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    Old 03-26-2011, 11:14 AM
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    Here's a site that's all scrappy:

    http://www.quiltville.com
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    Old 03-26-2011, 11:52 AM
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    Wow, what fun!
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    Old 03-26-2011, 12:23 PM
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    Originally Posted by sewcrafty
    Here's a site that's all scrappy:

    http://www.quiltville.com
    Thanks for the link! :D
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    Old 03-26-2011, 01:35 PM
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    Originally Posted by sewcrafty
    Here's a site that's all scrappy:

    http://www.quiltville.com
    ditto!
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    Old 03-26-2011, 04:13 PM
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    Originally Posted by newbee
    An amazing thing happened to me yesterday at the big JoAnne's sale. I was at the cutting table next to a woman that had a cart overflowing with novelty cottons. I asked if she was a quilter, and she said no, that she makes kid's sheets for a living. I told her that I like the novelty fabrics to make charity quilts with. She asked me if I wanted scraps from her fabrics, and I said Yes..Yes..Yes!!! So we meet this morning and I end up with over 15 pounds of scraps that are triangles that will produce at least a 3" square. Hundreds and hundreds of scraps!! Yippee!!!! Now, do you wonderful ladies and gents have any ideas of what I can do with them? Nothing fancy--I would like simple but fun ideas for the charity quilts. I am so lucky to have found this free source of fabric and I want to make this generous lady proud.
    Do you have close friends that like to get together? With 15 lbs of scraps to cut up, it will take a lot of time. Why not throw a party for cutting up the scraps into the sizes you need after you get a pattern idea? If you lived close, I would love to show up and just cut, cut, cut, while we chat about quilting!
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    Old 03-26-2011, 07:01 PM
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    Originally Posted by marknfran
    Originally Posted by newbee
    An amazing thing happened to me yesterday at the big JoAnne's sale. I was at the cutting table next to a woman that had a cart overflowing with novelty cottons. I asked if she was a quilter, and she said no, that she makes kid's sheets for a living. I told her that I like the novelty fabrics to make charity quilts with. She asked me if I wanted scraps from her fabrics, and I said Yes..Yes..Yes!!! So we meet this morning and I end up with over 15 pounds of scraps that are triangles that will produce at least a 3" square. Hundreds and hundreds of scraps!! Yippee!!!! Now, do you wonderful ladies and gents have any ideas of what I can do with them? Nothing fancy--I would like simple but fun ideas for the charity quilts. I am so lucky to have found this free source of fabric and I want to make this generous lady proud.
    Do you have close friends that like to get together? With 15 lbs of scraps to cut up, it will take a lot of time. Why not throw a party for cutting up the scraps into the sizes you need after you get a pattern idea? If you lived close, I would love to show up and just cut, cut, cut, while we chat about quilting!
    Thanks for the offer, I wish we could get together! I only have one friend that quilts and I'll ask her if she wants to help cut. We always spend the day gabbing, anyway! :wink:
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    Old 03-26-2011, 07:57 PM
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    Wow how lucky!
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    Old 03-26-2011, 08:03 PM
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    What a nice lady! Lucky you!
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    Old 03-26-2011, 09:42 PM
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    Linus Project charity) has nice free patterns for childrens quilts, I can't find the link rigth now, but Google will take you there. I downloaded a couple of patterns just a couple of days ago, thinking of my grandchildren.
    I Found it! I'll also try to post a link to Quiltmaker's free baby quilts booklet. I can attach the file I quess, it's a free newsletter, plenty of triangles there.
    http://www.quiltmaker.com/patterns/projectlinus.htm
    YES!(more editing) The download link works. hevemi
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    Old 03-26-2011, 09:58 PM
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    Wow your lucky day :D :thumbup:
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