Strip Work done with my Cut Down Method

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06-07-2011, 05:18 AM

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Rhonda

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Your tutorial is awesome! Thanks for sharing all the great ideas with us! Makes me wanna go and play in my scraps!

I sometimes get in the mood to try to use as much of my fabric for a quilt as possible. And every now and then, I manage to hit the nail on the head!
Then, there are other times that I can't get my head out of the box and just do what is called for. In this Warm Wishes quilt top, I had plenty of left-over strip blocks because I was originally going to make it larger. I cut the blocks down and made diagonals and chopped, sewed and chopped some more to add these borders!
It was so much fun! I wish I had a creative enough mind to do this all the time.

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Thanks everyone! I am glad you can use the ideas!

I love what you did with the border! The colors are really pretty!

06-07-2011, 06:58 AM

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Very nice...thank you....what a wonderful way to use extra strips left over from projects. I'm always looking for reasons not to throw fabric scraps away!

06-07-2011, 07:46 AM

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Lovin these tutorials :) thanks so much. Being new to quilting, these tut's help soooo much :)

06-07-2011, 08:34 AM

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Thanks Rhonds! This is a great idea!!

06-07-2011, 05:20 PM

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Originally Posted by kathymarie

Very nice...thank you....what a wonderful way to use extra strips left over from projects. I'm always looking for reasons not to throw fabric scraps away!

I find I have narrow strips left over after trimming a quilt before binding. These would work great with this method and if you wanted to be a little wonky don't worry about cutting them precisely! HMM maybe I should try it.

06-07-2011, 05:40 PM

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Thanks for showing me what to do with my extra stips I have cut already.

06-07-2011, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by kathymarie

Very nice...thank you....what a wonderful way to use extra strips left over from projects. I'm always looking for reasons not to throw fabric scraps away!

Sounds good to me! It's a natural! Good way to use them up. I had a lady send me some leftovers from her quilt one time and wanted me to do something with them. The strips were 5/8" wide. I used a scant 1/8th and sewed them all in strip sets and made a checkbook cover and bookmarks with them for her. It was a challenge and I loved it! A scant 1/8th sounds like it wouldn't hold but if you open the seams and iron it gives the seam more stability. Less chance to ravel out. I used to use 1/8th on all my billfolds when I did pieced fronts on them with the finished squares being 1/4".

06-07-2011, 06:34 PM

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How creative of you ! thank you

06-07-2011, 08:25 PM

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Great ideas Rhonda, I think you have inspired us all.

06-07-2011, 11:03 PM

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What a wealth of information
and ideas. Thanks so much for
sharing. I have a lot of strips
I was saving. Now I can begin
to use them. THANKS! You're
amazing!! Hugs, Sharon