I try to keep my scraps in order. My style is similar to Bonnie's.
If the fabric is a yard or larger, it gets folded and stored in a bin. If it's smaller than a yard, I cut it into:
10 1/2 inch squares, used for quilt backs and in place of layer cakes:
The 5 inch squares are used for tossed nine patch quilts and in place of charm packs:
The 2 1/2 in strips are used in scrap quits or in place of jelly rolls:
The 2 inch squares are used in scrap quilts:
The 1 1/2 inch strips are used in scrap quilts and in place of honey buns:
I wish I could say that all of my scraps are cut and neatly stored in this manner but they are not. I haven't had many stress-induced cutting sessions lately. For that I'm very grateful.
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What a great idea!!! Have to attack my scraps, get some fresh rotary cutter blades and start slicin' and dicin'!
your method or Bonnie's I think the key is some kind of "pre cutting" really helps when inspiration or a "oh my I need to make a gift now" strikes.
thanks for sharing.
Hello Debbie,
I love the quilts you have shown, I love the colors. You must be a very busy lady.
Neat - Do you need a lozenge (Or as my grandmother would have said, "Lozenger."), you have a terrible cough... :o)
Next question - do you keep fat quarters? (I have sliced & diced up "the remains of a fat quarter" but I tend to keep fat quarters intact.)
So man quilts to be made.....so little time....but you sure have a jump on the rest of us!
Love the quilt show you gave us here :0)..very inspiring.
Happy sewing
I use pretty much the same system. Sure makes it easy to just grab and sew. Love the quilt show!!!
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