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02-21-2011, 07:06 AM

#31

bluevelvet

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i use the small scraps for cathedral window quilts and biscuit quilts.

02-21-2011, 07:30 AM

#32

jeanneb52

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one inch for me... below that is only for crumb quilts. Wait maybe I need to make one of them!!!!

02-21-2011, 08:15 AM

#33

pollyjvan9

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Location: Oklahoma City, OK

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I tend to save really small pieces. I just finished a quilt with leaves on the border and almost all the different colored leaves were cut from pieces in my green scrap box from strips 1" to pieces as small as 1 1/2" square. I don't know why I keep such pieces, but it is fun to use them.

02-21-2011, 08:22 AM

#34

Aunttnursing

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Every so often I go through my scraps and seperate them by color-and save them in big freezer bags for scrap quilts-I have been croheting rugs with the small strips and selvages

02-21-2011, 08:47 AM

#35

Mona Marie

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Join Date: May 2010

Location: Iowa

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I have as small as 2 inch squares up to 5 inch. Love to do scrappy quilts.

02-21-2011, 08:55 AM

#36

CompulsiveQuilter

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Location: Knoxville, TN

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if it's smaller than a 3 x5 brick or a 2 1/2" noodle, it goes in a bag ... somebody will want it.

02-21-2011, 09:02 AM

#37

oksewglad

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Quote:

Originally Posted by OneMoreQuilt

I'm making a Postage Stamp Quilt with 1 1/2" squares (for a finished 1" square)!!! I need 10,000+ pieces. In my scrap quilts I use pieces as small as 1" square.

OMQ think about joining our 1 1/2" swap going on right now. Here's the link to the swappers. PM Missi to get on the list. I have participated several times now. Will help you get to that 10,000 with different fabrics.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/group_a...jsp?gracnum=98

02-21-2011, 09:52 AM

#38

ksea

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Location: Michigan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by traumaRN

I realize that I am probably asking the wrong group ;-) , but I have been reorganizing my sewing space and going through my fabric stash and was wondering: when is a scrap of fabric considered too small? Apparently I have kept everything over the years and now have some scraps that literally are 1-1/2" square! Just looking for some opinions on guidelines.

I always wonder the same thing, I just want to throw them away but everytime I do I end up digging the 2 gallon overstuffed baggie out of garbage and throwing it in the bottom of closet, I know I will never use them I don't like little pieces and I don't like scrappy anything so what should I do?

02-21-2011, 11:39 AM

#39

Maralyn

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This group is the "right" group for any question. Never fails that someone has an answer.

02-21-2011, 03:13 PM

#40

purplepamela

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Location: Sheridan, Arkansas

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I even take the little bitty pieces and little pieces of thread and put them in the bushes for bird nest. kids thought it was kinda cool when they were little to find the nest with moms "pretty stuff" in them.

Never throw anything away. There is always a use for it.