Rolling Up Fabric Scraps
 

Not sure I've ever seen this before so I thought I'd ask. I have started to "roll" my fabric scraps, especially the strips. I take a dowel and kay it over the end of the strip and roll it up and pull the dowel out. The "rollups" fit nicely into a large plastic box. I find its easier to find the ones I want rather than hanging lots of strips on hangars in a closet.
Anybody else roll their scrap stash.
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I keep all my pre-cuts in a basket.

I roll mine on tp tissue rolls. Stores easy.

Oh, I like this idea too.

I do that too. But my rolls are usually strips left over from each quilt. It really comes in handy when you are looking for a specific color or fabric. Since it was used in "this quilt", it is in this roll, etc. I had a quilt top I made a few years ago and wanted to finish. When I pulled it out to quilt, it just needed something else. I decided to add applique to the corners and partial border, so I just pulled out the roll that I used in the original quilt. So much easier than digging in my stash for all the fabrics used.

Very good idea

great idea...thanks

Just so you can remember what you have and find things quickly and easily.

If you are rolling you must be having larger amounts of left over fabric than I do. Some of mine wouldn't make it round a toilet roll.it is a good idea with larger lengths.

I usually have left over strips from jelly rolls and strips I cut with the Go. They go in my strip bin for foundation piecing. One bin for lights and one for darks. It would take me a long time to roll them but I like the idea.

I hung a towel rack on the door in my sewing room and hand them from there....works well...

For binding strips especially, or any relatively narrow strips, I wind them around empty spools and have them in a large glass vase in my sewing room. Looks nice, and is occasionally useful.

I really think that's a great idea. I've been doing a lot of sewing and quilting these past 6 months getting ready for a craft fair this Sat. I have lots of "strings" that are a bear to fold, but I really like your idea.

I roll out my left over binding on empty TP rolls -- hadn't thought to do that with the left over strips, but that makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

I just use my fingers to roll them. I always have the smaller pieces on top. If I'm wrapping binding left over, I like the heavier cardboard rolls from the foil wrap and plastic wrap. Just use a utility knife if you want to cut to size to fit into your storage space if needed.

I like the idea of rolling instead of folding....sometimes creases are hard to iron out, especially if they have been buried under something heavy....like lots of stash....for a while :)

One of the ladies from Piece O' Cake (sorry can't remember her name) gave a class and taught us to roll up our binding tape by just folding over the first inch and then rolling up from there. It makes a firm roll and then I just put a pin in it to keep the end from unrolling. I have use that method ever since with all of my scrap strips and I put them in a clear, plastic jar. This method works wonders, as it keeps everything neat, ironed and you can see the colors through the jar. It also is very pleasing to the eye to see a colorful jar sitting on my bookshelf.

For my rectangular, triangular and square-ish type scraps, I keep them flat in a plastic box so that I can see them and I don't have to iron them again when I need to use them for a scrap quilt.

I cut up my scraps into 2" and 2-1/2" strips like you would get in a jelly roll. Sorted by lights/darks. They fit nicely in a shoe box and remind me of cinnamon rolls. Just fold over one end with shortest strips on top and roll. No wrinkles or creases when I need to use them.

Great idea!

terrific idea and since jelly rolls are so expensive this is a great way of creating one for a scrap project....thank you for sharing this

I do the same thing with my strips that are at least 2-1/2 inches wide. I also roll up leftover binding the same way; I can use them on scrap quilts.

I like roll ups - they look so neat in the plastic container. And soooo easy to just pick a roll of either light/dark to start using in a quilt. I'm more apt to use scraps when they're not all jumbled up in a drawer or box waiting to be cut.