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05-09-2011, 09:14 PM

#51

Lucky Patsy's

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I have two large plastic bags, one for chunks and one for strips. Not too organized here!

05-09-2011, 11:00 PM

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Sew Krazy Girl

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For small stuff, I keep mine in those see-thru plastic boxes that contained cherries, strawberries, lettuce, etc. I can see the colors through the container. For bigger scraps, I put those in drawers by color. Do whatever works for you.

05-10-2011, 06:38 AM

#53

Rose Marie

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When I am in the mood I go thru my scraps and cut them into 1 1/2,2 1/2,3 1/2,4 1/2 and 5 1/2 inch strips, length dosnt matter. Then make strips that equal 6 1/2 inchs. Many combos to choose from. Then cut into same sizes as before and combine to make 6 1/2 squares.Combine to make a 12 1/2 inch block. This was a video from Sewing with Nancy that is no longer available except on QNNTV. It is called Scrap Happy Patchwork.
It is so much fun to make a quilt this way. I turned my quilting group on to it and they love it.

05-10-2011, 07:10 AM

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CarrieAnne

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I sort by color or type! Batiks, 30s, ect.

05-13-2011, 11:59 AM

#55

wraez

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Don't remember where I found this, but great idea for sorting scraps

http://web.mac.com/merryquilts/Doubl...rapControl.pdf

also love this gal's procedure ... so neat and organized! toward the bottom of the page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34366271@N04/page9/

If you look at her previous pages, she had a huge mess to organize and did a great job on page 9

05-14-2011, 01:02 AM

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cabinfever

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Quote:

Originally Posted by wraez

also love this gal's procedure ... so neat and organized! toward the bottom of the page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34366271@N04/page9/
If you look at her previous pages, she had a huge mess to organize and did a great job on page 9

Wow, someone who had more fabric, in more rooms than I could ever imagine. My sewing room has looked like that before, might a little right now, but not in the rest of my house. I couldn't deal with that. She has done quite a remarkable job cleaning it up though.
Thanks for the links!

05-14-2011, 06:53 AM

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wraez--thanks for the links. No matter how organized we think we are it's great to find new ways!

05-15-2011, 06:26 PM

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I have about a dozen buckets that the cat litter came in.. I do by size, starting with 1 1/2 inche and up from there, to about 6 inch size.......when the bucket starts getting full, I know its time to do a scrap quilt using that size blocks. These buckets were free, of course (the best way to get and use something).