What do you do with leftovers?
01-27-2022, 09:50 PM
#42
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Location: Paradise, Texas
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Leftovers
Originally Posted by Terry in the ADK
I have finally finished the BH Frolic quilt. It was a bear and I made it a throw size, therefore I have a bunch of units left over. Short of tossing them, how would you organize them for future use?
ps : in the Frolic thread I asked for quilting suggestions,got any?
ps : in the Frolic thread I asked for quilting suggestions,got any?
07-01-2022, 04:46 AM
#44
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Location: Southwestern Ontario
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Originally Posted by KalamaQuilts
I used BH mystery leftovers in 40"X40"-ish quilts, just the right size to hang on my balcony and a size I can quilt, and some for bedrunners. Usually in a combination from different mysteries 
07-26-2022, 11:10 AM
#45
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My leftovers are the quilt fabric when I get pieces large enough to make other items.
1 Little girl clothes. Mostly Sunday-go-to-meeting dresses
2. 26-inch doll clothes (Ann & Andy type dolls)
3. 18-inch doll clothes. Afterall every Mommy needs clothes for their babies.
4. Bigger block quilts.
5. Dolly sized quilts. Both 18- and 26-inch
6 Everything else goes into my stash a second time for crazy quilts, Like the ones from the 50's & 60's. No pattern just bits & pieces of fabric sewed together and then tops cut to the desired size. Most are backed with sheets and sewed on my Singer HeavyDuty. I Never hand quilt because it now is beginning to look like I'm basting the pieces and I hate it, So the machine does all the work from the center to the edge with embroidery hoops keeping the quilt tight enough for the quilt to come out mostly good. But all quilts are warm for the street people in the winter.
1 Little girl clothes. Mostly Sunday-go-to-meeting dresses
2. 26-inch doll clothes (Ann & Andy type dolls)
3. 18-inch doll clothes. Afterall every Mommy needs clothes for their babies.
4. Bigger block quilts.
5. Dolly sized quilts. Both 18- and 26-inch
6 Everything else goes into my stash a second time for crazy quilts, Like the ones from the 50's & 60's. No pattern just bits & pieces of fabric sewed together and then tops cut to the desired size. Most are backed with sheets and sewed on my Singer HeavyDuty. I Never hand quilt because it now is beginning to look like I'm basting the pieces and I hate it, So the machine does all the work from the center to the edge with embroidery hoops keeping the quilt tight enough for the quilt to come out mostly good. But all quilts are warm for the street people in the winter.
Last edited by MaryKa; 07-26-2022 at 11:14 AM.
01-17-2024, 12:50 AM
#50
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Behind my sewing machine
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I have been going through scraps. making cat toys with the flannel triangles - put a bit of catnip in them. My cat loves them so I will make more for the animal shelter. I also have been making some mats with my left over 2 1/2 squares and put them in the frig to place under milk and glass or metal bottoms. Less cleaning of the glass in the frog. I have also been making the triangle book marks and going to see if I can donate to the library.
