Scrap those scrap mounds
#71
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Wow Macybaby, your quilts are incredible. I thought I loved the one with the black background best, then I saw the last one with all the samples. I generally do not enjoy sample quilts, I find them busy, but yours has changed my mind. Having the centre on point really makes it work.
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#76
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My problem is I have too many projects going to get to my scraps to do anything. Every time I think I am going to be able to work with them someone is either getting married or having a baby. Eventually ...(I hope).
#77
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About cutting the scraps into useful sizes. if all I can get out of it is a 5" square or smaller, it is a scrap. If it's bigger than that I leave it alone unless I need it for my current or next project. My stash is mostly FQ's and half yards, so my idea of a scrap is pretty small. I guess most of my quilts are controlled scrappy (1 or 2 colors + neutral) and I like 50+ fabrics minimum in a quilt which is why I don't tend to buy yardage.
Here is a current project...a faux scrappy Hunter's Star made with blue, green, brown and neutral scraps. I wasn't going to work on this quite yet, but picked up some vintage fabric scraps off the free table at a guild meeting one night and had to try them out...
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Here is a current project...a faux scrappy Hunter's Star made with blue, green, brown and neutral scraps. I wasn't going to work on this quite yet, but picked up some vintage fabric scraps off the free table at a guild meeting one night and had to try them out...
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#78
Scraps are a quilter's treasure! Here is the string quilt I made from a bag of scraps that was given to me:
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This used about half the strings in the bag... and I gave the rest to another quilter who likes to play with them. I still have plenty from my own scraps!
Hi BarbK and WMUTeach!
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This used about half the strings in the bag... and I gave the rest to another quilter who likes to play with them. I still have plenty from my own scraps!
Hi BarbK and WMUTeach!
#79
I just found this quilt on Pinterest and I love it. I think this is going to be my next free time project! I have tons of plaid pieces from making a quilt for my grandson. https://www.pinterest.com/pin/859835753831737787/
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Scraps are a quilter's treasure! Here is the string quilt I made from a bag of scraps that was given to me:
This used about half the strings in the bag... and I gave the rest to another quilter who likes to play with them. I still have plenty from my own scraps!
Hi BarbK and WMUTeach!
This used about half the strings in the bag... and I gave the rest to another quilter who likes to play with them. I still have plenty from my own scraps!
Hi BarbK and WMUTeach!
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