good), and the wrapped bowls. We also make fabric beads, scrappy trim (done in a "figure 8" over fabric or ribbon), "toothbrush rugs", and all kinds of accents for applique. if you have the room to keep it for the time being, don't throw it away!

I use skinny leftovers like that for my bowls...wrap them around some cotton clothesline and sew them up with a zig-zag stitch and get a nice and very useable bowl in no time flat. If you don't want them I'll take them off your hands, lol!