Quilter's Life in Scraps
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Originally Posted by omak
ahhh, the bunkhouse/pioneer/French braid ... it would fit into this old bunkhouse GRAND!
Now, tell the truth!
When you got done with your stashbusting project - - you had more scraps than you started with, right???
I am doing research on the phenomenon - - scraps contained in one tub, once opened for a project, has enlarged!
It is true???? <G>
Now, tell the truth!
When you got done with your stashbusting project - - you had more scraps than you started with, right???
I am doing research on the phenomenon - - scraps contained in one tub, once opened for a project, has enlarged!
It is true???? <G>
OMak....I didn't get what you were saying about this until I started using some scraps for a particular project..then it happened.....started cutting specific sizes of scraps for a certain pattern and then yes my " to put in a strip panel " pile grew bigger! but they are all scraps so it was no big deal..but just so you know " I get it".....BUT.......I will use all my scraps by the end of the year! I am determined..and I wont start a new project ( besides christmas gifts) until they are gone!
But I am itching to get them done because we just ordered a bunch of new fabric for the shop and I want to buy some of it up!
#46
Originally Posted by charismah
HAHA!
OMak....I didn't get what you were saying about this until I started using some scraps for a particular project..then it happened.....started cutting specific sizes of scraps for a certain pattern and then yes my " to put in a strip panel " pile grew bigger! but they are all scraps so it was no big deal..but just so you know " I get it".....BUT.......I will use all my scraps by the end of the year! I am determined..and I wont start a new project ( besides christmas gifts) until they are gone!
But I am itching to get them done because we just ordered a bunch of new fabric for the shop and I want to buy some of it up!
OMak....I didn't get what you were saying about this until I started using some scraps for a particular project..then it happened.....started cutting specific sizes of scraps for a certain pattern and then yes my " to put in a strip panel " pile grew bigger! but they are all scraps so it was no big deal..but just so you know " I get it".....BUT.......I will use all my scraps by the end of the year! I am determined..and I wont start a new project ( besides christmas gifts) until they are gone!
But I am itching to get them done because we just ordered a bunch of new fabric for the shop and I want to buy some of it up!
I am trying to learn to just leave it and let God figure out if I will ever add it to my "collection" ...
But! The bigger experience here is: Scraps, exposed to air, GROW ... and, they will never disappear!
Now, I haven't always put this into practice, but ... if you start making crazy blocks out of little formed blocks, they will never become a quilt unless you determine the size of a square and start putting those squares together.
I was looking for some fabric in the bunkhouse the other day, opened up BIG container ... and, there were maybe five yards of fabrics on top of TONS of partially finished scrap blocks ... I have GOT to put them into a quilt! but, first ... I have to finish those other scraps I was working with!
And, that, my friend, is the reality of this scrap quilter!
I only started quilting to use up the scraps from the shirts I was making. I am not making shirts any more, but ... LOL
#47
I am wondering if our scraps grow in proportion to the number of containers we own ... Hubby brought home the neatest boxes a few weeks ago ... most of them are full of fabric, and I shared a bunch with Operation 1161, and then! I have some I haven't built up yet ... but, then I have all these plastic bins ...
I will NOT give up ... but, I think it is a losing battle! LOL
I will NOT give up ... but, I think it is a losing battle! LOL
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