sguillot

I never ever throw anything away. The really small stuff that I don't think I will use I give to a friend. I have told my only child, a son, that all this is very valuable and that it is inherance so he had better be thankful for all those pieces of fabric and the machines I have. I feel very fortunate to be able to have what I have.

lclang

I have a pretty good stash of fabric and so far this year I have not purchased ANY fabric at all. I have made 7 quilt tops that use scraps and smaller pieces from my stash. I am trying to use up a lot of what I have and much of it is smaller pieces left from other projects and scraps. I have a friend who does not use any scraps and she gives me hers. She recently gave me a piece of nice home dec fabric with poppies on it and I have made two quilt tops, a purse, and a cover for my Kindle out of it and they are all beautiful! Thanks Ann!

fallonquilter

Oh wow- I save way to much. But oh well. Big scraps (around 1/4 yard) are folded and put in order by color on my closet shelves. (they are used for scrap quilts, small purses, potholders etc) smaller scraps are in large clear plastic bags (wonderful for applique and wall hangings ). The small strings you get when squareing up, those go into a very large clear pickle jar (I use the pieces to tie as bows on gift packages of all kinds). And finally the slavages with color dots and brand names go into a plastic bin.(I've seen projects for these but haven't done any yet). I guess I save use everything. But at least it's organized.
I am not sure at what point I will have too much. NOT!

psthreads

You should have seen what the person in Iowa still had after I got this. LOL

Ethel Hoffman

All your comments sound like me kind of people. I save all scraps and love every scrappy quilt I have made. My sister and I cut 2-l/2 inch blocks and made a quilt tried not to put the same print in twice we paired them with two plain pieces to make a four block and sat together with sashing it's one of my favorite quilts we had so much fun borrowing blocks from all our sewing friends and cutting corners out of all our fabrics. Sraps are fun too. I have to admit that I am one of the older quilters but I sure hope the next generation keeps it alive.

kateyb

This year I have decided to use up some of my scraps. I now have 3 queen size scrap tops completed just need to quilt them. All four of my kids will get one for Christmas and perhaps my 7 year old grandson too. I have some others in the works. A sister wants a crumb basket in greens and reds. I have the green baskets done. I also have a yellow tulip scrap quilt I'm working on. (Ran out of a variety of yellows for now so will do more of those blocks later.) I have an X's & O's in blues - just need to do a few more blocks to finish.
Non quilters really don't understand. My kids kind of do. Mostly they're glad I do something I enjoy. Hubby does not complain even though I use an entire room for sewing and storage.
Anyone who has had bad times financially in the past may understand better. They get using whatever you have available. I even use those tiny little pieces as mulch in my garden. What the birds don't use for nests gets tilled into the soil.

quiltmom04

As long as they give the scraps to a quilter, they can get rid of whatever they want! I had a woman in several classes that I taught who did that - got rid of anything leftover from a project and buy new for the next one. But she DID bring all her scraps in to share with me and others, so they didn't go to waste. I can understand "wasting" money for huge sporting events, but, to each his own, I suppose!

helenquilt

I don't have a lot of fabric but I am 79 and could not use it all up if I wanted to. Just don't want fabric to go in the trash when I'm gone.

judykay

I am doing a scrappy gfg and some of my fabric is so old I have no idea where it came from or what project it was used for but all I need are 2.5" squares. My daughter loves receiving my quilted items but can't understand how I can sit and work on a project for hours at a time, I tell her she needs a hobby then she will understand & it is the same as she can sit and read a book for hours (so can I but that is beside the point) or work in her yard.

psailer

i know what you mean.. but they sure love getting a quilt dont they.... i just got a really good deal on a huskavarna viking 20" quilting machine with a Q-bot ... cant wait to get it set up.. but then lessons cuz i dont have a clue how to use it.. but i have four quilt tops waiting to be quilted so i am sure it will be wonder.. oh yeah i got it brand new for $2500.00 it is so nice.. cant wait...