Astonishing things about my scraps...
03-07-2014, 05:20 AM
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03-07-2014, 06:34 AM
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Just think of all those lovely smaller/miniature quilts you could make with those scraps!! Find a space on one of the walls on your home and dedicate to hanging a small quilt there and change it out from season to season. So much fun to make and still a feeling of accomplishing something when you get done.
Think potholders, hot pads, candlemats, mug rugs, etc. The possibilities are endless!
Also, small scraps are a great way to get started playing with foundation pieced blocks. Sounds like a whole lot of fun to me! Enjoy playing with those scraps and seeing what you can come up with.
Think potholders, hot pads, candlemats, mug rugs, etc. The possibilities are endless!
Also, small scraps are a great way to get started playing with foundation pieced blocks. Sounds like a whole lot of fun to me! Enjoy playing with those scraps and seeing what you can come up with.
03-07-2014, 09:51 AM
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I keep all scraps and have bags full. I am sure some are to small to do anything with but for some reason I can't bring myself to throw them away. Maybe some day I will find a use for them. I got the bright idea one year to put a bunch of them out for the birds and squirrels to line their nest. They took every one so I put out more and they took those also. A few nights later we had a very bad wind storm and the next morning my scraps were all over the neighborhood in bushes and trees and hanging off fences. I am sure many neighbors wondered where in the world they all came from.
03-07-2014, 11:05 AM
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I keep all scraps and have bags full. I am sure some are to small to do anything with but for some reason I can't bring myself to throw them away. Maybe some day I will find a use for them. I got the bright idea one year to put a bunch of them out for the birds and squirrels to line their nest. They took every one so I put out more and they took those also. A few nights later we had a very bad wind storm and the next morning my scraps were all over the neighborhood in bushes and trees and hanging off fences. I am sure many neighbors wondered where in the world they all came from.
03-07-2014, 12:54 PM
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So, if you consider how much fabric costs: over here you'll pay 15 to 20 € per meter, there is a little treasure hidden in all the little scraps... And so I must think what to do with them....
I was present for a trunk show by Bonnie Hunter, and she made this exact point - just because the piece of fabric is less than 1/4 yard doesn't mean it's worthless...and she has many **FREE** quilt patterns on her website, with great instructions...just read through them a couple of times and look at the photos before starting any pattern so you don't spend hours unsewing....ask me how I know this!
I was present for a trunk show by Bonnie Hunter, and she made this exact point - just because the piece of fabric is less than 1/4 yard doesn't mean it's worthless...and she has many **FREE** quilt patterns on her website, with great instructions...just read through them a couple of times and look at the photos before starting any pattern so you don't spend hours unsewing....ask me how I know this!
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