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#122
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I have a suggestion that you may find helpful if you sew anything else besides quilts such as cushions or stuffed animals. I always save all my little scraps of fabric and pieces of thread in a bag or box and then when I've made something that needs stuffing I'll use them with the stuffing. Keeps it from being wasted and comes in handy if you happen to be out of stuffing. They could also work for crazy quilts if you have that much patience. I would use bigger pieces because ones that small would drive me crazy, but if it works for you, by all means give it a try. Anything that would save a few pennies here and there :)
#124
Originally Posted by AliKat
Do you like doing art style projects [like putting small pieces under tulle or such and sewing over it all for a specific collage effect] or using the Snippets technique? If you do then save them.
The smaller pieces I don't save I collect in a plastic bag and then give them to someone who makes pet beds for the Humane Society. My local Humane Society even has it's own sew/quilt group.
ali
The smaller pieces I don't save I collect in a plastic bag and then give them to someone who makes pet beds for the Humane Society. My local Humane Society even has it's own sew/quilt group.
ali
#126
Originally Posted by Splittingstitches
I have just started paperpiecing, but I don't think I'd save those......
#128
I put those in a box and use them for fabric postcards. I fuse them to a postcard size piece of thick interfacing and free motion stitch over them. Or use those pretty decorative stitches on your machine that you never get to use. My friends love getting them as thank you notes in the mail. :) :) :)
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