Whew! My scrap-cutting is finished - for now at least!
08-22-2015, 06:28 AM
#42
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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.
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.
08-22-2015, 07:51 PM
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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.
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.
08-22-2015, 07:56 PM
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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.
08-22-2015, 11:03 PM
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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!!
08-23-2015, 05:12 AM
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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.
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