when is a scrap too small to save?
07-11-2012, 12:47 AM
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Neat idea! Baby bird quilts 
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Cotton fabric strips are great to toss outside. The birds love it. I like to see my scraps woven in the nests. It's like quilts for the baby birds!
07-11-2012, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by jcrow
If it's a strip and it's smaller than an inch, I throw it. If it's pieces, I don't keep anything smaller than 2 inches. I might be wasteful, I don't know, but I know I would never work with those small pieces.
07-11-2012, 03:44 PM
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Oh I'm LOL here. I've been working on some mini blocks again. The center crazy patch measure 1.5" finished in this little quilt. And yes they multiply like bunnies and now my quilting friends give me little ziplocs to broaden my quilt palette! [ATTACH=CONFIG]348339[/ATTACH]
07-11-2012, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Any strip thinner than an inch but longer than 8 inches I give to hubby for the garden to tie up the vines... But anything bigger than that gets saved.. And put in its appropriate sterilite see thru boxes and drawers for later use .
07-11-2012, 06:31 PM
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I keep them all. Those that I can sew with go into a pile, those that are too small to sew with go in a small pillow and then the pillow is full, I sew it shut and then it can be donated to a pet shelter, used in a room, or whatever.
07-11-2012, 06:38 PM
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I toss the thin strips and really small pieces, but if it is 2 or 3 inches, it goes into my scraps. I use it when I paper piece. I did see a video once of a lady shredding fabric to make a picture. She piled them into colors, took a foundation piece of fabric, spread the shreds according to her picture she was making, covered it in black toile, and then stitched over the whole thing to hold it in place. It was a wall hanging. I don't think that technique would work for a quilt.
07-11-2012, 06:40 PM
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Kelly, that's a great idea to make a pillow out of them. I wouldn't use it for a dog, however, unless you want to come in one day and find all of those bits all over your house. Cats would love them. Heck, so would hubby's, too.
07-11-2012, 07:24 PM
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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
Gladie how do you ever do such small blocks! They are so cute and the mini quilt is darling.
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