what is scrap and what is trash?
06-22-2011, 03:16 AM
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You ladies (and gents?) are an inspiration to me!! I have always kept all my 'scraps'. I bought them, so I want them! :) I thought I'd gone overboard with SO many of them... I have made 24 blocks from my scraps for one quilt, but they were 'bigger' scraps... Just the other day I began making headscarves for selling at my Green Market booth - I went through my scrap bin(s) - found enough to make about 20 scarves for children!! :) I keep everything. One thing I do - and I think I read it here - keep the very minimal scraps in a quart mason jar (only one will be done) and when it is STUFFED full I will put a lid on it and use it as decor for my sewing room... :)
06-22-2011, 04:06 AM
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I keep most everything. I love Bonnie Hunters website although I haven't done one of her quilts yet. I've been cutting strips in 1 1/2, 2, 2 1/2 and 3 inch widths. I had cut some squares but decided the strips were better and can always be cut into squares later. I also paper piece so no scrap is too little for some of that.I have 2 garbage bags of small pieces I'm trying to iron and cut.
06-22-2011, 04:09 AM
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I keep anything one inch or wider. I recently covered some muslin hexagons I inherited from someone with small strips and then sewed those together for a lap quilt. The longer ones go to make scrappy strip quilts.
06-22-2011, 04:27 AM
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Please don't toss your scraps. They can be sewn into a pillow for comfort for an animal in your local shelter. We cannot adopt them all, but can ease their lives a little. Also true for towels you may be considering tossing.
06-22-2011, 06:03 AM
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funny you should bring that subject up. I've cleaned up a tub of scraps and now have a garbage bag for the goodwill. I get tired of the same scraps so I get rid of them
There is a lady that goes to this thrift store, which belongs to my church and never charges for anything, everything is free, so I give them to her. She has no money to buy fabric.
There is a lady that goes to this thrift store, which belongs to my church and never charges for anything, everything is free, so I give them to her. She has no money to buy fabric.
06-22-2011, 06:09 AM
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Anything I am incapable of using to sew into something is what I throw out!
I have just started quilting but I have always sewn something - my clothes, costumes, curtains, drapes, domestic stuff. I have always saved bought-clothes and bought-curtains if I loved the fabric, and then used them in other projects over the years. I like it because something which pleased me once can please me again, if only by being useful one last time.
I am specially saving all the leftover fabric from the quilts I am now making for my grown children, so that I can make a big scrappy quilt from them all and it will be like having a piece of them with me. :-) :-)
I have just started quilting but I have always sewn something - my clothes, costumes, curtains, drapes, domestic stuff. I have always saved bought-clothes and bought-curtains if I loved the fabric, and then used them in other projects over the years. I like it because something which pleased me once can please me again, if only by being useful one last time.
I am specially saving all the leftover fabric from the quilts I am now making for my grown children, so that I can make a big scrappy quilt from them all and it will be like having a piece of them with me. :-) :-)
06-22-2011, 06:50 AM
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I used to keep everything, but it piled up until it was overwhelming. Now I toss anything smaller than two inches. Those little triangles? Gone! Life is too short. If it bothers you, put it in sandwich bags and give it away.
06-22-2011, 08:06 AM
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What a shame, I was just in Houston. Maybe we could have become friends LOL. Seriously, perhaps you could use the FQ's in a Turning Twenty's Quilt. I loved the ones I made as gifts.
Originally Posted by gaigai
I am not a scrap quilter, so I don't keep anything smaller than a half yard (and probably shouldn't keep those). I tend to buy a minimum of three yards of anything, and if I like the fabric a lot, I'll buy the whole bolt.
Anything smaller than an 1/2 yard goes into a big tub of scraps that I seldom look at.
I also have a lot of FQ's, but I've stopped buying them because I don't think I've ever used any. (And please, no pm's asking to me to sell/donate etc)
My rationale now is that they are BAIT!! A certain friend of mine here on the board, loves scrappy quilts. When she was here recently, I let her go through and take what she wanted. We shipped a 23 lb. box home to her. So the rest are BAIT to entice her to come back and play! LOL
Anything smaller than an 1/2 yard goes into a big tub of scraps that I seldom look at.
I also have a lot of FQ's, but I've stopped buying them because I don't think I've ever used any. (And please, no pm's asking to me to sell/donate etc)
My rationale now is that they are BAIT!! A certain friend of mine here on the board, loves scrappy quilts. When she was here recently, I let her go through and take what she wanted. We shipped a 23 lb. box home to her. So the rest are BAIT to entice her to come back and play! LOL
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