I found the best idea for scrap storage
05-17-2012, 07:48 PM
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..a plan to use up a lot of scraps in a systematic way and also to have them stored so they are more usable. .. it started with pressing all the scraps and cutting them into three specific sizes. She says those sizes play well together. Then you sort them by color, or theme maybe. They will stack easily and take up much less room then the piles of scraps.
This definitely sounds like Bonnie Hunter. She describes her methods in a 2005 blog:
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...rs-system.html
I really like her blog, and she is a Gwen Marston fan; of whom I am also a fan.
Their approach to quilting (and Freddy Moran's color philosophy) strikes me as pure joy; and
more in keeping with how quilters in the "early days" created their quilts.
05-19-2012, 01:31 AM
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Hi, My daughter bought me this book for Christmas and I love it. I have organised all my bags of scraps and have started working on some of the projects in the book (Scrap Therapy). The book is available on Amazon UK. Now I'm tempted to go out and buy more fabric so i can cut that up as well 
05-19-2012, 02:59 AM
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Well, one of many anyway. I was at Costco the other day and they have a small magazine stand so I always check for quilting magazines. Well, I found a great one. And first off I am in no way affiliated with the magazine publishers or anything like that. Anyway, the magazine is Quilt Your Stash and from the makers of Threads magazine.
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...ilt-your-stash
The whole magazine is based on a plan to use up a lot of scraps in a systematic way and also to have them stored so they are more usable. i have not read the whole plan, but it started with pressing all the scraps and cutting them into three specific sizes. She says those sizes play well together. Then you sort them by color, or theme maybe. They will stack easily and take up much less room then the piles of scraps.
Then in the magazine there are 10 projects of quilts and things to use them for. I am thinking that once you had the system figured out you could use them for so much more then just those projects.
So, anyway, I thought you would all like to hear about this magazine and the great ideas. Some people probably already know about this and do it, but it was new to me.
The whole magazine is based on a plan to use up a lot of scraps in a systematic way and also to have them stored so they are more usable. i have not read the whole plan, but it started with pressing all the scraps and cutting them into three specific sizes. She says those sizes play well together. Then you sort them by color, or theme maybe. They will stack easily and take up much less room then the piles of scraps.
Then in the magazine there are 10 projects of quilts and things to use them for. I am thinking that once you had the system figured out you could use them for so much more then just those projects.
So, anyway, I thought you would all like to hear about this magazine and the great ideas. Some people probably already know about this and do it, but it was new to me.
Thank you for sharing.
05-19-2012, 01:52 PM
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I bought this book a couple of weeks ago.
I started cutting my scraps into 6 1/2, 5 1/2, 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 strips a couple of months ago. I know that I like these sizes and I am also a math person so I can translate to what I need.
I am looking at some quilts to make for my nieces and nephews for Christmas and I thought this would be a way to get started.
I started cutting my scraps into 6 1/2, 5 1/2, 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 strips a couple of months ago. I know that I like these sizes and I am also a math person so I can translate to what I need.
I am looking at some quilts to make for my nieces and nephews for Christmas and I thought this would be a way to get started.
05-19-2012, 01:56 PM
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I just recently started cutting squares from my scraps all the way down t 1 1/2 inches. I then store them in my DH's empty cigar boxes and it is amazing how little room they take up. I hope I can do this with the rest of my scraps. I also kind of enjoy seeing what size square I can get from a scrap.
07-02-2012, 10:34 PM
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Yes, I'd like to know what that thing is too!
07-03-2012, 11:08 AM
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Here's a tutorial from this board on the "Adding Machine Paper" thing!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...er-t56940.html
Looks awesome, I can't wait to try this!
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...er-t56940.html
Looks awesome, I can't wait to try this!
