oksewglad

Doesn't it feel good to have such a small piece left and that's it? I call it "kissing the quilter". My dear MIL always commented on "kissing the cook" when just a few leftovers remained after a meal.

Teen

Excellent idea, Conchalea, to keep some stuff handy. I did the same and it proved to a great de-stresser.

This is the 9th project from my FQ bundle challenge. I used a scrap piece of cream grunge as well as a purple binding left over from a quilt project. Do you guys keep leftover bindings, too? Those come in so handy in my sewing projects. I dislike making binding...lol... I decided to make new pillows for living room so I hope to get, at least, 2 more pillows. This is 18".

Conchalea

Your pillow is really pretty, Teen. I also save all sorts of bits, binding, batting, etc. I've used some batting strips to pack around dishes!

WMUTeach

I do keep my scraps of binding too. Scrappy quilts get scrappy binding. I am a bias binding kind of gal so I love to piece all of those smaller sections together and them use them up!

rryder

Beautiful pillow and quilting, Teen. I love seeing all the neat things you have made from one fat quarter bundle!

I also save binding scraps, batting scraps, etc. and they all get used eventually.

Rob

tranum

My current project is “I Spy” quilts for Child Protection Services & my box of children scraps is getting lighter ! Working on #4 right now.

Iceblossom

I've been caught up in the Bonnie Hunter Frolic madness and have made about zero impact on my stash so far this year. In the good news side of things, I have almost finished treating that huge bag of hand dyed fabrics I bought last year. Have one small batch of the lightest fabrics left, last couple of days I've been working with some of the really dark stuff. The problem is that it is now usable fabric so it is stash addition at this point. The Frolic project used the brightest of the fabrics and I still see the original project I saw in the bag, an brownish-orange/green large scale masculine sort of camo log cabin. There is at least one more project worth of fabric but so far it is remaining silent.

One of the ladies in my Tuesday group did take some green fabrics from me, not enough to notice. In return/addition I gave her the one small handful of 30s fabric I had in my stash, it went to join her larger collection. I have some options for her today for a border, but again, a yard or two doesn't even get noticed around here.

I've been good/unlucky about my thrift store purchases, nothing to report since the last one. This past weekend I was faced with severe temptation, a whole bunch of really nice fabric had been donated but I spoke sternly to myself -- I don't collect Christmas fabric any more, even if it is metallic embellished Laurel Burch. Regret it a bit... It won't be on mark-down for another two weeks and it won't last that long.

happylab

Great job everyone on your determination not to buy fabric or buy smartly. I’ve been tempted many times, but just looked at my ufo and wanting to start list and change my mind. Hoping to make it to April before buying for any new projects. As a saying I’ve started using, “Time will tell.”

Anyway, enjoy sewing everyone.

retiredteacher09

Cute pillow, Teen!

oksewglad

Our grand nephew became a dad this week. Little Parker is my FIL's first great great grandchild, so I dug through his shirts and made this little quilt for him. FIL always wore chambray work shirts and always had a red or navy bandana in his back pocket. The bandana fabric is perfect for binding. Backing is a cozy flannel also from stash. Total used not counting the shirts 4 yards.