debcavan

Yes I can appreciate that photo. I love scrap quilts

dahlshouse

Good thought mixing it up in dryer... and salvaging the fabric...... Look forward to seeing it finished...

rwquilts

You go girl! That's a lot of hard work!

Murphy1

I keep saving my scraps too, and think I will start after the holidays putting them together. Just like a One Block Wonder is a fun surprise as to what it will look like in the end, the same will be true of a scrap quilt. I also have a spider web quilt that uses scraps as the background and 1 1/2 inch strips of varying fabrics to make the webs.I am half way through with it and look forward to adding more scraps to finish it off.

I hope you will post it along with this first picture when you are done. Enjoy

joym

you should have lots of fun with this project....woman after my own heart.................never thought of putting them in the dryer to mix up the scraps...good idea!!!!

LeeAnnT

I never would've thought of using the dryer to mix up the scraps. Did you have a problem with edges of the squares fraying after being in the dryer? Or is that only a concern if the fabric had been washed and was wet.

wanttobe

That is a great idea to post it later with the original photo and the finished quilt

wanttobe

I found some the fabrics frayed a little but before I cut any of the fabrics I always washed and dried and ironed the item (skirt or what ever it was )so I can't really say which ones frayed more. I only put them in the dryer for about 5 minutes with three dryer sheets. I hand mixed the squares by themselves first but realized this was doing nothing that is why I put them in the dryer.

Quiltinelaine

I too have some "scrappy pieces" but everytime I start to make the small square pieces I get carried away with another idea to make a different quilt and there you gooooo; Need to take the time to CUT and make my scrappy: Thanks for the inspiration::: Happy Quilting Hours:

paulettepoe

A treasure box is what came to mind. How fun, cant wait to see what you create.