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    Old 06-27-2014, 05:57 AM
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    A lot of those look like perfect sizes to wrap around hexagon templates for EPP! (I don't want them, though, I have plenty of my own!)

    I like to slice my scraps into strips that are 6.5 inches wide by whatever height they end up (trimmed to be straight, if necessary). I make 'stacked coin' type strips and use those for scrappy quilts. Those strips are great to have by the machine for leaders/enders. It seems like the quilt just makes itself when I do that.

    And I do foundation-pieced crazy quilts on thin muslin; just about any size bit of fabric works for that. The oddest-shaped pieces are great for starting the center of the block out.
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    Old 06-27-2014, 02:40 PM
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    I don't throw out crumbs that size. I make scrap quilts, and string quilts.. The recipients of the quilts get so excited with the geat selection of fabrics I have. They sew up fast into pieces of fabric to be cut with templates.
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    Old 06-27-2014, 02:54 PM
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    ***
    *** Keep them & if you don't think you will use them given them away for postage.
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    Old 06-27-2014, 03:08 PM
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    Another thought - some of the smaller scraps could potentially be used to patch repair a quilt if a spill gets on it or it gets torn. That's yet another reason I hang on to "crumbs!"
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