Whew! My scrap-cutting is finished - for now at least!
#51
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.
#52
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.
#54
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Pennsylvania
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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.
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#56
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.
#57
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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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.
#58
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Join Date: May 2011
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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.
#59
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Central Pa.
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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.
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