Well done, I seriously need to get control of my stash.

SO much better than a box full of rags, eh? :) It feels good to have everything ready to go! Check out Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville site. She has a chart of free quilt patterns that use different size blocks and strips. You can easily find some pretty quilts to make with what you have cut.

http://quiltville.com/pdf/FreePatternsbyStripSize.pdf

Her free patterns referred to on the chart are found here:
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html
just click on the quilt for the pattern.

I need to drag out my Go! and get busy too! I have lots to do!

Good job of getting ready for your quilt.

What kind of "preparation" is needed to use the cutter? Must you press and starch the fabric before cutting?

Lots of nice and funny comments on this thread! Thank you all.

kaylfordsollimo, I do press the fabrics before cutting, and I use a little Mary Ellen's Best Press on them. I find it just makes them a bit easier to cut using the AccuQuilt, and the prep time is minimal.

I do this when I finish a project. I cut the remains into usable sizes and store in plastic shoe boxes that are labeled. I am working to use up my mini scraps on a quilt. I have lots of people who give me their junk, not to me, and I use them up. I want to finish up some of my UFO's and work on a pattern quilt. Hopefully soon.

Just finished cutting all my latest scraps up last week and then happened to wander into a local thrift shop during the week. Got a bag of cotton patchwork leftovers for $1! Couldn't wait to get home and sort them all out and see what I had scored...I was delighted to find, as well as heaps of usable scraps 2 beautiful fat quarters that still had their labels on them! Score to me!!! Happy dancing!!

I so need to get my scraps under control. This is a project that has been on my to-do list for months. Congraulations on getting your scraps organized.

I tried cutting up some scraps and used a method given in a book from library. Cutting into 2",3" and 5" squares. The pattern the book gave looked nice enough but now I'm trying to find a background fabric that will semi match the squares I have colour wise. I tried one of the blocks they said would work but after its sewn I have to cut it down, didn't I just cut a mess of fabric. Think I'm going to try another pattern. Not really pleased with what I have done and hope something can come of the hours I've spent cutting.

Your scraps look so nice. I desperately need to do the same thing I have too many bins & 2 gallon bags of scraps. Most are sorted by color but that is about it. I think I will just do a little here & there until they are all cut into usable pieces. Thanks for sharing your beautifully cut scraps & the inspiration for me to at least get started on.

The summer has been real hot and I can't turn the sewing machine, iron and air conditioner on all the same time without tripping the circuit breaker, so I have been cutting all my fabric scraps in same manner. I get up around 5 am to press the fabrics, and after breakfast I start cutting. Now, all I need to do is to buy some clear plastic boxes so I can sort them by size. Not sure what to make with them, but there will be enough to make some baby quilts.

Great Job..Now hit Bonnie Hunters website and find all the patterns
you can do with each size..She has a wonderful chart.....

Go, you! I have three grocery bags full of scraps, and I keep telling myself it's not that much, I'll get to them. But I know I need to do it Now, before it gets to be too much. You might have inspired me.

It is on my bucket list!!!! Hehe

Congrats too you, it surely must be a wonderful feeling. I too started this project back in Jan when my machine was in for it's annual checkup. I have a huge bin full of scraps. I got about halfway through just cutting the scraps into the largest strip/square and working my way down to the smallest. Then I saved all the tiny pieces I couldn't use and gave to a friend that makes Minatare quilts. However, once my machine came home all progress stopped and of course I a generating more. Somehow I have to motivate myself to meet my original goal.

QM, I am curious about your mention of a Vestibule pattern and the image you posted here. I keep trying to find a Vestibule quilt pattern, and all I find is a quilt of stars mentioned often with quilt historian Barbara Brackman's name.

Good job! I too am working through my scraps. I have been working on and off for 3 days and the bins are still as full as before I started. I think the scraps are multiplying. I have found some pretty big pieces in the bins, and those I will leave whole (almost 1/2 yd, almost fat quarter, and some very long strips, etc.) I still have a lot of work ahead of me, but if I don't organize the scraps I know I won't use them.

I worked on using up my cut scraps last year. Made a couple quilts. I find it challenging. I also have the same book. And like to cut my scraps as soon as a project is done. I have been clearing out my ceder chests, and came across a lot of my grown children's left behind shirts, flannel. I spent the last few months cutting them up to make him a quilt. Then last year I was clearing out my husbands old t shirts,and the bright ideas of making rugs! I'm still working my way through these projects. Getting better at rug making, but I like quilting better.

I started the same thing a few weeks ago. I bought 12 $2 bins and have a lot cut and a lot more to go. It would go faster if I bought a Go.

What ambition! You are so organized.