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Old 08-13-2010, 01:34 PM
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I think I like my scraps better than yardage. I can't tell you how many times I've been tempted to chop up everything I have! :roll: I even love playing with the selvages!

Do what makes you happy. That's the best part about quilting.

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Old 08-13-2010, 01:43 PM
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I saw a demonstation once on Simply Quilts where the lady took tiny scraps and laid them on a fabric and then overlaid a netting over that and quilted it down. It was an interesting idea. Then she used that to put in a quilt treating it like a piece of cloth.

Here is a link to some of the stuff I have made with my confusion technique which is somewhat the same as the crumb technique. I like to do a few other things with the technique such as cut off a section sew in a piece lengthwise and readd the cut off piece. It makes it appear that the lengthwise piece is laying ontop of the underneath joined confusion. There are lots of things you can do with crazy quilting and crumbs in particular. I think the artistic appeal far outweights the cost of thread.

My Confusion directions and pictures of some of the things I made with it.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-30920-1.htm

The crazy quilt hearts are down in the middle. Sorry you can't see the little ones as well as I would like but you get the idea. The confusion ones are in the bottom under the others.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-35281-1.htm

I had a lady save her tiny scraps from a 30's quilt she made. I stripped together 3/4" strips and made her a checkbook cover and a coin purse and keychain from it all. Those tiny scraps have meaning for miniaturists! They would be great for anyone who makes Doll Quilts for Doll Houses.
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Old 08-13-2010, 08:21 PM
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Thanks for the great thread!! I've been dying to make one of these :D
The photos are awesome!!! :D
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Old 08-13-2010, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Chele
I think I like my scraps better than yardage. I can't tell you how many times I've been tempted to chop up everything I have! :roll: I even love playing with the selvages!

Do what makes you happy. That's the best part about quilting.
You are too funny!!! CHOP CHOP lol
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Old 08-14-2010, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Chele
I think I like my scraps better than yardage. I can't tell you how many times I've been tempted to chop up everything I have! :roll: I even love playing with the selvages!

Do what makes you happy. That's the best part about quilting.
Maybe we should have "Crumbs" as a theme for the doll quilt some month, might be fun lol
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Old 08-14-2010, 11:01 PM
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I save my scraps for string or scrappy quilts. I did make crumbs once or twice but don't care to do it again for several reasons: I hate to work with really small pieces of fabrics,
you use lots of thread (I used spools and bobbins that had only a little thread on them) and you need to buy fabric for the sashing which sort of defeats the purpose of using scraps.
I like the idea of saving little scraps, trimmings, small pieces of thread and batting in a fabric pillowcase that will be used as a doggie or cat mat/pillow. May in Jersey
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Old 08-15-2010, 04:03 AM
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I just asked the question, what is a crumb, but reading on I found the answer. Thanks for the pictures and the information. I'm going to try this.
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Old 08-15-2010, 04:24 AM
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I use a lot of them for PP.
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Old 08-15-2010, 04:38 AM
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That's a work of art! Thanks for posting it. 80
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Old 08-15-2010, 05:52 AM
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To me anything under 1 1/2 inches goes out. However it goes into a bag for a friend who does mini's. She will get a bag of little pieces and spend hours sorting and planning where to use the small pieces. Her quilts are gorgeous though and I admire her ability to use all the tiny fabric scraps.
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