I'm starting to despise leftovers
04-13-2016, 02:31 PM
#22
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There are so many things to do with scraps - I am not good at it myself. I am trying not to buy fabric unless I have a specific plan. I have sent scraps to my sister for her guild, I have sent boxes to a lot of people here. I watched a show once - believe it was Simply Quilts - where a quilter said she put her left-over fabric together and "made" more fabric. She just sewed it together, didn't try to make it match, and when it got to a good size, she then cut it up and made it into a quilt. It worked for her because it was done in sections.
04-13-2016, 03:21 PM
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I love scraps. I have used them to be able to make the blocks I am working on now doing paper piecing. I am on a fixed income so don't have the money to buy what I want. I do at time if I need a bit go to the fabric store and will buy even a 1/3 or 1/4 of a yard. It helps getting a little at a time for my blocks.
04-13-2016, 06:23 PM
#25
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I try very hard to use as much of the fabric as possible in the quilt. If there are any good sized pieces left I incorporate them into the back of the same quilt. I get tired of the same scraps coming out of the scrap bag over and over and over 
Seriously, the left overs self-propagate!
Seriously, the left overs self-propagate!
04-13-2016, 08:55 PM
#27
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Scrap quilts are not my thing. So i put my scraps in a waste basket next to my cutting station. When it is full, they go in a plastic shopping bag. Then they are donated to whoever wants them. It surprises me how many quilters do want them. I suspect that someday the families of those quilters will find floor to ceiling bags of scraps piled in a large closet or two.
When I started quilting, I thought I might use them, but then i realized that they are fertile, some are male and some are female or perhaps they are all asexual, and they are indeed, shall we say, active when i'm not looking. However, their children never, ever mature into yards, or even half yards. My theory is that their growth genes were cut when the parent yards were cut. But I'm no scientist.
When I started quilting, I thought I might use them, but then i realized that they are fertile, some are male and some are female or perhaps they are all asexual, and they are indeed, shall we say, active when i'm not looking. However, their children never, ever mature into yards, or even half yards. My theory is that their growth genes were cut when the parent yards were cut. But I'm no scientist.
04-13-2016, 09:58 PM
#28
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By all means, give them to someone who will use with, without guilt.
I've finished these within the last few months out of 2" strips: I just had too many, and they never went down/away, so I devoted last fall to making tops and have been quilting them gradually over the winter.
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I've finished these within the last few months out of 2" strips: I just had too many, and they never went down/away, so I devoted last fall to making tops and have been quilting them gradually over the winter.
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