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beatys9 07-11-2012 12:47 AM
Neat idea! Baby bird quilts :)

Originally Posted by BellaBoo (Post 5355315)
Cotton fabric strips are great to toss outside. The birds love it. I like to see my scraps woven in the nests. It's like quilts for the baby birds!

burchquilts 07-11-2012 02:48 PM
Originally Posted by jcrow (Post 5353633)
If it's a strip and it's smaller than an inch, I throw it. If it's pieces, I don't keep anything smaller than 2 inches. I might be wasteful, I don't know, but I know I would never work with those small pieces.
My guidelines exactly. Trust me, no matter what size you end up saving, they multiply like bunnies!

oksewglad 07-11-2012 03:44 PM
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Oh I'm LOL here. I've been working on some mini blocks again. The center crazy patch measure 1.5" finished in this little quilt. And yes they multiply like bunnies and now my quilting friends give me little ziplocs to broaden my quilt palette! [ATTACH=CONFIG]348339[/ATTACH]

QuiltnLady1 07-11-2012 06:12 PM
Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt (Post 5353710)
Any strip thinner than an inch but longer than 8 inches I give to hubby for the garden to tie up the vines... But anything bigger than that gets saved.. And put in its appropriate sterilite see thru boxes and drawers for later use .
I also tie these little strips around our suitcase handles. I also use them on my scissors handles and on the handles of my rotary cutters. I make loops for the scissors and rotary cutters and use the loops to hang them on hooks -- and it helps mark them as mine when I am at a class.

roseOfsharon 07-11-2012 06:15 PM
Gladie how do you ever do such small blocks! They are so cute and the mini quilt is darling.

KellyPA 07-11-2012 06:31 PM
I keep them all. Those that I can sew with go into a pile, those that are too small to sew with go in a small pillow and then the pillow is full, I sew it shut and then it can be donated to a pet shelter, used in a room, or whatever.

MadamPolo 07-11-2012 06:38 PM
I toss the thin strips and really small pieces, but if it is 2 or 3 inches, it goes into my scraps. I use it when I paper piece. I did see a video once of a lady shredding fabric to make a picture. She piled them into colors, took a foundation piece of fabric, spread the shreds according to her picture she was making, covered it in black toile, and then stitched over the whole thing to hold it in place. It was a wall hanging. I don't think that technique would work for a quilt.

MadamPolo 07-11-2012 06:40 PM
Kelly, that's a great idea to make a pillow out of them. I wouldn't use it for a dog, however, unless you want to come in one day and find all of those bits all over your house. Cats would love them. Heck, so would hubby's, too.

oksewglad 07-11-2012 07:24 PM
Originally Posted by roseOfsharon (Post 5357560)
Gladie how do you ever do such small blocks! They are so cute and the mini quilt is darling.
Oh thanks Sharon. I just piece the block like it's a tiny crumb block making the block 1/2" larger than the finished size I want. When I'm in an "I don't know what I want to do" mood I pull out my little pieces and have a grand old time. Then when I want a quick little mini for a fund raiser I have the blocks ready to go and in no time I have a quilt made. This one is actually 7 1/2 x 13 not including the border. I just stuck it on the scanner rather than taking a picture :-) !

ligia 07-12-2012 02:48 AM
Keep tiny pieces of batiks , marbles, almost solids - for appliqué


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