How small of scraps do you save?
01-21-2010, 10:14 PM
#53
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I got an idea from a board member here about a year ago. She saved all her small snippets and put them in large glass jars and when they are full sets them on a shelf for a colorful decoration. I use any strips and all the edges for rag rugs. They get tossed into a basket and when it's full I make a rug.
01-22-2010, 12:20 AM
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If I can sound like a grumpy person for a minute.
Scraps of fabric are fine but threads left out for the birds are extremely dangerous.
I am a bird breeder and wildlife license holder and fine threads can twine around bird legs and cause amputation or tangle them into the nest and cause them to starve.
Thicker threads like unravelled hessian bags etc. are fine.
Scraps of fabric are fine but threads left out for the birds are extremely dangerous.
I am a bird breeder and wildlife license holder and fine threads can twine around bird legs and cause amputation or tangle them into the nest and cause them to starve.
Thicker threads like unravelled hessian bags etc. are fine.
01-22-2010, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ddrobins1956
I save just about all of my scraps and even the strings from squaring up and edges of battings and throw them into a spare popcorn tin, like the ones you get at Christmas. I use this for stuffing boxes that I am shipping to kids and gr. kids. The gr. kids love all the colorful snips and scraps that spill out of their packages. Daughters, not so much,,,haha. I have even grabbed long strings and used them to tie up gifts , instead of ribbon. Everyone knows that if they get a package from me , there will be some sort of scraps or strings falling out of it, and that's my MO.
01-22-2010, 11:29 AM
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Mostly depends on you, I save some and I mean some 1 1/2" sqs. this come in handy for Minature Quilts. Generally I will start with the 8 1/2" square and then work myself down from there, til I can save no more, on strips, I usually do 2 1/2" width. Some I don't cut at all because I like to use those for my crazy quilting.
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