Quilt Challenge!
06-18-2010, 03:38 PM
#601
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mississippi
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Originally Posted by lin
This is such a good idea quiltmaker. I've made many scrap quilts in the attempt to put my scrap basket out of business. With no luck. I'm currently working on a really large one. Thought that would do the trick. Hasn't made a dent! :lol: But I'll keep trying. Dh says I never need to buy another FQ as long as I live and I could just keeping putting them out one after another. I've even given my whole scrap basket away. Twice!! :shock: It multiplies in the dark, I swear it does!
This will motivate me to work harder to get this one done in time so I can (NOT) send it to k_juipiter for judging. :lol: :lol:
This will motivate me to work harder to get this one done in time so I can (NOT) send it to k_juipiter for judging. :lol: :lol:
06-18-2010, 07:05 PM
#602
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Penn Valley, PA
Posts: 17
It is so nice to know other quilters have scrap baskets with contents that magically multiply! I think I could quilt indefinitely without using anything but scraps!! Of course that doesn't keep me from buying new fabric! :)
06-19-2010, 05:26 AM
#603
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mississippi
Posts: 293
Originally Posted by winterswisper
It is so nice to know other quilters have scrap baskets with contents that magically multiply! I think I could quilt indefinitely without using anything but scraps!! Of course that doesn't keep me from buying new fabric! :)
06-19-2010, 12:35 PM
#605
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Vancouver WA
Posts: 556
I have completed a scrap quilt this month, but like everyone is saying, it did not make a dent!!! I even have a friend of a friend who takes all my cuttings and does magic with them and makes more quilts!
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06-19-2010, 03:41 PM
#607
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: seemingly in the land of infants & toddlers!
Posts: 572
I had fabric left over after making 2 quilts last year, one a twin & one a queen. This weekend I've made 2 baby quilts totally from my leftovers from those quilts, & have enough to make another one. The sad part is that I did not purchase extra fabric for either original pattern, but tha's how much extra the pattern called for. A little extra is always a good idea (just in case I cut or read wrong! lol) But that much extra - enough for 3 more quilts! - is a little excessive. Makes me wonder if the author isn't also an investor in the fabric company!! And we wonder why we have a stash of scraps??!?!!
06-20-2010, 02:21 PM
#608
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,705
Well, I could be ready for this one. When I make a blouse or something of 100% cotton, I cut the scraps into 1 1/4" strips and put them into a large blanket box plastic storage, which is almost full. I think a log cabin quilt is in my future-surely by next year! If I get tired of looking at an odd fabric, I just cut it up in strips also. I just need to sort them into light, medium and darks. I just need to get busy!
06-20-2010, 02:58 PM
#609
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Mississippi
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Originally Posted by plainjane
Well, I could be ready for this one. When I make a blouse or something of 100% cotton, I cut the scraps into 1 1/4" strips and put them into a large blanket box plastic storage, which is almost full. I think a log cabin quilt is in my future-surely by next year! If I get tired of looking at an odd fabric, I just cut it up in strips also. I just need to sort them into light, medium and darks. I just need to get busy!
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