when is a scrap too small to save?
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I think the most useful information I've found on this subject is Bonnie Hunter's Scrap User's System. She also offers up a lot of free patterns that can be used with this system.
http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
#34
I am with you, but just this week thought maybe I should downsize the scrap bag and give them to someone who might want them. I was cutting 2 3/4 inc squares for the centers of a large cathedral window, but I keep thinking of those who piece small piano keys on adding machine tape, and those who are sane enough to make a grandmothers garden.
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I started saving even the tiniest scraps for my grandson to make scrap pictures on white contact paper. He loves to cut up the scraps and stick them down. It's good for at least 20 minutes of "play".
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As I do a project, I save all the odd bits. When I'm done, I play a childhood game with those pieces. The game came with different geometrical shapes of brightly colored wood and the idea was that you would make figures with them.
If I can make an interesting shape or figure with the odds and ends, I keep them. If the shape or figure is particularly interesting, I take a picture of it and include the picture with the odds and ends to be used later for something. I think I am collecting for a "something" " quilt.
Pat
If I can make an interesting shape or figure with the odds and ends, I keep them. If the shape or figure is particularly interesting, I take a picture of it and include the picture with the odds and ends to be used later for something. I think I am collecting for a "something" " quilt.
Pat
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