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Old 02-06-2011, 06:27 PM
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I've started quite a collection of the "tails" that I cut off of the quilts, once I've bound them. I just can't bring myself to throw them away. What do you do with them?
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:31 PM
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I made a phone book quilt from them. I don't have a photo of it yet because I am still quilting it but you can Google phone book quilt to see how it is done.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:32 PM
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Same problem here - I keep saving them and believe I will use them some time in either a very scrappy quilt, or cut them up and make a postage stamp quilt. Who knows. Once in a while someone else needs them. I share my stash on a regular basis with friends.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:33 PM
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Could you sew them together, end to end, and use them on pet beds? I use all kinds of odds and ends for my bindings that I do on the kitty quilts for the shelter. Hopefully the kitties are color blind, lol.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:36 PM
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You could cut them up and make a scrap quilt with them.
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Old 02-06-2011, 06:36 PM
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have you seen this ModaBakeShop tute? would work great for binding scraps sewn together...

http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/02/...-roll-rug.html
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i save them and sew them together for binding for my scrappy quilts. i do make alot of those, as they are my favortie.
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I am saving mine for God's Eye blocks.
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I sew them end to end and wrap them around cotton clothesline to make fabric bowls and bags out of the clothesline..... scrappy is very pretty!
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At this point the only thing I've done with them is throw them in my scrap box. :)
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