Lorraine babuick

I have taken my bin of scraps this weekend and started making crumb blocks. You start with 2 small pieces of fabric and keep adding to them. I have made mine into 6" blocks. So far 46 blocks and I have another 50 or so started. Just minless sewing and using scraps. I was tired of cutting squares so decided to give this a try. It is addiciting. something to do with your scraps besides squares. I will use mine for a scrap quilt or donate them to our guild for making charity quilts with. You could just add a sashing aorund them to make the blocks bigger and to break up all the mixed up colors. Kind of like a crazy patchwork effect. doesn't look like I have even touched that bin of scraps yet but I have blocks to show for the work I have done.
Lorraine in BC Canada

Oklahoma Suzie

I have been cutting alot the past few weeks, and may have some scraps, to give away soon.

Lorraine babuick

I will always take scraps, just so I have different fabrics fior my scrap quilts,

momto4

Oh my goodness gai!! I almost had a heart attack when i saw u throw pieces that big away!! I used to throw pieces away but those were under 1/2. LOL I use a lot of small pieces especially now that I have been "adopted" and i am learning paper piecing...and I recently learned strip piecing. I am also trying to teach my son to quilt so he uses lots of scraps :)

Jingle

Use the small pieces to make a crumb quilt, I would like to make one if and when I get time.

granniebj

I just bought 3 large brown sacks at a garage sale (surprise scraps it said)....when I got home it was alot of small strips, mostly less then an inch). I know I'll figure something out....miniature log cabins or something. I can't afford to buy either so it was still like Christmas! Hey it was fabric! lol

Zephyr

Could someone put a picture of a crumb quilt on the Board, please.

Rhonda

Zepher just go up to seach and click on it then type in crumb quilt and there are a bunch of threads that people have posted their crumb blocks or crumb quilts.

Butterflyblue

I like to use all of my scraps that I can, and after experimenting with crumb blocks and crazy-style piecing, I have decided that 1.5 inches square is about as small as I like to go.

I still save some of the smaller pieces in a jar - I hate to throw them out, and who knows, maybe sometime I'll find a use for them. I have in the past used small scraps for stuffing stuffed animals and pincushions.

Rhonda

Butterflyblue have you seen some of my tutorials? I use a 1 1/2" template to make lots of blocks with small pieces in them. The shortcut methods I use makes it so you can use the 1 1/2" and still have tiny piecing in those blocks.

Here is a link where you can find all my links.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-41557-1.htm