Quilting New Years Resolution
 

I like the way you organize your pieces. I have a question on Postage Stamp quilts: do you sew the pieces by hand or machine? Is it hard to sew such small pieces on a machine?

I've been putting my 1 1/2" squares into my bin for dog beds. Usually the odd shaped ones. Hard for me to handle the smaller squares. I also have pieces for different quilts cut up but I use the clear containers I've only been able to find at Michael"s. I usually get them on sale for around $4. I can include the pattern with it. Fits in my sewing tote.

Wow I'm impressed. I have a bin of 2.5" squares. Bagging them into "kits" would really help, especially if I was doing it as a leader/ender project.

How about coming over to my house and organizing me???? My scraps are in a LARGE plastic bin, zipper bags from buying sheets, paper sacks and tote bags. I sure could use your help !!

HOLY COW. I love organization but you are the winner. Would love to have your system. I have projects organized by fabrics and in zipper lock bags with the pattern, but my scraps of less than FQ size just keep growing and growing with each quilt I make. I started cutting them into 2 1/2" strips, 2 1/2" sqs. and 5" sqs. but it got so tedious. Maybe your post will inspire me to keep going.

wow awesome job

What are your favorite patterns? You are inspiring.

I sew my postage stamp quilts on the sewing machine. I make up a block of 36 pieces (6 across and 6 down). Once I get all the blocks made I can arrange them as to how to sew them together. Doing it this way helps to balance the colors out on the over all quilt.

Great system!

Usually I can figure out simple scrappy quilt patterns just by looking at the pictures and a lot of times the name of the quilt isn't given, so I rename for my files. But it can be as simple as two 2-1/2" x 4-1/2" pieces sewn together length wise. Then arrange them one set horizontal and the next set vertical. Hope this helps.

Show us your avatar, Miss Organized-to-the-hilt!! :)

Good ideas.............I have no desire, however, to make a postage stamp quilt :) YOU may make my share !!!!

I second the request to come organize my scrap pile! I hope to do some with the next Mystery Train starting on Saturday.

What a great idea, I need to get my fabric scraps organized.

Well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, You are really organized. The pictures are great. Do you ever get to sew? LOL

Wish I could get motivated to organize. Yours looks great!

Wow! You are amazingly organized! I should do this. Inspiring!!

Great organization!

Wow! I have never seen anything like that before. I sure am not that organized. Good for you.

Wow runs like clock work aye, and so organized :)

You did a great job.

Impressive, to say the least !!!

Great system! I will be sorting and cutting my scraps this year (so says my New Year's resolution).

I'm a scrap lover too and you TAKE THE CAKE with your organization. I can't find what I need very often at the thrift stores these days (could it be that I don't go there often enough??) Anyway - I love putting together scrap quilts and I use ideas from this board a lot!!

WOW that is organization for sure! Great job !

WOW, you are really organized. I try to be, then I get involved in a project and my sewing area looks like a tornado has gone through, but I keep trying.

Great ideas! I went through by scrap and cut 1.5" (for log cabin but can be postage stamp) 2.5", 3", 3.5", 4", 4.5" and 5". Blocks or strips. That's as far as I got, great idea for putting patterns together. :)

Wish I were that organized

Truly got your act together! I am endeavouring to do the same....stashbusting and tidying a little at a time.

Wow well organized.

Great organization...