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Julienm1 05-28-2025 10:04 AM

Way too many strips!
 
I have SEVERAL plastic containers, various sizes, "housing" scraps. So, I put on my big girl panties toady and decided to see what treasures are hiding in there. Discovered mostly strips that are 2" wide and various lengths. Some are 2.5" wide but not many. Guess I will be making lots of log cabin quilts or similar blocks. It is true. Scraps do generate more scraps.

GregB 05-28-2025 10:14 AM

way too many strips
 
Didn't you know that when put into a container, the strips will bred and form lots more strips. That's why they must be used right away or given away. Enjoy your day.

cashs_mom 05-28-2025 12:35 PM

String quilt time! I used up tons of strips several years ago and made the prettiest string quilt

Onebyone 05-28-2025 01:27 PM

After the fourth string quilt I made I gave the rest away. I only keep enough to be enough now. Enough being how I feel about storing scraps at the time.

Julienm1 05-28-2025 02:12 PM

After playing with fab strips, I decided to make a braid quilt. Haven't made this pattern for a long time so I shouldn't get TOO bored with it. One side brights and other side a little more subdued. Looking for contrast. Wish me luck!

LGJARN52 05-28-2025 04:04 PM

Currently selling off part of my stash ( what a soothing feeling) and finding all sorts of strips and 2 1/2 squares. Can't decide if I should sell them off also or make one heck of a scrappy quilt again. I'll wait until I'm done going through everything and then decide. Never made a log cabin so that's a possibility. Maybe new scrap quilts for the granddaughters.

michelem 05-31-2025 04:36 AM

I started using left over strips between 2 and 3 inches wide to make kennel quilts for animal shelters, but you could use any scraps to get to the recommended size of 12x18. No binding, minimal quilting.

This is the web site for the organization -- https://www.kennelquilts.com/#Current

Thebabyquiltlady 06-04-2025 04:48 AM

I have used my strips by sewing them onto a thin muslin fabric and them recutting them into square or other shapes. These make a wonderful crazy quilt design.

happylab 06-04-2025 06:46 AM

Currently on Facebook, there is a mystery QAL called “spring fling with strings,” with Brenda. We are in week 5. You would need to sign up for the “Conquering Mount Scrapmore with Brenda. Or if you have YouTube, type in “spring Fling with strings. Brenda is a scrapper quilt maker. I enjoy watching her. It’s free QAL. She usually has 2-3 QAL’s each year. This is number 2. Bth the strings only need to be 1.0 “ to 2.5” wide. And longer than 4”s. You will be using up some of your larger pieces as well, to cut 4.5” square blocks. It looks really interesting.


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