Help please!: What Size Should I Cut My Scraps?
09-29-2011, 09:12 AM
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Thanks for the Bonnie Hunter link. I took a quick look and bookmarked it for later. Looks like I could use those suggestions for all my many "scraps" that I want to use up before I leave this earth! No more stash building for me. That seems like having children you can't take care of and raise to be useful human beings. I don't want my fabrics in a yard sale or tossed, I want to USE them and leave quilts behind for my loved ones to share. :-)
09-29-2011, 09:47 AM
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Ditto!
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I would leave them whatever size they are and just sort by color until I picked a pattern and knew what sizes to cut them in.
If you want you can look thru the scrappy patterns at www.quiltville.com and see if there are any you'd like to start saving and cutting scraps for now.
If you want you can look thru the scrappy patterns at www.quiltville.com and see if there are any you'd like to start saving and cutting scraps for now.
09-29-2011, 09:50 AM
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There is a woman in my quilt guild who just sews them together and then cuts those pieces into strips and then sews them together and makes quilts-- she has quilts with THOUSANDS of pieces of fabric in them ranging from a 1/2" wide to a 1/4" square! They are amazing!
09-29-2011, 09:53 AM
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I don't cut my scraps. I like to do applique, so no point in precutting, never know what I will need.
That and there is no way i could commit to cutting everything into a certain length and width, unless I KNEW i was going to be making a string quilt. Then, Yes, I would be cutting it all in to strips.
That and there is no way i could commit to cutting everything into a certain length and width, unless I KNEW i was going to be making a string quilt. Then, Yes, I would be cutting it all in to strips.
09-29-2011, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by marcialb
There is a woman in my quilt guild who just sews them together and then cuts those pieces into strips and then sews them together and makes quilts-- she has quilts with THOUSANDS of pieces of fabric in them ranging from a 1/2" wide to a 1/4" square! They are amazing!
09-29-2011, 01:20 PM
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My husband built me a ceiling high bookcase type shelf, shelfs 6 inches deep attached to a small wall. I fold scraps that are big enough to fold and sort by color. This shelf takes up very little space and allows me to see what I have without having to dig through everything.
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