Stack and slash - 5 pointed star - 11 colors - help please
10-22-2009, 09:47 PM
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First thing to realize is:
If your box is stuffed full of scraps, and you only have one box, you have not got enough scraps!
And, a scrap box full of scraps, stuffed full of scraps should never be allowed to get out into the air ... give the scraps air, and they GROW!
I have never understood the phenomenon, but those quilters running around telling everyone how they emptied out a box of scraps by sewing all month?
I don't believe 'em!
LOL
but, if you are serious about using up your scraps, have you checked out quiltville.com?
http://quiltville.com/
Miss Bonnie knows using scraps! explore the site, you will probably enjoy it very much, get a lot of inspiration, and she is easy to read.
If your box is stuffed full of scraps, and you only have one box, you have not got enough scraps!
And, a scrap box full of scraps, stuffed full of scraps should never be allowed to get out into the air ... give the scraps air, and they GROW!
I have never understood the phenomenon, but those quilters running around telling everyone how they emptied out a box of scraps by sewing all month?
I don't believe 'em!
LOL
but, if you are serious about using up your scraps, have you checked out quiltville.com?
http://quiltville.com/
Miss Bonnie knows using scraps! explore the site, you will probably enjoy it very much, get a lot of inspiration, and she is easy to read.
Originally Posted by dizzy
OMAK I want to do a crazy quilt out of my boxof scrap box it's18x30 an about 18 inches deep.An packed clear full of scraps. I have picked up pieces that aren't real big to even use in it to.
10-22-2009, 10:07 PM
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I wouldn't have to worry about material I also have a wallthat is
11 ft long an 7ft. high full of 15x15 wire squares that has material in it
an I have just about everything you'd want but yellows.I don't know why
but I have very few yellows.But I'm fixing that to when I see a yellow I really like I get it.An I also have two shelves on other wall that are almost six feet high that are clear full of material to.I had been getting material for quilting for around 12yrs before I moved down here to use for quilting.
I have a magor stash.AN I have been to that quilt site an seen some really neat quilts.
11 ft long an 7ft. high full of 15x15 wire squares that has material in it
an I have just about everything you'd want but yellows.I don't know why
but I have very few yellows.But I'm fixing that to when I see a yellow I really like I get it.An I also have two shelves on other wall that are almost six feet high that are clear full of material to.I had been getting material for quilting for around 12yrs before I moved down here to use for quilting.
I have a magor stash.AN I have been to that quilt site an seen some really neat quilts.
10-22-2009, 10:12 PM
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oookey, dokey, then .... I see that you have a STASH!
What did you want me to help you with again??? LOL
Do you really think we should sew that stash all up? I mean ... maybe you should just open up a fabric store or something ... <g>
The best thing I know to do to lessen a stash is to pick a pattern and make a bunch of blocks and start making the quilts ... actually, it is the only way I know to lessen the stash...
making blocks AND staying away from anyone selling fabric! LOL
What did you want me to help you with again??? LOL
Do you really think we should sew that stash all up? I mean ... maybe you should just open up a fabric store or something ... <g>
The best thing I know to do to lessen a stash is to pick a pattern and make a bunch of blocks and start making the quilts ... actually, it is the only way I know to lessen the stash...
making blocks AND staying away from anyone selling fabric! LOL
10-22-2009, 10:26 PM
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Now I know I got your attion now I just have to get things in order again
an go to sewing again.I already have a box I know has 10,000 squares
in it.when I go to sewing them up I'll do small quilts out of them or have a
definate pattern for them there only 2.5 inches an my eye sight is going
crazy on me some days so they'll go in some easy patern so i can get them sewed quick.
an go to sewing again.I already have a box I know has 10,000 squares
in it.when I go to sewing them up I'll do small quilts out of them or have a
definate pattern for them there only 2.5 inches an my eye sight is going
crazy on me some days so they'll go in some easy patern so i can get them sewed quick.
10-23-2009, 07:05 AM
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http://www.quiltingboard.com/posts/l...78.page#572729
If this doesn't take you to page 31 of the October Doll Quilt swap, go to it!
Scroll down the page until you find the quilt that Rhonda sent Ninnie!
Keep in mind that these doll quilts aren't any bigger than 24 x 24 inches, but just think of the scraps you can use up making that simple block! and, it doesn't have a whole lot of light in it ... (which are the way I like my scrap quilts to look <g>)
What do you think?
If this doesn't take you to page 31 of the October Doll Quilt swap, go to it!
Scroll down the page until you find the quilt that Rhonda sent Ninnie!
Keep in mind that these doll quilts aren't any bigger than 24 x 24 inches, but just think of the scraps you can use up making that simple block! and, it doesn't have a whole lot of light in it ... (which are the way I like my scrap quilts to look <g>)
What do you think?
10-23-2009, 07:07 AM
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silly me!
CORRECTION!
THere is plenty of light in that project, and on second look, I see that it is the Indian Hatchett pattern that Miss Ninnie did a couple of months ago ... I will go find that pattern for you
CORRECTION!
THere is plenty of light in that project, and on second look, I see that it is the Indian Hatchett pattern that Miss Ninnie did a couple of months ago ... I will go find that pattern for you
10-23-2009, 07:09 AM
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http://quilterscache.com/I/IndianHatchetBlock.html
Another great site to explore for scrappy patterns, also!
Enjoy!
Another great site to explore for scrappy patterns, also!
Enjoy!
10-23-2009, 07:43 PM
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This thread is making my brain ITCH! :lol: AAAAAh! It reminds me of something I purchased when I first began quilting. I wanted to do a crazy quilt. I had always liked SEEING them, but it never occured to me that I could actually MAKE one. So along comes Sharlene Jorgenson on one of the quilting shows on TV.She had a plan. She had a pattern. So I bought the book and the templates. The idea behind the whole thing is basically the same thing that is being discussed on this thread. 8 pieces of fabric are stacked and cut using the templates. THEN THE FABRICS ARE SORTED SO THAT THERE IS ONE OF EACH FABRIC IN EACH BLOCK. The suggestion of laying out all blocks as was suggested earlier in this thread is illustrated in the book. The book is CRAZY QUILT (as seen on Quilting from the Heartland) by Sharlene Jorgenson.
As I mentioned several times in other threads, I am not good at "random" so I thought this would be something that would give me a plan, a layout. Of course, I purchased this in 1998 and still am "meaning" to do it. It seems to be something similar to what is being discussed with the star. Has anyone ever seen or used it. The idea is the same as with the star. Remove the top layer and place at the bottom of the stack. Not sure how it works. :?
As I mentioned several times in other threads, I am not good at "random" so I thought this would be something that would give me a plan, a layout. Of course, I purchased this in 1998 and still am "meaning" to do it. It seems to be something similar to what is being discussed with the star. Has anyone ever seen or used it. The idea is the same as with the star. Remove the top layer and place at the bottom of the stack. Not sure how it works. :?
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