annette1952

Your scraps look so nice. I desperately need to do the same thing I have too many bins & 2 gallon bags of scraps. Most are sorted by color but that is about it. I think I will just do a little here & there until they are all cut into usable pieces. Thanks for sharing your beautifully cut scraps & the inspiration for me to at least get started on.

acjacques

The summer has been real hot and I can't turn the sewing machine, iron and air conditioner on all the same time without tripping the circuit breaker, so I have been cutting all my fabric scraps in same manner. I get up around 5 am to press the fabrics, and after breakfast I start cutting. Now, all I need to do is to buy some clear plastic boxes so I can sort them by size. Not sure what to make with them, but there will be enough to make some baby quilts.

Sewbeeit2

Great Job..Now hit Bonnie Hunters website and find all the patterns
you can do with each size..She has a wonderful chart.....

Onetomatoplant

Go, you! I have three grocery bags full of scraps, and I keep telling myself it's not that much, I'll get to them. But I know I need to do it Now, before it gets to be too much. You might have inspired me.

quilter2theend

It is on my bucket list!!!! Hehe

MissM

Congrats too you, it surely must be a wonderful feeling. I too started this project back in Jan when my machine was in for it's annual checkup. I have a huge bin full of scraps. I got about halfway through just cutting the scraps into the largest strip/square and working my way down to the smallest. Then I saved all the tiny pieces I couldn't use and gave to a friend that makes Minatare quilts. However, once my machine came home all progress stopped and of course I a generating more. Somehow I have to motivate myself to meet my original goal.

elnan

QM, I am curious about your mention of a Vestibule pattern and the image you posted here. I keep trying to find a Vestibule quilt pattern, and all I find is a quilt of stars mentioned often with quilt historian Barbara Brackman's name.

QuiltnLady1

Good job! I too am working through my scraps. I have been working on and off for 3 days and the bins are still as full as before I started. I think the scraps are multiplying. I have found some pretty big pieces in the bins, and those I will leave whole (almost 1/2 yd, almost fat quarter, and some very long strips, etc.) I still have a lot of work ahead of me, but if I don't organize the scraps I know I won't use them.

butter14562

I worked on using up my cut scraps last year. Made a couple quilts. I find it challenging. I also have the same book. And like to cut my scraps as soon as a project is done. I have been clearing out my ceder chests, and came across a lot of my grown children's left behind shirts, flannel. I spent the last few months cutting them up to make him a quilt. Then last year I was clearing out my husbands old t shirts,and the bright ideas of making rugs! I'm still working my way through these projects. Getting better at rug making, but I like quilting better.

sewingsuz

I started the same thing a few weeks ago. I bought 12 $2 bins and have a lot cut and a lot more to go. It would go faster if I bought a Go.