What is the smallest size fabric scrap worth keeping?
10-20-2009, 09:41 AM
#24
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size is relative...lots of people use little bitty scraps, for applique, for mini quilts, for paper piecing...1/2" strips for wrapping clothesline for rugs or baskets...
that being said, scraps can certainly get "out of control!"
if you do not mind them 'stacking-up' dont' throw them away...i keep a flat-rate postal box under my cutting table, anything i cut and do not think i will have use for later i simply toss in the box, when it is full i send it away. there are plenty of people right here on this board who would love your scraps :D also, local school art departments...the kids in a near headstart I volunteer at LOVES getting a bag of itty bitty scraps (after all, they are itty bitty them selves) the beginning of December i take in an empty box for each child in the class and a couple glue sticks...the kids glue bitty scraps of fabric all over their box, sometimes making a picture sometimes just lots of color, they call these their 'treasure boxes' sometimes they put a gift in their box and give it away, sometimes they just cant bear to part with their box and keep it for years...i know one little guy who was 3 1/2 when he made his first treasure box, he's 14 now and still has it :mrgreen:
that being said, scraps can certainly get "out of control!"
if you do not mind them 'stacking-up' dont' throw them away...i keep a flat-rate postal box under my cutting table, anything i cut and do not think i will have use for later i simply toss in the box, when it is full i send it away. there are plenty of people right here on this board who would love your scraps :D also, local school art departments...the kids in a near headstart I volunteer at LOVES getting a bag of itty bitty scraps (after all, they are itty bitty them selves) the beginning of December i take in an empty box for each child in the class and a couple glue sticks...the kids glue bitty scraps of fabric all over their box, sometimes making a picture sometimes just lots of color, they call these their 'treasure boxes' sometimes they put a gift in their box and give it away, sometimes they just cant bear to part with their box and keep it for years...i know one little guy who was 3 1/2 when he made his first treasure box, he's 14 now and still has it :mrgreen:
10-20-2009, 11:19 AM
#26
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: East Central IL
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Have you heard of crumb quilts? You sew scraps together and then square it up into blocks. It makes for very colorful blocks and they are fun to make.
If you have scraps you can cut into strips, google "string quilts" and see all the different designs you can make.
If you have scraps you can cut into strips, google "string quilts" and see all the different designs you can make.
10-20-2009, 12:37 PM
#27
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I like to make crumb quilts and string quilts. I save any scrap that is at least an inch wide. That gives me 2 1/4 in seam with 1/2 inch of fabric showing. I've been known to use strips even more narrow, but have decided recently to steel myself and throw away anything smaller. I have so much fun with crumb blocks that I don't want to make any other block.
10-20-2009, 07:07 PM
#30
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A crumb quilt is what I had always called a crazy quilt. I always use a base fabric square. Starting in the middle with any size or shape fabric, build around the center fabric until the base is completely covered. Then, trim to size. I'm sure someone else will come up with better instructions. The idea is to use up the smallest scrap of fabric. I like to use all different colors, solids, prints, checks, plaids, stripes, anything goes.
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