Yes I can appreciate that photo. I love scrap quilts
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Good thought mixing it up in dryer... and salvaging the fabric...... Look forward to seeing it finished...
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You go girl! That's a lot of hard work!
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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 |
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!!!!
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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.
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That is a great idea to post it later with the original photo and the finished quilt
Originally Posted by Murphy1
(Post 4646129)
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 |
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.
Originally Posted by LeeAnnT
(Post 4646140)
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.
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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:
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A treasure box is what came to mind. How fun, cant wait to see what you create.
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