Bags of scraps - what to do with them?
#72
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Location: Silver Springs, NV
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Bonnie Hunter I do believe narrows it down to anything under 2" is for crumbs or crazy quilts, Things long but thin go for string quilts. She has some beautiful ones. The there is a gal here in QB who takes a roll of adding machine paper and sews the material across it, makes beautiful quilts about what 3 inch accross the paper. I bet she had done miles of them.... some of the prettest I've seen. Have fun
#73
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Richmond, Va
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I have bags of the same thing and you can come get them anytime. I'm not going to ever use them!! I have tried to donate but noone wants them. When I cleaned out my Mom's house she had bags of scraps from the local Ethan Allen drapery scraps. I wasn't a quilter then (she was) and probably would not have used them anyway. No one would take them, not even Goodwill.
#74
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Location: league city, texas
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what a lucky person you are to get these scraps....i love scraps,.....i buy them everywhere i go........i use them for applique, scrappy quilts, small projects....1" square (3" finished) block of nines, just a ton of stuff.........have fun with all of those bags.....gina
#76
I'm so excited because I found my 6.5" square last night, and this great tutorial on the Quiltville site: http://quiltville.com/barbscrumbs.shtml I think with the bigger blocks I can make the lap quilts much faster. The smaller 4.5" square is perfect for coasters, which would be perfect for putting on all of my old sewing machines where hubby & kids continually set down their cups. Anybody know if you bind coasters the same as a quilt?
I think this scrapy/string/crumb quilting will help me to express myself with color and add some fun to my quilting. It is so much fun not to have to worry about following a set pattern, and the whole thing is so liberating. :)
I think this scrapy/string/crumb quilting will help me to express myself with color and add some fun to my quilting. It is so much fun not to have to worry about following a set pattern, and the whole thing is so liberating. :)
#77
You would be surprised how much fun these quilts are to make! I feel great using up the smallest pieces of fabric.
Originally Posted by joyplace
Try a crumb quilt............Check out Bonnie Hunter's Quiltville...............Lots of good info there.
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