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04-18-2011, 11:28 AM

#41

dyer804

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Originally Posted by brendadawg

One of the speakers to visit my quilt guild last winter said to "lighten the load" of our scrappy quilts, we should use cotton batiste for the foundation of the squares. It's so much lighter and works good. It must be cotton and not cotton/poly to play well with the cotton quilting fabric. Sometimes it's hard to find, so when I do see it, I tend to buy several yards.

And your quilts are beautiful!!

I use preshrunk flannel in my scrappy quilts instead of batting to lighten them up. With all of the seams they are already quite heavy.

04-18-2011, 11:34 AM

#42

daisydebby

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Wow, totally inspirational. I especially like the 2nd one. Just finished a scrappy a while back, need to post it. Funny, I thought I used up so many scraps, but, heavens, like you, they are still around...waiting to be made up into something else:) Thanks so much for sharing...bet several of us are going to "adopt" your methods:)

04-18-2011, 11:57 AM

#43

ga447

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You put your heart and soul into those quilts, scrappy are my favorite, takes time but it is well worth it.

04-18-2011, 03:04 PM

#44

978gray

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Thanks for the inspiration. I started cleaning my sewing room yesterday and can't bear the throw away my scraps. Now maybe I can make something from them.

Great job!

04-18-2011, 03:12 PM

#45

Kathy T.

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Wonderful steps in the scrap-wars! The second one looks like books on the shelves ... I love it!

04-18-2011, 03:15 PM

#46

ccb2200

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Very pretty.

04-18-2011, 04:04 PM

#47

Homemother

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That's a lot of sewing!!! :!: Really, your quilts are beautiful, colorful, and hug-able! Congrats on using your scraps wisely! :thumbup:

04-18-2011, 04:26 PM

#48

hcarpanini

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Great use of scraps!

04-18-2011, 05:03 PM

#49

BarbZ

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what a lot of little pieces!!!! Love all the colors. I always want to make a scrappy quilt but don't have the patience to use all the small pieces. Great job!!!!!!