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Originally Posted by Boscobd
I have my scraps sorted by color and stored in large ziploc bags with the bags stuffed into a 5 drawer storage container in the extra closet in our bedroom (the spare bedroom closet is already full of totes of yardage stash!!). My goal is to slowly take over the entire house for my quilting habit. My DH can have the half of the garage where my car isn't parked for his hobbies, but only if he wants to leave his car in the driveway!
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I use a plastic tote, as all others got to small. :lol:
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
AWW, honey, you haven't got much at all, considering what some of us have in boxes, bags, baskets, bales and hidden here and there so no one can actually tell what we have. And even we don't remember where we put most of it some of the time!!
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I just spent the last two days "organizing" my two large rubbermaid tubs! I could not get the lids to shut and the scraps were piling so high that they could barely fit on the shelf!! So, I organized by using plastic gallon food storage bags to store colors. I threw away all tiny triangles and other very small pieces (why did I keep them in the first place??). I love log cabins so I kept all sizes of strips 1" or larger. It looks much better now and the lids ALMOST close, but I can slide the bin onto the shelf now. I've been quilting for about 12 years and I think I've kept scraps from the beginning from the looks of some of the "ugly" fabric scraps I threw away! ;-)
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yeah that's my problem, I have given almost all of my work away. I resolved to make two of everything and keep one for myself. I don't know how long that will last though.
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I have to double doored cabinets with wire bins that slide in and out of the shelves chuck full of scraps. They are sorted by colors. I have sorta started organizing within each bin by squares, strips and big chuncks to make it easier to grab what I need. Don't turn the lights out in your room though because they propagate in the dark!!!
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I have three 8 X 11 see through boxes with lids, that I sort small scraps into, labeled Country, Brights, and Cottage. I also have a basket that a lot goes into, then I take them to a lady in our quilt guild that can afford much fabric, and she makes lots of scrappy quilts. Makes both of us feel good that way.
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When I'm cutting out a quilt I keep any scraps intact that are at least 3" x 3". Everything else I cut into 1.5" or 2" squares and toss them into a basket I keep on my cutting table. I used 2500+ of these 1.5" squares to make my brother and sister-in-law a quilt (Irish Chain). The only problem I had was with the hand quilting because of all the seams. The quilt turned out very nice and VERY colorful.
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I started out with small plastic grocery bag. Then I found a cute little trash can with a lid and put a label on it that said quilt scraps. I now have a large bag a well and it is growing. But I was able to find a couple of pieces big enough to cut 40 4x4 squares for a quick quilt for my daughter's baby that will be born in late Feb or early Mar. I once used all my scraps and made a quilt. Scraps are fun and I like going through them so I don't sort them by color or size.
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I cut blocks from my scraps, from 2 1/2 inch to 6 1/2 inch and store them in plastic shoeboxes. I just started so I am sure they will outgrow these boxes. The crumbs I am using in crazy quilt blocks so they are stored just in a box that I can dig thru.
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