PurplePetal

butterflies5518

what high school did you go to? (teehee)

(i went to nerinx hall in the 70s)

earthwalker

You've got some great fabrics there.....now don't let "paralysis by overanalysis" set in....keep up the momentum and keep us posted. Your enthusiasm is infectious....I'm going to start ironing and cutting this afternoon....have a string quilt on the go.

smurfsmom

The hot iron cleaner works well. I havn't tried the magic eraser yet but will. I also use dryer sheets "Bounce". Used and new have both worked for me.

jeanneb52

Scrap system?I have been quilting for awhile and the only system that I have developed is tojust try to keep from being enveloped by the hoard. I t doesn't alway work. Scraps mate in the dark.

georgiamarbles

My grandma use to cut up used clothes! she made some amazing things! including quilts ... I still have one of them!some day I will try to take a pic of it and post it on here.

Geri B

Well, your project is certainly monumental.....something I would never think of doing.......It is so much easier to go to the local LQS or Walmart or wherever and purchase new fabric for a project...or just to buy it because you like it and worry about what it will turn into when the time comes. I would sooner leave the clothes at Goodwill for the people who really need to purchase clothes at a reduced price........I do go to the local Goodwill......ours, it seems, does not have any fabric donations, not yet anyway...but I love to look at the dishes, glassware...sometimes pick up an odd serving dish or piece of stemware......
As far as fav authors of quilt books.....Eleanor Burns is great for beginners......go to Connecting
Threads website for good books of various types of quilts and their prices are always good......
...and BTW I bet you have a great collection of buttons now that you have cut up all that clothing..........those would look good in centers of yo-yos, oops!!! another project........

Jingle

I don't have to buy anything to make scraps out of. I am on my 7th quilt this year using up scraps from previous quilts I have made. It is getting a bit boring and I am itching to cut up some of the many, many yards of fabrics I have. Which in turn will make more scraps.

Omabi

Hi from the foothills of California! We have a Good Will outlet (hours from me over at the coast) but the stuff is $2.00 a pound! I found some fabric and met a lady who happened to come on a day they put out someone's whole stash of donated fabric. Needless to say I was green with envy. I use "Faultless Sizing fabric finish" and my iron doesn't complain. I found it at my local thrift store, half-price. For me, the way to use old clothing is to cut out what I can in a few seconds and toss anything that is too time consuming. Loved making pieced pillow tops out of my little boy's outgrown shirts way-back-when! Blessings on all your creativity!

par4theday

Before I started my scrap system, I saw a quilt, at the quilt guild Sew and Tell. It was made with a 2 1/2" block, with a strip 1 1/2" sewn around it. So when I cleaned up my scraps, I cut everything either into 2 1/2 in blocks, or 1 1/2" strips, and started making those blocks. So when I read about Bonnie Hunters Method, I was already started. Now I make random 9 patches, 4-patches. I guess I have several scrappy quilts going on by just using the blocks as leaders and enders. I purchased the book leaders and Enders, and in my opinion it is a must have book. I love that book. I am addicted to scraps also, and I love it.

skjack

our guild had MaryAnn Kelmer [email protected] in May. she makes almost all of her quilts from shirts from thrift store/ yard sales. she deboned them and wraps them up hold them with the cuff and calls them chickens.. then cuts them when ready to use them. she was very interesting.