Originally Posted by ManiacQuilter2
(Post 7517403)
I sort my tonal by colors and the rest get sorted by type of fabric such as floral, repro, batiks, kids prints, plaids, etc.
She also said that since purchasing an accuquilt cutter that things have really gotten speedy for her. |
I sort by color also and keep mine in a plastic storage box (one for darks and one for lights). It's fun to rummage through all the colored bits.
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Your scraps look so pretty sorted by color. Love what I see of the greens!
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I try to store fabric scraps flat in Pizza boxes. If they are used boxes, I line the box with freezer paper. I don't like to go to scraps and have to iron them before I can cut them. My strips are in a candle box: long and thin. They don't get wrinkled that way.
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I recently sorted by color as well. I have mine in photo boxes so they are out of the light and the interior is acid-free. I never realized how many I had until I sat down and sorted. Now I see shy some say the scraps breed overnight.
I prefer a more controlled scrappy but hadn't found anything that really jumped out to me until I saw a block by Elizabeth Hartman called Mod Mosaic (http://www.ohfransson.com/all-projec...c-quilt-blocks). They look really fun to make. She offers guidelines on her process but leaves it rather open so people can modify based on available scraps and size preference. |
Originally Posted by maviskw
(Post 7517844)
I try to store fabric scraps flat in Pizza boxes. If they are used boxes, I line the box with freezer paper. I don't like to go to scraps and have to iron them before I can cut them. My strips are in a candle box: long and thin. They don't get wrinkled that way.
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Originally Posted by Notwendy
(Post 7518030)
I recently sorted by color as well. I have mine in photo boxes so they are out of the light and the interior is acid-free. I never realized how many I had until I sat down and sorted. Now I see shy some say the scraps breed overnight.
I prefer a more controlled scrappy but hadn't found anything that really jumped out to me until I saw a block by Elizabeth Hartman called Mod Mosaic (http://www.ohfransson.com/all-projec...c-quilt-blocks). They look really fun to make. She offers guidelines on her process but leaves it rather open so people can modify based on available scraps and size preference. |
Originally Posted by Notwendy
(Post 7518030)
I recently sorted by color as well. I have mine in photo boxes so they are out of the light and the interior is acid-free. I never realized how many I had until I sat down and sorted. Now I see shy some say the scraps breed overnight.
I prefer a more controlled scrappy but hadn't found anything that really jumped out to me until I saw a block by Elizabeth Hartman called Mod Mosaic (http://www.ohfransson.com/all-projec...c-quilt-blocks). They look really fun to make. She offers guidelines on her process but leaves it rather open so people can modify based on available scraps and size preference. |
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