what to do with tie dyed strips
 

I started a small group of 6 friends, with various sewing capabilities, and we've worked on a couple of projects together. We decided to do a log cabin baby quilt and give it to a local charitable group to auction off. I was the one who needed to choose the fabric. Tough job for me. Well, I found a tie-dyed looking batik fabric in soft pinks and blues, and I thought we could use the lighter shades of it for the light strips and the darker shades for the dark strips--there were even some small areas of yellow that were perfect for the center squares. It's working out well, I think. They all mastered the 1/4" seam and are being very careful about measuring each block after adding their strips--it's going painfully slowly, but we're getting there.
Here's my question: We are picking out the very light and very dark areas from the strips I cut, but we're left with a lot of midrange 2 1/2" strips. Does anyone have any idea of something we could do with those? I already bought a nicely matching fleece for the backing, so I don't want to use them for that.
Thanks!
Carol

Use them with a complimentary solid and make another log cabin quilt. Or find another pattern that uses that size strip and make another quilt.

Carol J.

roman stripe - one side of the triangle from the strips and the other side a complimentary color

I agree with Carol J. Make a complementary quilt. When the auction is going well, then throw in the complementary quilt to boost the sales even higher.

Tube quilt.

Sounds like you are doing a wonderful project. There are plenty of patterns using 2 1/2" strips. Add a complementary color(s), if you need more fabric, and make another quilt.