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quilter64779 07-16-2010 01:07 PM

I made alot of these and made a new piece of fabric then took a sweatshirt apart and then cut and attached to sweatshirt pieces then put back together. It made beautiful jacket.

quilter64779 07-16-2010 01:22 PM

That is a beautiful quilt. I love the scrappy kind. Thats about all I make anymore.

Marge L. 07-16-2010 01:52 PM

I had oodles of scraps and inherited bags of them. Some were quite nice, and then the rest (yuk). I cut up blocks from an old sheet and sewed the scraps on, as for a crazy quilt. Black sashing around each blocks and a narrow black border and it was unbelievale. It was astonishing that those scraps made such a beautiful throw. Now I'll take the rest and make lap quilts for the nursing home.

sandy lewis 07-16-2010 01:53 PM

Separate them first by prints, then by how they read....a green is a green, blues are blues. then go to lights and darks. If this works for you make some logcabin blocks or even miniatures. If this doesn't work use them as linings for bags or think of making lap quilts, great to learn from and give they to charities.

sandy lewis 07-16-2010 01:54 PM

Separate them first by prints, then by how they read....a green is a green, blues are blues. then go to lights and darks. If this works for you make some logcabin blocks or even miniatures. If this doesn't work use them as linings for bags or think of making lap quilts, great to learn from and give they to charities.

nursie76 07-16-2010 01:55 PM


Originally Posted by raptureready
Someone posted a BEAUTIFUL scrappy quilt on here this morning but I don't remember the name of the thread. It had two strips of color sewn together, each end cut at a 45 degree angle and a white triangle sewn on. Three strips made up each block and each block was turned differently. I'll bet you could do the same thing and it would be really pretty. Click on Search then type in Scrappy and just see what comes up. If you look closely at some of the fabric used in scrappy quilts you'll be surprized at how ugly it is yet in when you put a bunch together it turns out to be gorgeous.

I think it was called weed whacker. http://www.quiltville.com/weedwhacker.shtml

StitchinJoy 07-16-2010 02:46 PM


Originally Posted by dotcomdtcm
If any prints have lilies (my DD is Lily) I'll trade you for some nice calm solids!

I have some scraps with lilies. Do you want scraps?

StitchinJoy 07-16-2010 02:48 PM


Originally Posted by moosegirl
Charm quilts or one patch quilts any size are great. moosegirl

Love them Moose. They are so happy!

ozecb 07-16-2010 02:58 PM

What about a Dear Jane?

jean knapp 07-16-2010 04:11 PM

I give all my scraps to my sister in law. She makes crazy quilt blocks out of them and sells them on ebay for .99 each. If I forget she just comes over and goes thru my waste basket in my sewing room. Love her to death. Jeannie


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