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    Old 02-21-2011, 07:11 PM
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    Originally Posted by traumaRN
    I realize that I am probably asking the wrong group ;-) , but I have been reorganizing my sewing space and going through my fabric stash and was wondering: when is a scrap of fabric considered too small? Apparently I have kept everything over the years and now have some scraps that literally are 1-1/2" square! Just looking for some opinions on guidelines.
    Scraps are never too small. I use the teeny ones for fabric postcards, small appliques, crumb blocks, and trashcan fabric, which is where you rescue the dinky pieces from your trash and iron them to wonder under or some kind of iron on fabric and then stitch them down and embellish with ribbons, laces, buttons, etc. You pay for it all, use as much as you can.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 07:17 PM
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    Strips of 3 inches or less are great for phone book quilts.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 07:22 PM
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    I keep the small stuff, just throw it all in a plastic bin and when I want to make a scrappy quit or a PP project with small pcs. I pull it out. It amazes me when I make an entire quilt of that stuff and don't even put a dent in it.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 07:37 PM
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    Originally Posted by CompulsiveQuilter
    I cut scraps as I go most of the time and keep them organized. I'm planning a jelly roll quilt and a scrap flying geese quilt, so ---- a. one 2 1/2" strip and b. one 5 3/4 squares for speed piece geese and c.) no more than four 3 x 5 bricks for geese. I try really hard to throw things smaller than this away, but I've found a little container to save them. Can't seem to through away even bits.
    Same here...been known to throw them away and then dig them out of the trash!
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:02 PM
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    untill I joined this group I was not aware you could do some much with a little piece of material.. Now I save it ALL.... So many awesome ideas.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:04 PM
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    I save every single scrap unless it is way too narrow. If it's small, I still save it.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:15 PM
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    Originally Posted by traumaRN
    I realize that I am probably asking the wrong group ;-) , but I have been reorganizing my sewing space and going through my fabric stash and was wondering: when is a scrap of fabric considered too small? Apparently I have kept everything over the years and now have some scraps that literally are 1-1/2" square! Just looking for some opinions on guidelines.
    I had been wondering the same thing. Thanks for all the answers.
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:24 PM
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    Originally Posted by Rettie V.Grama
    Please, explain a crumb quilt. I cannot envision it.



    Originally Posted by Theresa
    Keep itsy-bitsies for "crumb quilts". They are so fun to make. With the cost of fabric going up, I want to get my money's worth!
    Rettie, another thread sent me to this site: http://quiltville.com/index.html. Under Free Scrap Quilt Patterns, click on Crumbs, Crumbs Crumbs!
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    Old 02-21-2011, 09:41 PM
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    What are crumb quilts???
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    Old 02-22-2011, 05:34 AM
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    Originally Posted by Ms Elaine Va
    What are crumb quilts???
    Crumb quilts are scrap quilts made with tiny pieces of fabric. If you like scrap quilts you'll like them. I think they are beautiful quilts and they use up fabric that may otherwise be pitched in the trash. This helps the earth and our wallets at the same time :)

    Here are 2 tutorials about them. Enjoy!

    http://quiltingisstillmypassion.blog...-tutorial.html
    http://www.quiltville.com/crumbs.shtml

    You could google crumb quilts or crumb quilt tutorials and find more info on them.
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