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I've got nearly 40 years of scraps to cut up -- and I've been at it for about the last year & a half. But its very relaxing to put on a movie I've seen before, iron a bunch of scraps & then cut them for several hours. I get 10", 5", 3.5", 2.5", 2" & 1.5" out of mine - lots of strips, except for the 10" & 5". I make scrappy quilts often, and you can't see where I take some of the precuts out to make one, there are so many. I really love that I can make a quilt without cutting up fabric, and I love scrappie quilts.
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Nicely done!!
I loooove scrappy quilts. I buy fabric JUST for scrappy quilts. I just can't help it; most of the quilts I grew up with were apparently scrappy quilts so it's a natural fit for me. Quilts that are supposed to only have 3 fabrics...I have to use at least six. LOL This reminds me that I have some scraps that need cutting down too.... |
I'm thinking you could hire yourself out. We could all pay you to come and get our scraps in order!
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I've been trying to cut up 2 1/2" squares as I go about cutting out my quilts...always have some smaller pieces left over and those get cut up in the 2 1/2" size or sometimes I haul out the AcuQuilt and cut out hexies...WHENEVER I get done with the pile of kits that I have stashed I'll have the start of some scrappy quilts!
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Great job of taming those scraps. I see one of my favorite fabrics has been tamed. LOL
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I do like DebbE does. I start out with 10" & go all the way down to 1" squares plus 1/2 square triangles. I also do strips plus save the 1/2" strips to wrap around cloths line rope for bowels, baskets & place mats.I do them in the evenings & haven't even made a dent in my scraps yet even though I have several containers full. I have several people that save all their scraps for me, so I have an endless supply. I do get them worked up as I use them for starters & enders. Puts good us to the thread that would normally be cut off & tossed. I always say "waste not want not". My son said I am a horder fo fabric & scraps. But it all makes me happy so fewy on him.
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Originally Posted by lovelyl
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Next time, I think I would do it differently. Instead of cutting the largest square I could out of a scrap and then cutting the next largest out of the same scrap, etc., I think I will sort the scraps by coordinating colors and choose one size to cut a bunch. For example, if I had six coordinating scraps I would cut them all into the same size block, such as 5 inches. The next set of coordinating blocks I might cut to 6 1/2 inches and so forth. That way I can do a more controlled scrappy quilt.
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pretty squares
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It does feel good to get some organization. I hate cutting out my scraps and I have a ton of them to cut and I do not have the Accuquilt. so sad....
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Originally Posted by Jingle
(Post 6665353)
I like cutting long pieces into strips and save the smaller pieces for squares. I hate sewing squares together, although I have done alot of it. If I sew different size strips together I can then cut them into squares or trianglesto make a fence rail, basketweave, or lots of other shapes.
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