Small Scraps
11-20-2013, 12:55 PM
#3
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: NY
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You'll see that some quilters keep everything. Even the selvedges and make things out of those.
You do what works for you and the space you occupy. I cut left overs into 2 1/2" strips and add them to my strip pile. Everything else, I toss. Some people on here I've heard will pay S&H to get their hands on other's trash, so they can recycle it.
You do what works for you and the space you occupy. I cut left overs into 2 1/2" strips and add them to my strip pile. Everything else, I toss. Some people on here I've heard will pay S&H to get their hands on other's trash, so they can recycle it.
11-20-2013, 12:57 PM
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Illinois
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I keep longer narrow strips for log cabins. I like to use 1.5 inch width on one side and 1 inch width on the other... it creates a curve. Scraps are great for log cabins... so many different lengths can be used down to 1.5 inch.
11-20-2013, 01:17 PM
#5
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: New Hampshire & Maine
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Some folks keep them all. The really small scraps can be used as stuffing for pet beds. If 1.5 inches or wider, keep for string quilts. Yes, there are some QB members willing to pay S&H to "take them off your hands". 
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11-20-2013, 01:23 PM
#6
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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OCD scrap keeper here.
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These are paper pieced log cabin blocks using 1" strips. The PP pattern is from QuiltersCache.
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Misc bits and pieces paper pieced onto calculator tape.
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These are paper pieced log cabin blocks using 1" strips. The PP pattern is from QuiltersCache.
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Misc bits and pieces paper pieced onto calculator tape.
11-20-2013, 01:56 PM
#8
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Outside St. Louis
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Very pretty log cabin blocks.
Right now I am keeping almost all scraps, may not keep them all. If I don't want any, I will take them to Goodwill.
I am in the process of trying to use my scraps up. The joke is on me, impossible feat.
Right now I am keeping almost all scraps, may not keep them all. If I don't want any, I will take them to Goodwill.
I am in the process of trying to use my scraps up. The joke is on me, impossible feat.
11-20-2013, 02:06 PM
#9
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I'm saving the super-narrow ones (iike sliced off rotary cut) in a ziploc bag for a pincushion. When it's full I'll make the cushion and supplement with sand. Anything smaller than a 1" strip goes into a different ziploc and I plan to use it to line the bottom of Christmas gift bags instead of using tissue paper.
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