Using scraps
05-31-2009, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by azam
Great idea Klue! Mine are in plastic bags but not sorted by color. Sounds like I have something to do when I get bored, ha! ha! Tons of scraps, may take me a while :shock:
my niece sorts the scrap and ribbon bin for me every time she comes over. she's been doing it since she was 3 - she's almost 5 now. it really helped with getting her interested in fabric and sewing.
yesterday she made a tablerunner and 8 placemats (i posted pics on that board if you'd like to see her work).
05-31-2009, 09:12 AM
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Cathe - ANOTHER great idea. Strips would make it SO much easier to start using leftovers - tho' I DO like the look of odd-shaped pieces in Mile-a-minute blocks. I'll be posting pictures of 2 as soon a I dig them out of the boxes from AZ. Those blocks are a great way to use scraps.
05-31-2009, 10:54 AM
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Any others of you do this?
I'm happily using scraps - but then I'm kind of "short" of a certain color, so then I go digging into the "stash" fabric - and then I have another stack of stuff to put back.
I'm happily using scraps - but then I'm kind of "short" of a certain color, so then I go digging into the "stash" fabric - and then I have another stack of stuff to put back.
05-31-2009, 12:26 PM
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I bought a GO die cut machine and now I can die cut many scrap pieces at one time. They cut neatly stacked together and it's so easy and nice to be able to pull a baggie of 2 in squares, triangles, circles, or hexagons. The die cut machine is the best thing for quilting since the rotary cutter. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
05-31-2009, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
I bought a GO die cut machine and now I can die cut many scrap pieces at one time. They cut neatly stacked together and it's so easy and nice to be able to pull a baggie of 2 in squares, triangles, circles, or hexagons. The die cut machine is the best thing for quilting since the rotary cutter. :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
How many layers can you cut at a time? Is there a warranty re how long the dies will stay sharp?
06-01-2009, 06:59 AM
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For anyone who hasn't seen it yet - this website has MANY free patterns for scrap quilting - http://quiltville.com/index.html
06-01-2009, 07:56 AM
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This is a phenomenon I am unable to comprehend.
I have many, many, MANY totes.
I have taken a tote and just started working through the scraps, making something between a crazy quilt and the crumb thang so capably introduced to me on this list.
I will work for DAYS on scrap blocks ... I will cut for DAYS ... I will neatly fold and not let go of a piece of fabric until all that goes into the waste basket are slivers!
ANd, I fill up a tote with my scrap blocks ... and STILL find the tote isn't any less full, even though I have separated, catalogued, moved things around and the quilt is on its way out of the house ... and STILL the tote is full!
I think it has something to do with letting air get to the fabric. Am not sure, but that is what I think. I have even gone so far as to put the scrap blocks into a different tote ... the original is more full than when I started.
Something is not right here ... and, I am thinking that science isn't so exact that it can explain it all.
I have many, many, MANY totes.
I have taken a tote and just started working through the scraps, making something between a crazy quilt and the crumb thang so capably introduced to me on this list.
I will work for DAYS on scrap blocks ... I will cut for DAYS ... I will neatly fold and not let go of a piece of fabric until all that goes into the waste basket are slivers!
ANd, I fill up a tote with my scrap blocks ... and STILL find the tote isn't any less full, even though I have separated, catalogued, moved things around and the quilt is on its way out of the house ... and STILL the tote is full!
I think it has something to do with letting air get to the fabric. Am not sure, but that is what I think. I have even gone so far as to put the scrap blocks into a different tote ... the original is more full than when I started.
Something is not right here ... and, I am thinking that science isn't so exact that it can explain it all.
06-01-2009, 07:59 AM
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Originally Posted by omak
This is a phenomenon I am unable to comprehend.
I have many, many, MANY totes.
I have taken a tote and just started working through the scraps, making something between a crazy quilt and the crumb thang so capably introduced to me on this list.
I will work for DAYS on scrap blocks ... I will cut for DAYS ... I will neatly fold and not let go of a piece of fabric until all that goes into the waste basket are slivers!
ANd, I fill up a tote with my scrap blocks ... and STILL find the tote isn't any less full, even though I have separated, catalogued, moved things around and the quilt is on its way out of the house ... and STILL the tote is full!
I think it has something to do with letting air get to the fabric. Am not sure, but that is what I think. I have even gone so far as to put the scrap blocks into a different tote ... the original is more full than when I started.
Something is not right here ... and, I am thinking that science isn't so exact that it can explain it all.
I have many, many, MANY totes.
I have taken a tote and just started working through the scraps, making something between a crazy quilt and the crumb thang so capably introduced to me on this list.
I will work for DAYS on scrap blocks ... I will cut for DAYS ... I will neatly fold and not let go of a piece of fabric until all that goes into the waste basket are slivers!
ANd, I fill up a tote with my scrap blocks ... and STILL find the tote isn't any less full, even though I have separated, catalogued, moved things around and the quilt is on its way out of the house ... and STILL the tote is full!
I think it has something to do with letting air get to the fabric. Am not sure, but that is what I think. I have even gone so far as to put the scrap blocks into a different tote ... the original is more full than when I started.
Something is not right here ... and, I am thinking that science isn't so exact that it can explain it all.
I can get obsessed with a scrap quilt. Why is it so much more fun/interesting/challenging to try to use those scraps than to cut into a large piece of fabric? (God - and a few others - know I do have BIG pieces to cut into/up)
06-01-2009, 08:12 AM
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I think one of my problems is: I keep adding scraps to blocks and never come to a conclusion .. I got up one morning DETERMINED to finally cut my scrap blocks into a uniform size and just grab something, cut to match and go from there ....
I was DETERMINED, but ...
the day started happening, there wasn't time to stay DETERMINED, and I have never had that thought again! <g>
I was DETERMINED, but ...
the day started happening, there wasn't time to stay DETERMINED, and I have never had that thought again! <g>
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