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10-28-2011, 09:03 PM
#31
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I find that if I cut the shapes I want out and leave the rest, I have that extra fabric something else later down the road, when I have cut straight and cut something out of that chunk, it wastes a lot of fabric and these days with the prices of fabric I try to get the most I can out of every piece :) Just me, yeppers I am a penny pincher!
10-28-2011, 09:29 PM
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if my scraps are less than 1/4 yd, then i cut them into 2.5" strips, whatever the length on each pc.... if more than 1/4 yd, they are folded and go back into the stash in it's color group. if any scrap has odd tails or small leftover scraps, i trim them and either put in my 'confetti' quilt jars or chuck them, pretty much depending on my mood. my 2.5" strips are stored in color coded pizza boxes so that i can pick up any 2 or three boxes at any time and play or work on them for donor blocks...
10-28-2011, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by deedum
Why do people cut their fabric like this? Obviously, they cut something out and left it that way. I cut mine clean across and then throw the scraps in the scrap bin. Nice clean scraps.....Otherwise it bugs me! Grrrr... Is this weird?
10-28-2011, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by IrelandDragonQuilting
I find that if I cut the shapes I want out and leave the rest, I have that extra fabric something else later down the road, when I have cut straight and cut something out of that chunk, it wastes a lot of fabric and these days with the prices of fabric I try to get the most I can out of every piece :) Just me, yeppers I am a penny pincher!
10-28-2011, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by b.zang
That fabric looks like it's been used for clothing.
I have trouble with that type of leavings, because it's hard to tell where the straight grain is and that's a problem if I don't want to use the bias.
I have trouble with that type of leavings, because it's hard to tell where the straight grain is and that's a problem if I don't want to use the bias.
10-28-2011, 09:47 PM
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My friend Dorothy does alot of my prep work for me and when I give her fabric to cut for making Blocks she will look at it and see the holes or jagged areas and say:
Well it looks like a little mouse has been at it again! LOl
I am always hacking off a small piece here and there. I always have ragged looking fabric! I might need a piece that only that only that fabric will allow me to cut it out. I leave the ends and odd shaped sections because I might need to cut a long piece and that odd shape might just give me enough room for the length I need.
Well it looks like a little mouse has been at it again! LOl
I am always hacking off a small piece here and there. I always have ragged looking fabric! I might need a piece that only that only that fabric will allow me to cut it out. I leave the ends and odd shaped sections because I might need to cut a long piece and that odd shape might just give me enough room for the length I need.
10-28-2011, 09:54 PM
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I really don't like the "all kind of shapes left" fabric, either! But, I am like Rhonda, and I do leave it that way as I always think, "What if I need that exact fabric, and it needs to be a few inches longer??...and it was until I cut it off to be even.." ;)
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