Scraps ... Never ending scraps!
07-22-2016, 06:58 PM
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I'm in the process of cleaning my sewing room and ran across a book called "Cut the Scraps" by Joan Ford -- had to quit cleaning and start cutting -- this book has so many great scrap quilts -- I want to make most of them in this book!
07-23-2016, 04:10 AM
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Nice! And RedGarnet222... Love that pattern!
I gave anything less than 2 1/2" away to my quilting guild on freebie table or leftovers 5" so I don't have a bin of scraps! I know they will run over to my floors if I keep them! I just recently cleared my floor of about 80 % by cutting
Them down to different sizes and put in containers marking their sizes....will see how that works it! Lol
I gave anything less than 2 1/2" away to my quilting guild on freebie table or leftovers 5" so I don't have a bin of scraps! I know they will run over to my floors if I keep them! I just recently cleared my floor of about 80 % by cutting
Them down to different sizes and put in containers marking their sizes....will see how that works it! Lol
07-23-2016, 05:23 AM
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I am a Bonnie Hunter fan so love the scraps, bits and pieces. While building my scrap choices I ran across a lqs that has a huge online business. They were looking for a place to rent to store scraps when an employee said - sell it. So these odds and ends would be laid out on the cutting table in yard lengths and sold at $2.95 a yard. I know I bought about 120 yds. A gentleman was waiting for his wife and saw me on my second trip and told me about someone who bought over 30 yds - that was me!
07-23-2016, 05:30 AM
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Way to go, Tiggersmom! Everyone wins.[QUOTE=Tiggersmom;7607936]
I have so many scraps I could scream!
I know your pain! For over 2 weeks I've ironed and cut 5" blocks, 2.5" strips and everything almost in between The drawers are getting full and I finally gave up. I took two kitchen trashbags full of scraps, blocks, etc to one of the local quilt stores where she is passing them along to a group of ladies that make cat and dog beds. I feel like I cheated by giving them away but what a load off of my back............until I can home, as I'm cleaning out my sewing room, etc and found MORE that needs to be cut up.
How they multiply all by their own-selves is magic.
I have several books using nickel squares, etc. . . . .oh me, time to get busy.
I know your pain! For over 2 weeks I've ironed and cut 5" blocks, 2.5" strips and everything almost in between The drawers are getting full and I finally gave up. I took two kitchen trashbags full of scraps, blocks, etc to one of the local quilt stores where she is passing them along to a group of ladies that make cat and dog beds. I feel like I cheated by giving them away but what a load off of my back............until I can home, as I'm cleaning out my sewing room, etc and found MORE that needs to be cut up.
How they multiply all by their own-selves is magic. I have several books using nickel squares, etc. . . . .oh me, time to get busy.
07-23-2016, 08:18 AM
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Weasier22, your spider web quilt is beautiful. Great idea for the scraps. Did you pick your scraps out randomly or did you try to match them as you when on?
07-23-2016, 10:06 AM
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I group the strips into color sets ... reds, blues, etc. I pull one strip from each set as I sew ... just keep going down the line. I chain stitch so I'm not sewing just one block at a time. It's interesting to see how the fabrics line up! If I get two strips that are just too close in color, I'll change one of them out. Other than that, it's just pull and sew.
07-23-2016, 10:15 AM
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