I save all the cut-off triangles in a zip bag.
They make a great old-fashioned looking doll quilt.

They can also be passed along to someone who makes miniatures. One person's scrap is another person's treasure.
June in Cincinnati

I do this all the time. :thumbup: Easier to sew them while they are together
than trying to sew them afterwards. I mark both lines before going
to the machine.

I knew it seemed like such a simple idea that I could not have been the original one to think this up...but glad to share anyway...maybe someone out there had not tried this before and will benefit!

Great tip. I will use this while doing my dear jane....if the tips are big enough

I've got a 1 gal. bag filled and 1/2 of another so far. Don't have any idea when I'm going to have enough to do a decent size quilt though. :-D Since its not a WIP, I'm not sure how to classify them, maybe SFQ (Saving for Future Quilt)? ;)

Check out Bonnie's website, she has great ideas how to manage scraps and lot of free pattern with how to pictures. It's like a big quilt book. She is very generous with her patterns. Great minds thinks alike so you are great! LOL


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I do that a lot too! Just hate wasting all that fabric!
Of course now I have hundreds of different sized half-square triangles just waiting for me to use them.

I do this too, and often incorporate the bonus HST in one of the borders. They already match the quilt!!!

Same here! :o)

That's the way I do it also.