quiltingshorttimer

just got home from guild meeting with Vicky Beasley as the program presenter on scrap quilts. She had some amazing quilts and rarely buys more than backing--which she doesn't like to piece. She uses the same system--color, then type/genre, then width of strips.

She also said that since purchasing an accuquilt cutter that things have really gotten speedy for her.

MadQuilter

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.

JenniePenny

Your scraps look so pretty sorted by color. Love what I see of the greens!

maviskw

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.

Notwendy

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.

Melanie Rudy

I like the pizza box idea a lot. I have a old china cabinet that I store fabric in and the pizza boxes would work well in it. I could label each color on the edge of the box. Thanks for the tip!

Melanie Rudy

I like her scrappy style with the thin sashing. Thanks for the link.

Kwiltr

Thank you for posting this link! I really like her style and so nice she has provided a pattern/method.