Quilted offcuts and practise pieces
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I square up batting scraps, zig-zag them together and use them in smaller projects. I do not mix batting types becaue, after washing, they do not behave uniformly. I put the fabric cuttings into the scrap bags=by color to use later.
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I recently made a cat bed using the clippings in the waste basket as the filler. My kitty loves it. She can snuggle right down in that. I used that idea of an old sweatshirt as the base with the clippings as the stuffing. I think you can find the idea online somewhere. Since she is long-haired and sheds a lot, I also sewed 2 pieces of flannel together as a small "quilt" to toss over it for easier cleaning of the bed. Too, it covers up the errors in the construction and she doesn't care!
As for your blocks or practice pieces. If those are of appropriate size, finish them off and donate to a NICU for use with their tiny people. Some may be appropriate to be comforting to parents of those babies are born way too soon and are so little that a small quilt is just the right size.
As for your blocks or practice pieces. If those are of appropriate size, finish them off and donate to a NICU for use with their tiny people. Some may be appropriate to be comforting to parents of those babies are born way too soon and are so little that a small quilt is just the right size.
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I have an empty "pillow" in my sewing room into which I put all scraps of batt that cannot be sewn together to make a larger batt. When the pillow is quite full, I sew the top shut and sell it at my garage sale. They have always sold.
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I make lots of small projects like quilted bags and placemats. The bigger pieces get fused with the fine iron-on tape made for this purpose and used in quilts. It's a quick process and I can't even tell the tape is there. You have to lay the two pieces to overlap slightly and rotary cut neatly through both, pulling off the overlapped area so that the two pieces butt together perfectly before you fuse them with the tape. I have used at least a couple of different brands, Dritz and one from Connecting Threads, and both work great.
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One year when my scrap bags were too full and my scrap batting bag was also full (and I had a number of bags for both) I took them to the local quilt show and donated them to sell. I couldn't believe how fast they sold. I felt good getting them out of my sewing room and glad that the quilt guild got the money and that someone was going to put them to good use.
I tend to keep things for my 'good intentions', but sometimes my good intentions tend to overflow and I just get overwhelmed. Then it is good to clean it out.
I tend to keep things for my 'good intentions', but sometimes my good intentions tend to overflow and I just get overwhelmed. Then it is good to clean it out.
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