Seriously...A Trash Can For Scraps
 

Scraps...they just multiply like cockroaches! I really don't want to throw them away and I do plan to use up many of them this next year by making scrappy quilts. However, that little pile of scraps from only a few months ago has grown considerably. They're invading my sewing space!!! I'm thinking of getting a cute, enameled, metal trash can to stash them in. If I give up on them, then they're all ready to go out to the trash.


~ Cindy

Hey, that is a great idea! Right now mine are sitting on the floor in a plastic bag!

Clever idea!

All fabric scraps and batting I have no further use for gets tossed into a medium sized trash can.
When it's full I give it to someone who uses the pieces as stuffing for cat and dog beds for local vets and shelters.

Nan

Not even rabbits can beat the multiplication of scraps lol

I keep a couple flat rate postal boxes and a basket under my cutting table- when I cut fabrics I toss the scraps I think I will put to use into the basket- the ones I do not believe I will use, don't want to keep I toss into a postal box. when the box is full I tape it up & check my list of people (many here on the board) who collect/request scraps & I send it off. when my basket is full I take an hour or so of (down time/tv time) and sort through them- organize them. put them away- or decide to pass them on- I can not imagine any of my scraps going to a landfill! there are so many people/organizations who put them to great use when I have no use for them.

You could decoupage your wastebasket with scraps! I don't have this problem since I'm finding it hard to sew enough to make any scraps!

I use one of those extra big wrapping paper containers for my scraps. It's opaque, so you can see inside. I then use the lid for those tiny scraps that will go for dog beds.

I like your trashcan idea. I currently throw mine in a plastic laundry basket, a cute metal laundry tub (if I can find one) would work for me. It's not like I would have to carry it around, I just have to dig thru it. When it gets full, I cut scraps down to usable sizes 5" sq, 2 1/2" sq and then a big zip loc for those odd size triangles that are too good to toss.

im a cascade tubber for my swap cuts..