When Scraps Attack!!!!!
#11
Good for you for donating something that, when not "getting to it", may be an agitation. :thumbup: I dropped the local daily newspaper, because I wasn't "getting to it" everyday and they were piling up, and seeing them piling up was stressful.
The older I get, the less time there seems to be in a day.
The older I get, the less time there seems to be in a day.
#13
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
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I just bought 3 Walmart regular size sacks of scraps at a local thrift store and there were some good scraps in there from a quilter. I say quilter because there was a block pieced in a log cabin style, a lot of pieces cut for certain quilt p atterns, even some pieced strips that looked like they were going to make a Trip Around the World quilt. I only paid 25 cents per sack and got quite a bargain. Most of the fabrics were colors I liked as well. If I hadn't liked them, I might not think it was a bargain.
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: A Hop from Heaven, a Skip from Sanity and a Jump from the Good Life....
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You did a great thing.. Someone will be blessed with your donation.. I did the same thing.. I decided that I had fabric that I wouldn't use but someone out there might.. I had three trash bags, loaded my car and donated to a thrift store that all proceeds to go an orphanage.. How can anyone feel guilty about that..
You did a good thing, for you and for another whom you've blessed..
I know some here on the board would love them as well... You could help fellow members and make a lil money back if you sell it here on the board..
You did a good thing, for you and for another whom you've blessed..
I know some here on the board would love them as well... You could help fellow members and make a lil money back if you sell it here on the board..
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
What you did was fine...
Don't let some sort of guilt overtake you. It is your life, your house, your closet. You can do with the scraps what you like.
But a hint for the future. Fill up a bag (one of them), post on here under for sale (cheap--like $5), or donations and I'll bet it will be gone before nightfall. Someone who lives near you will probably get a speeding ticket coming over to relieve you of your scraps.
:)
We don't all have to enjoy doing scrap quilts. Think how boring life would be if we were all the same!
Don't let some sort of guilt overtake you. It is your life, your house, your closet. You can do with the scraps what you like.
But a hint for the future. Fill up a bag (one of them), post on here under for sale (cheap--like $5), or donations and I'll bet it will be gone before nightfall. Someone who lives near you will probably get a speeding ticket coming over to relieve you of your scraps.
:)
We don't all have to enjoy doing scrap quilts. Think how boring life would be if we were all the same!
#19
If it wasn't for people like you parting with your scraps, people like me would never make things like this:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-120444-1.htm
(all scraps)
so I, for one, thank you very very much
:)
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-120444-1.htm
(all scraps)
so I, for one, thank you very very much
:)
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Posts: 935
Originally Posted by MissJMac
I've read much here about what to do with scraps. I've considered many of your ideas and even set out plans to implement many of them - sadly I've never followed through and the scraps just kept multiplying.
My anti-depressant of choice has always be to spend time "rubbing cotton", occasionally bolstered by a period of time on Prozac. At a particularly low point, I was completely overwhelmed by the garbage bags of scraps stored in what was once a linen closet. I had no idea what was in the bags and I couldn't take it any longer.
I called a friend and set a time for lunch and a movie (my treat). I then called my son and asked him to come over and bring his truck. When he arrived I told him a friend was coming to pick me up. He was instructed to wait until we left, then to go into the linen closet and take out all the white garbage bags and carry them to the Goodwill and deposit them in the donation dumpster. He was to never speak of this in my presence, for fear of triggering a complete meltdown over what I had done.
I have hesitated sharing this for fear of ridicule from you ladies, whom I respect so much. However, I feel the need to seek so validation for my actions. Upon reflection, I've taken comfort in the possibility that my scraps may have found a loving home in someone else's closet or perhaps even in a quilt or wall hanging. This is a far better fate than ending up in the city dump, isn't it?
What are your thoughts and is there forgiveness in my future?
I'm beginning to ramble, perhaps it's time to go rub some cotton.
My anti-depressant of choice has always be to spend time "rubbing cotton", occasionally bolstered by a period of time on Prozac. At a particularly low point, I was completely overwhelmed by the garbage bags of scraps stored in what was once a linen closet. I had no idea what was in the bags and I couldn't take it any longer.
I called a friend and set a time for lunch and a movie (my treat). I then called my son and asked him to come over and bring his truck. When he arrived I told him a friend was coming to pick me up. He was instructed to wait until we left, then to go into the linen closet and take out all the white garbage bags and carry them to the Goodwill and deposit them in the donation dumpster. He was to never speak of this in my presence, for fear of triggering a complete meltdown over what I had done.
I have hesitated sharing this for fear of ridicule from you ladies, whom I respect so much. However, I feel the need to seek so validation for my actions. Upon reflection, I've taken comfort in the possibility that my scraps may have found a loving home in someone else's closet or perhaps even in a quilt or wall hanging. This is a far better fate than ending up in the city dump, isn't it?
What are your thoughts and is there forgiveness in my future?
I'm beginning to ramble, perhaps it's time to go rub some cotton.
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