Sooooooo much waste.... need ideas (with pics)
#44
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any leftovers (not waste,IMHO) i use as a scrappy border or scrappy binding.
save a piece for a pretty label too!
i do tend to keep any "like" leftovers together..like baby/child prints to make a scrappy quilt down the road.
your quilt is beautiful though!
i think i am reading your "waste" as the cost of the jelly rolls, meaning you could of paid less,buying less fabric from the company.
save a piece for a pretty label too!
i do tend to keep any "like" leftovers together..like baby/child prints to make a scrappy quilt down the road.
your quilt is beautiful though!
i think i am reading your "waste" as the cost of the jelly rolls, meaning you could of paid less,buying less fabric from the company.
#46
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Location: Wisconsin
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I think she should make the boxes out a contracting color/colors and use up the strip she had left over. Is it possible the package she bought was for a larger quilt? I also had that experience with a pack, but mine was to be expected, but I didn't let the left-overs go to waste. I'm making Pot-pinchers, 35 of them, for gifts. After cutting out the heart, I had a 5 inch square at the fold of the piece (15 pieces, 15 squares). I just squared it up and will use with a joining square to make a shopping bag, or something. My mother always said "Waste not, want not." She would have been 124 years old this month.
#50
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You did a great job on the quilt. I use every little srcap I can. I make crumb blocks and I sort scraps as I make them....As you are finishing what you are doing with one fabric put the left overs a side in bins labeled for differant size scraps. That way it is not so overwhelming. Your scraps will be organized and when you find a pattern for the size you will have what you need with out hours of sorting left overs.
I look at scraps as free fabric for the need project.
Happy scrapping,
Christina,(Chrissy)
I look at scraps as free fabric for the need project.
Happy scrapping,
Christina,(Chrissy)
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