Im a scrapper and a lil bit of a Hoarder too...
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Im a scrapper and a lil bit of a Hoarder too...
I pulled out a few my 10.5 batiks from the monthly swaps that ive accumulated since 2010, and decided to make a tumbler quilt.. so for the last two nights i was cutting large tumblers with my GO... BUT.....
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i realized that if i use my GO triangle die to cut here......
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and another triangle cut here..
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and sliced these sections...
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This is what i end up with..
tumblers, triangles for another quilt, 3.5x5 inch chunks for almost anything, strips for the birds to make spring nests, and triangle wedges... and guess what !!
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I can even match the 'triangles wedges' to make lil blocks !!! ...
Nothing went into the trash ! I utilized every lit bit... and THATS the hoarder in me..
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Thanks for looking..
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i realized that if i use my GO triangle die to cut here......
[ATTACH=CONFIG]467690[/ATTACH]
and another triangle cut here..
[ATTACH=CONFIG]467692[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]467691[/ATTACH]
and sliced these sections...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]467693[/ATTACH].
This is what i end up with..
tumblers, triangles for another quilt, 3.5x5 inch chunks for almost anything, strips for the birds to make spring nests, and triangle wedges... and guess what !!
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I can even match the 'triangles wedges' to make lil blocks !!! ...
Nothing went into the trash ! I utilized every lit bit... and THATS the hoarder in me..
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Thanks for looking..
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I am with you on being a hoarder of scraps. I even save those thin strips to wrap around cloths line rope to make bowls, baskets & hot pads out of. I just hate wasting anything concerning fabric. I also use the small triangles that I cut off a block & put two together & use them as starters & enders while constructing other blocks. All that thread that would have been cut off & tossed is now being used. You would be surprised how much thread is really wasted by not doing this. Once you get a pile of these you can keep using them till you get a block made out if them & you can come up with so many different blocks with them & make your own creation.
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