How good are you at THROWING AWAY????
08-10-2011, 04:37 AM
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I was throwing all my scraps in a big plastic bin - last month I started cutting them into usable pieces - 6.5, 2.5 & 1.5 and squares - also 2.5x6.5 strips. If I can't cut it to those sizes it get pitched. I figure I might get done in about 3 years! The good thing is I can see a scrap quilt or two evolving.
08-10-2011, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by pattypurple
From the looks of my sewing room, I must never throw things away. I just keep moving everything from one place to another when in straighten up the room. I've tried taking somethings to our local charity resale shop for craft goods, but I take in one box and come out with two.
I think when you try to use up your scraps they just expand when exposed to light as you dig through the containers.
I think when you try to use up your scraps they just expand when exposed to light as you dig through the containers.
08-10-2011, 04:54 AM
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A year ago after my hubby finished a new sewing/quilting studio for me I decided to get rid of stuff that I wouldn't have room to store....(all the little bags of scraps from the dozens of quilts I have made for the last 20 years or more, etc., that I thought I would sometime make something from.) .. I found a local sewing center here in our city ( Edmonton) that gratefully takes donations of anything you have left and they have volunteers who make stuff for charities....basically, no piece of fabric is too small they said!.. so there is no need to worry about throwing anything away, I found.
08-10-2011, 04:59 AM
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I'm not very good at throwing out. But I have made some progress over the last couple of months (thanks to a water leak around the ac in the sewing room). I don't keep "crumbs" - about the smallest I save are 2" or 2.5" squares. I'll go through my scrap box and cut different size charms;sort them into labeled see-through plastic shoe boxes - I think 6.5" are the biggest. After the leak - I had to move everything in that corner of the room- and the repairs were done - had to move everything back. :cry: I decided to rearrange and sort thru things (in all corners of the room) and ended up with 7 brown paper grocery bags full of odds and ends to carry to the thrift store, and a few things to list and sell. I like it much better now and quite truthfully, I haven't missed anything I gave away.
I would love to take lessons from my daughter on decluttering. She can walk into any room in her house, say I want to clean it up, and she can get rid of things quicker than you can blink your eyes. My dh is like that too. It's just not in me. I have to think about almost every item. I have found it is easier to chunk a few things; do something else; chunk a few more;.... Not so much stress that way. :lol:
I would love to take lessons from my daughter on decluttering. She can walk into any room in her house, say I want to clean it up, and she can get rid of things quicker than you can blink your eyes. My dh is like that too. It's just not in me. I have to think about almost every item. I have found it is easier to chunk a few things; do something else; chunk a few more;.... Not so much stress that way. :lol:
08-10-2011, 05:00 AM
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I don't throw things away unless they are useless and can't be used. Now I am even looking at those tiny skinny pieces to fill a floor pillow maybe. DH sews small pieces,
1 1/2x 3 1/2 together on adding machine paper by color groups. He calls it making fabric for me. lol If I would not use it and it looks usuable, I would offer it to others.
1 1/2x 3 1/2 together on adding machine paper by color groups. He calls it making fabric for me. lol If I would not use it and it looks usuable, I would offer it to others.
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