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Old 06-16-2011, 07:53 AM
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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.
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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.
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:02 AM
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
This method is Bonnie Hunter's way! She's been teaching this for years. She's the queen of scraps.

She calls them Bonus Triangles.

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/...triangles.html
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!
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Great tip. I will use this while doing my dear jane....if the tips are big enough
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Old 06-16-2011, 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by june6995
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'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)? ;)
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Old 06-16-2011, 09:12 AM
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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


http://quiltville.com/
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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.
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Originally Posted by Jim's Gem
I do that a lot too! Just hate wasting all that fabric!
I do this too, and often incorporate the bonus HST in one of the borders. They already match the quilt!!!
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
Originally Posted by amma
I love to do this too... it is like making two blocks at once :D:D:D
ditto
Same here! :o)
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That's the way I do it also.
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