I was just going to say the same thing. Tear into 2" strips and crochet a rug for the kitchen or bathroom. They dry out nicely and look awesome.

Right on the money A question was posted & a lot of different answers came out of it. Seems this is the world of today. Ask a question get replies but really sometimes no reply to the original Question. The original Question got lost. I'm with you. Use what you have & don't waste money. Prices are going thro the roof.

I didn't have a need; I tried to start a thread where we shared interesting ideas of what we did. I do think this thread is VERY interesting.

Several years ago I bought a scrap wrapper tool - and after donating some of the questionable fabrics - I cut the rest up into strips and make rugs. They are great and look kind of neat no matter what fabrics that you use in them. One of the rugs I started with the lightest scraps and gradually added darker colors as I worked to the outer edges of the rug. Hope you find a solution to your stash overload.
Good Luck.

i have a group of ladies that lost their stash in "sandy." and i quilt with older ladies from the local senior center who depend on donations of fabric because as you might know, most seniors live on social security and cannot afford the luxury of buying fabric. we do not receive any financial help from our state or local government. yet the ladies and men are very talented, they get out of the house and feel useful. so we meet once a week, make quilts for hospitals, shelters, orphanages, veterans administration etc. if anyone has fabric, ugly or not, i will pay for the shipping of fabric to me (which i have done to many a member on this board) so i can give it to my senior organization. pm me and i will give you my information. thank you!

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I quite agree this has been a very interesting thread. I must confess that at first I thought the question was asked to find a different use for your fabric. I do my very best to make sure nothing goes in the trash until it is completely unusable or unrecyclable, so I applaud a very clever reuse of something you already have to avoid buying more. I do have some stuff in my stash that makes me think I must have been crazy when I bought it. Especially some of the stuff left over from the seventies when I was making clothes.

I was thinking down the same line and there are always old pillow cases, sheets, towels that can be used for rags for any kind of job :)

I wonder how much longer this thread is going to go......hahahaha???? :)

So far I haven't managed to buy any that I totally despise. Mostly I just let the ugly ones live on the shelf or in the drawers. If I find I need more space for fabrics I like better it may end up in rugs or something like that. (depending on my enthusiasm for the project) I used to try and sell some of the fabrics I didn't really want any more here on the board but the rules got so super picky that I quit that.

I must say though, I fully support your decisions to recycle your fabrics into something useful for you. I have been known to just pitch cheap crappy fabric that ended up at my house thru swaps or somebody giving it to me.

I'm a little disappointed.
This fellow quilter shared with us her solution to items in her stash that she wasn't going to use for quilting. She explained her solutions work very well for her, save her money, make her feel good and are cleaning up her stash. She then asked what we do. She did not ask for lectures and scoldings. Or judgement on her choices. Boy did the quilt police jump on that band wagon.

Tanya, I'm glad you found creative solutions that work so well for you.

I'm getting ready to pull some ugly fabric out of my stash to make a practice sandwich for my frame, my machine is messing up and I need to work on the tension and stitch regulator settings. I swear the gremlins come in and mess with the settings when I'm not looking!! Grrrr