:lol: and Pregnant too! :lol:

Oh good grief ... I forgot about the dozen kids at her feet and the twins on the way!!!!! :)

Oh, my, sounds about right! I'm glad I'm not living the "good old days"!

All that has me giggling!!! :lol:

Oh my goodness! You girls are cracking me up! LOL! :):)

Anne, a lot of my blocks came from scrappy pieces, but not all, so I have scraps all over the place! I was just looking at my bins this morrning before getting on the board and was wondering if it was time to make more crumb blocks...I figure if I'm lucky, by the time I'm 102 I'll have put a dent maybe 1/4 way through my scraps (keeping in mind as soon as I clear scraps up, more get added)? Then it will be my daughter's issue! I crochet rugs with strips...how do you make yours???

What about taking all those scraps for a scrappy crazy quilt style border? Or one massive large postage stamp border?

One thing I am planning to do ..... as many postage stamp blocks it takes, to show a piece of every fabric I use in the quilt! I've done this before in other quilts, as a reference piece where I can show someone .... see all these QST all these fabrics were used (or whatever I choose to make them into). I make sure they are all side by side and "fit" with the pattern. If not a lot of fabrics, I will use some of each to frame up the label of the quilt.

Hi RW, Iget the cotton clothesline from Walmart. Joanns now carries the clothesline but calls it craft rope? It ends up costing 2.50 +tax when you use the 50% coupon. I then wrap the 3/4"-1" strips around the rope. I use a washable glue stick to anchor the added strips and use the large clothespins or clips to hold the ball I create as I'm wrapping. The strips can be any length longer than 6" but less than 20"..I find that if they are any longer it's troublesome to wrap. Then I sew the covered rope in a round or oblong shape using a very wide zig zag stitch. you can make coasters, mug rugs, placemats.I'm currently doing a denim one. I peruse the thrift shops for lightweight denim shirts and dresses and cut them into strips. I've joined a few 100ft lengths by first butting up the ends..then taping it around.. then sewing by hand the way you would join a treadle belt.. I have posted a rug I did using an old flannel house dress. It turned out great. 200 ft/ using a thin flannel will make an 18 x 36" oblong rug . Cotton fabric will be smaller.
I bought the pattern for the toothbrush technique but I haven't gotten around to doing it. I have made crocheted rugs using Tee shirts. I cut from just underneath the sleeves... then cut the piece in a spiral...I then pull the length so that it curls into iself and it makes a ropelike strip..I roll it into a ball. Voila--bulky cotton yarn!! I have 2 rugs that I made over 25 yrs ago and they are still going strong. I remember my Mom doing this with holey cotton socks when I was a young girl. They also serve as ties for the tomato plants. The minute I see a tee shirt with a hole I cut it up. There shouldn't be any side seams in the tee shirt for this to work. I join them by unrolling the curly sides then laying them flat.. hand sew a few stitches..the sides will roll back to the curl and there isn't much bulk when you crochet. Think tee shirts are only for quilts and rags?? not in my house!! :-P Anne
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Hi All, Okay another thing I've never done as most of my projects are still "tops". How are you doing a label for this quilt??

Hi All, Okay another thing I've never done as most of my projects are still "tops". How are you doing a label for this quilt??

that is so neat Anne :D
I have bought some rope... its around here somewheres :roll:

I have also saved old sheets thinking they would crochet up into nice rugs...

hmmm... now where did I put it?