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    Old 12-07-2013, 08:44 AM
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    Mending projects... who wants to spend time mending when you could be quilting!
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    Old 12-07-2013, 08:56 AM
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    Originally Posted by sewmary
    For this quilter: empty spools, small scraps, thread. It all falls to the floor and gets swept away.
    Me, too. Small scraps are anything that can't be made into a 1.5" square.
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    Old 12-07-2013, 09:00 AM
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    Same here!!
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    Me, too. Small scraps are anything that can't be made into a 1.5" square.
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    Old 12-07-2013, 09:13 AM
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    bent or dull pins, but only after I've retuned them to the pincushion a couple times
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    Old 12-07-2013, 09:18 AM
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    Originally Posted by PaperPrincess
    bent or dull pins, but only after I've retuned them to the pincushion a couple times
    Ha , Me too , I have to run across them a couple of times before I learn
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    anything (other than the quilt! or my sewing machine) which got spray baste on it.

    Any products fabrics whatever that I never want to see again I give away.

    I cannot simply cannot throw out a book or a pattern! They take up so little room!
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    Old 12-07-2013, 09:34 AM
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    I have a hard time throwing anything away, but thread ends, empty spools, broken needles get tossed.
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    Old 12-07-2013, 10:16 AM
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    Me three! I always tell myself I will do it after I finish and then forget until I grab one again. That's when I really do it. Nothing more frustrating than a dull or bent pin or needle.



    Originally Posted by raedar63
    Ha , Me too , I have to run across them a couple of times before I learn
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    Old 12-07-2013, 12:00 PM
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    Bad pins, clipped threads, clipped corners, and candy papers, LOL.
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    Old 12-07-2013, 01:55 PM
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    I am tossing bent pins away (used them on the design walls), I recycle the plastic empty spools, and I toss fabric too thin to use as a starter thread on my sewing machine. They do get eventually tossed when full of stitching......
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