Scraps for the trash
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Hello, I'm a dressmaker too and, while I wouldn't put synthetics or blends into the recycling I'm wondering if I should throw the cotton scraps into recycling.? Just wondering what you all do with scraps which you're throwing out.
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Originally Posted by msariano
Hello, I'm a dressmaker too and, while I wouldn't put synthetics or blends into the recycling I'm wondering if I should throw the cotton scraps into recycling.? Just wondering what you all do with scraps which you're throwing out.
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Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Originally Posted by msariano
Hello, I'm a dressmaker too and, while I wouldn't put synthetics or blends into the recycling I'm wondering if I should throw the cotton scraps into recycling.? Just wondering what you all do with scraps which you're throwing out.
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I put them in my compost bin. Some people put them out for the birds to use in their nests. Some use them for pillow stuffing.
ETA: Our recycler would not take them. They do not know that they are all cotton.
ETA: Our recycler would not take them. They do not know that they are all cotton.
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I found a big bag of scraps one spring day and thought how it would be nice for the birds. I placed all of them out and later saw it being carried away by squirrels and birds as fast as they could go. The next day I saw colorful nest in all the trees. A few nights later we had a awful wind storm and when I looked out the next morning my scraps were hanging from all the trees and shrubs in the neighborhood. They were even floating in my neighbors pool.
I never did that again.
I never did that again.
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I have two containers on my cutting table; one if for really small threads of materials the other is for larger scraps that aren't large enough to cut into squares. I take the small stuff and dump it into a bag and then if I want to stuff a toy or something I can use it. I use the larger stuff for applique; you'd be surprised how small a scrap can be and still be good for applique. For the small stuff;it doesn't matter what type of material it is.
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Originally Posted by crafty pat
I found a big bag of scraps one spring day and thought how it would be nice for the birds. I placed all of them out and later saw it being carried away by squirrels and birds as fast as they could go. The next day I saw colorful nest in all the trees. A few nights later we had a awful wind storm and when I looked out the next morning my scraps were hanging from all the trees and shrubs in the neighborhood. They were even floating in my neighbors pool.
I never did that again.
I never did that again.
You had great intentions but too funny tho thinking of all the scraps hanging from trees, etc. LOL!
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