Scrappy ideas. What do YOU do with scraps?
03-01-2013, 05:29 AM
#31
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I have 2 sisters that meet with me once a week and I gathered all my scraps and put them in a large laundry basket to share for scrappy quilts. We have been sewing from them for a month and we still have plenty more to go. They just reach in and grab some and put them in a bag and take them home to press and cut, then use them as they want in a pattern. We are having so much fun!!!
03-01-2013, 05:40 AM
#33
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I have to confess I didn't use to save "scraps" from quilts I made. But now if it's a few inches and worth saving I do keep them in a drawer. Right now I am making this quilt. I am using scraps but they were still big pieces of fabric before I began. They were mostly left over from a civil war quilt and I threw in other fabrics as well.
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03-01-2013, 06:34 AM
#34
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I never throw away any of my scraps. I have always loved fabrics with a Roses, or small flower pattern.
I have been collecting these and saving all the scraps throughout 20 years! Many of my oldest florals look like
antique style fabrics, and I find them ideal to use in my Antique Reproduction style quilts! My advice is:
save all your gorgeous floral prints! You can use them in many projects.
I have been collecting these and saving all the scraps throughout 20 years! Many of my oldest florals look like
antique style fabrics, and I find them ideal to use in my Antique Reproduction style quilts! My advice is:
save all your gorgeous floral prints! You can use them in many projects.
03-01-2013, 07:01 AM
#35
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What amazing quilts and the hearts are lovely. I love scrappy, although it is amazing to me that a bed size quilt top can be made with no noticeable difference in the scrap pile. Thanks everyone for posting your work, really enjoy lloking.
03-01-2013, 07:39 AM
#36
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When I realized I was actually building up a scrap pile I started making jelly roll quilts. Got so carried away I made two lap-size quilts out of my first string piecing session. Found batting and backing in stash, finished and donated. No noticeable difference in the scrap pile!!!
Lots easier and I find myself more organized.
03-01-2013, 08:15 AM
#39
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Nothing fancy but heres what i do with my scraps..
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03-01-2013, 09:50 AM
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I know you are getting some tremendous ideas on this board. There are some wonderful scrappy quilts. Here is one of mine.
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