Bits & Pieces
#41
My granddaughter and I fill old pillowcases with the scraps that are not big enough to use for quilting. The pillowcase are filled about half full and is sewn shut and the finished DOG BED is stored in the spare closet. When the cold weather hits we take them down to the ASPCA for the dogs and cats. I now have 2 quilt shops that have a basket in the classroom and the students are encouraged to put there fabric and batting scraps in the basket. Last saturday we took 35 of the dog beds to the shelter. Where when going through the shelter found that they were still using some of the ones from the last trip.
Per my GRANDMOTHER "No fabric gets thrown away until the dong will have nothing to do with it"
Per my GRANDMOTHER "No fabric gets thrown away until the dong will have nothing to do with it"
#43
Originally Posted by jarenie
My granddaughter and I fill old pillowcases with the scraps that are not big enough to use for quilting. The pillowcase are filled about half full and is sewn shut and the finished DOG BED is stored in the spare closet. When the cold weather hits we take them down to the ASPCA for the dogs and cats. I now have 2 quilt shops that have a basket in the classroom and the students are encouraged to put there fabric and batting scraps in the basket. Last saturday we took 35 of the dog beds to the shelter. Where when going through the shelter found that they were still using some of the ones from the last trip.
Per my GRANDMOTHER "No fabric gets thrown away until the dong will have nothing to do with it"
Per my GRANDMOTHER "No fabric gets thrown away until the dong will have nothing to do with it"
#47
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Des Moines, Iowa
Posts: 170
This isn't my idea, but something I want to try, someday. A friend told me she is going to make paper (you know, with pulp and a screen) and put little bits of fabric and thread in it for interest. That may be a little more labor intensive than you want to do, but it sounds like fun for kids. If you have scraps, I'd say cut them down a bit if you're going to do this.
#49
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Portland, Oregon
Posts: 114
As I was reading entries on another site it was suggested that the little tiny crumbs, threads, etc. be put together in one of the moss hanging baskets in the early spring so the birds can use them for their nests. It is reported that they love it. Wondering if it is going just a bit far - but I do love those birds.
Jana
Jana
#50
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Wa
Posts: 937
Place tiny pieces between two pieces of water soluble stablizer. Work a quilt pattern over it such as a meander just make sure you have touched all the snippits. You can add long strings of thread also. That's how I use my old thread. Then rinse and you have a piece of "fabric" to do with as you want. I save all my cuttings. The color depends on what you use. It's pretty cool.
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