cutting fabric into pieces.......a question
#1
I am not new to quilting BUT I tend not to cut my fabric until I am ready to use it in a quilt. I wondered why quilters cut their fabric into strips and squares etc BEFORE they know what they will make. Suppose you need it for a projest?? However, I think I would like to pre cut some of my fabric but not sure in what sizes to cut. How do you all decide what sizes to cut your fabric into???? Thanks for any help with this big move I am about to make :| :|
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I think that a lot of the quilters are cutting their scraps into the strips and shapes. This way, they can make a scrappy quilt in very little time. I personally don't cut my scraps because I am not into the scrappy anything.
#4
I never ever cut my fabrics until I have too, like I have chosen a pattern and the fabrics.
Maybe you think when us thrifty quilters, like me, cut our fabrics into usable pieces like squares n strips all ready for a scrap quilt? What we are doing then, well I am is trying to organise and utilise my scraps a bit better, remember any scraps cost just as much as a yard of fabric!
Maybe you think when us thrifty quilters, like me, cut our fabrics into usable pieces like squares n strips all ready for a scrap quilt? What we are doing then, well I am is trying to organise and utilise my scraps a bit better, remember any scraps cost just as much as a yard of fabric!
#6
Originally Posted by auntpiggylpn
I think that a lot of the quilters are cutting their scraps into the strips and shapes. This way, they can make a scrappy quilt in very little time. I personally don't cut my scraps because I am not into the scrappy anything.
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I only cut little odd leftover pieces into 2-1/2" or 3" squares and throw them into a basket for a "some-day" scrappy quilt. I would never purposely cut any other fabric, not even fat quarters, until I know what project they will be used on. Nothing is more frustrating than to find you have material you want to use but it has been cut up to the wrong size.
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