Trouble making decisions
#21
This is a great place to gift those scraps to. I have posted here and given scraps away. I am getting another load ready to go as soon as I am back on my feet. Scraps built up very quickly for me. Lately I have been cutting different size strips for a string quilt of of my scraps. It shouldn't be to long before I have enough to make a good size quilt. I don't have the desire to cut other shapes right now so some pieces are rather large. I have also been thinning down my stash as it would outlive me at least 3x's. Think about your options and fly with them.
#22
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
Posts: 2,977
A possible project: make a 12” quilt block with leftovers every time you finish a quilt and put the block or blocks away. Eventually you have enough blocks to make a scrappy donation quilt which will be appreciated by someone.
#23
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Central Iowa
Posts: 2,334
I recently decided to rid myself of unwanted fabric I did not know I had that much I no longer want have decided to use the fabric that I like life is to short to just make do with what you have I am probably not going to buy any. Just use what I like and I made some yardage into backings for the quilts .
#26
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Dakotas
Posts: 2,977
My grocery store uses brown paper bags and I keep one on the floor of my closet. When I run across something I won’t be wearing again, it goes in the bag. Unlike plastic bags that collapse, these paper bags have a flat bottom and stand upright. I like that. When the bag fills up, It’s dropped off at a thrift shop that supports a Christian School.
#27
a good way to get rid of some ugly fabrics...use them for liners for tote bags. I put a tote near my closet and when I have clothes that do not fit just put them in the tote instead of back in the closet. Then I donate the tote along with them. I also give out tote bags filled with leftover goodies, desserts when I have company.