Now that we have the "Newbies Challenge" underway, I thought that it might be nice if we could all share our ideas that we use in quiltmaking, to save a little money (so we can use it for fabric, of course!). so, I'll start: I save the plastic lids from coffee cans,etc and use them to make small template patterns. I also use the plastic rectangle that comes in bacon..Oatmeal containers are a great place to put your teeny tiny scraps...cans can be recovered and used for organizing your sewing tools. Okay...who's next??? :roll: :lol: