Are you a fussy cutter??
07-10-2012, 07:39 AM
#21
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I will fussy cut when necessary. This Spiderman quilt just wouldn't have been the same IMO if I hadn't fussy cut.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t178438.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t178438.html
07-10-2012, 07:43 AM
#22
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I do some fussy cutting and enjoy having the scraps for other projects. I recently started donating very small scraps to the city's kids art program. I guess they make collages of some sort. In any case, they really appreciate the crumbs, and I don't feel bad wasting the little pieces.
07-10-2012, 08:01 AM
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I will fussy cut when necessary. This Spiderman quilt just wouldn't have been the same IMO if I hadn't fussy cut.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t178438.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...k-t178438.html
That said, I do fussy cut and did most of a quilt in fussy cut. The white/blue blocks are hard to see but they were beach scenes cut from the fabric.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...ml#post4932541
Last edited by cmw0829; 07-10-2012 at 08:14 AM.
07-10-2012, 08:09 AM
#25
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I am doing some hexies with a surrounding border on each one. Some fabrics I fussy cut & some there's no need. Use to bother me to waste even a little bit of fabric, but I go over that. I am in my 60's now & realize I have enough stash to last way beyond my life expectancy & continue to add a little to it, here & there, lol. So, while going through some sometime back, it dawned on me! I need to use & enjoy more of my fabric, why save it for someone else once I am gone! So, I say, use it & enjoy it! I save any scraps big enough to use otherwise, but now I don't even worry about it, I just enjoy it all!...
07-10-2012, 09:19 AM
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I have done I-spy quilts for kids, and there's no other way. I've also done one miniature quilt that was fussy cut. The fabrics were from a bundle of scraps from a thrift store, and I really couldn't think of any other possible use for them, anyway. I found the foundation pieced frog pattern on the Internet: http://www.winnowing.com/frog.html
I agree that it seems wasteful to fussy cut, but prefer to look upon the value of the fabric not in terms of every square inch, but as being a resource that costs a certain amount for what I want to do. If it seems worth it at the moment, I wouldn't hesitate. The difference between having lopped off parts of images all over a quilt or having exactly the centered, complete item, might be what makes the quilt worth doing or the fabric worth buying in the first place.
I agree that it seems wasteful to fussy cut, but prefer to look upon the value of the fabric not in terms of every square inch, but as being a resource that costs a certain amount for what I want to do. If it seems worth it at the moment, I wouldn't hesitate. The difference between having lopped off parts of images all over a quilt or having exactly the centered, complete item, might be what makes the quilt worth doing or the fabric worth buying in the first place.
07-10-2012, 04:32 PM
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I have done I-spy quilts for kids, and there's no other way. I've also done one miniature quilt that was fussy cut. The fabrics were from a bundle of scraps from a thrift store, and I really couldn't think of any other possible use for them, anyway. I found the foundation pieced frog pattern on the Internet: http://www.winnowing.com/frog.html
I agree that it seems wasteful to fussy cut, but prefer to look upon the value of the fabric not in terms of every square inch, but as being a resource that costs a certain amount for what I want to do. If it seems worth it at the moment, I wouldn't hesitate. The difference between having lopped off parts of images all over a quilt or having exactly the centered, complete item, might be what makes the quilt worth doing or the fabric worth buying in the first place.
I agree that it seems wasteful to fussy cut, but prefer to look upon the value of the fabric not in terms of every square inch, but as being a resource that costs a certain amount for what I want to do. If it seems worth it at the moment, I wouldn't hesitate. The difference between having lopped off parts of images all over a quilt or having exactly the centered, complete item, might be what makes the quilt worth doing or the fabric worth buying in the first place.
07-10-2012, 04:54 PM
#28
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I often fussy cut borders. Some of the quilts I make look much better with some fussy cutting. To be honest, I enjoy fussy cutting now. I don't consider the excess fabric wasted. I usually find some use for it.
07-11-2012, 03:33 AM
#29
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We must be cut from the same cloth! 
I am a frugal fabric kind of gal, with big plans that never happened too! But I have taught some classes with students who made some dynamite things, fussy cutting. If only I could let go.
I am a frugal fabric kind of gal, with big plans that never happened too! But I have taught some classes with students who made some dynamite things, fussy cutting. If only I could let go.
07-11-2012, 03:57 AM
#30
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I will buy fabric specific to what I want to fussy cut. It may end up 1/4 yd and it may end up 4". If it is that important it isn't a waste. My Memory Quilt has a lot of fussy cuts, because certain things of my life had to fit into it and if I saw something at a fabric shop that reminded me of a memory, I bought a piece of the fabric. I don't fussy cut anything unless it is for a special certain specific thing! That's how I do it. Edie
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