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Originally Posted by Cynthia Mosquera
I just started to use iron on applique, so if a scrap has left over applique paper on it, I keep it in my scrap bag. I started doing a mini quilt after many yrs. not quilting. Slowly I'am getting the hang of things again.
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Please do not toss. If you do not know anyone who is a scrappy quilter or does applique to pass them on to, use them for stuffing for comfort blankets at the local animal shelter. If all else fails, bag them up and donate to a thrift store. Thanks.
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anything smaller is stuffing..[/quote]
Thank you!!! I never thought of that, but I am going to do that now!! I have a pattern for a really cute xmas elf, and this will save me on the stuffing! Thanks!!!! Virg |
I think it's Marti Michell who is famous for saying that a scrap is "any fabric that I haven't used yet, even if it is 5 yards long."
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I don't use scraps, but I will save them and pay it forward.
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Some people even keep the selvage edge. I've seen purses, quilts, even lampshades made out of them!!!
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Originally Posted by karenpatrick
I'm having a hard time deciding what scraps to keep and what to toss. I can't keep all of them. How big does a scrap have to be for you to keep it?
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OK, now I have to tell you a story. DH and I make scrappy quilts and for years there were three different ladies who made quilts wholesale and saved all their scraps for us. We're talking garbage bags full here. One is particular would fill up our car.
DH started making tiny piece quilts with squares less than 3/4". http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-79481-1.htm We met another lady who had seen his tiny piece quilts and who had a LQS. She said, several times, Oh I will save my scraps for you. One day we came in the shop and she said, Oh I have a bag of scraps for you. And came out from the back with a small ziploc bag, partially filled with little pieces. We both smiled and said, thank you very much. I would like to say when we got back in the car, we said, Bless her heart, but we were both laughing too much. But we did use her scraps! |
As I am (today) organizing my stash, the smaller pieces are either 2 1/2" squares or strips. If it's smaller than a fat quarter, I'll cut it to fit either of those measurements.
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Some days I just feel like stitching any small scraps of fabric together and make scrappy doll quilts, pillow covers, scrapy wall hangings for my porch, etc. I love to see these tiny pieces of scraps come to life as a piece of usable fabric. I gladly take anyone's scraps!
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