Fabric questions

You'll love this... perhaps it's a Missouri thing, but I sneak up on the fa= bric and whatever color I see first is the color stack it belongs in. Sta= ring at the multicolored fabrics just confuses me as one color dances to th= e forefront and then another demands attention. Sneaking up on it will mak= e one color shout out and then you'll know.

I never cut up fabric til I know what I'll use it for. You never know when= you'll need to canabalize a fabric for just the right bit of color or flow= er or eyeball or tree or....

Leslie & The Furbabies > ok heres another one for ya. I'm cleaning out the fabric closet and and s=

eparating the bigger pieces and the smaller pieces. Yesterday I took some o= f the smaller pieces and cut them into 2 1/2 " and 1 1/2 inches strips. See= med like the good thing to do. What other sizes would cut???

lues, yellows ~ you get the picture and you come across a piece of fabric t= hat has ALL of those colors. Where do you put it??

I've done this, too! but - I have found that if I do it on another day, with a different light - even morning and afternoon difference, I might get a different answer. In the end I had to make a small drawer the holder of 'multi-coloured fabrics', and just use them when the situation calls for it.

I agree with Leslie again with the cutting. I leave small bits in a big box/bag ... and riffle through it when I need something. . In message , Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes

I have one of those that leads a busy social life. It is a gentle lavender with soft yellow and peach leaves. One day, one day it will be "ah, just right". Meanwhile, it sure does get around. Polly

I have the same plans for my "less than fat quarter" boxes. What size should I cut them? For years they have been sorted by color but I don't often use them. Thought if they were cut into strips and squares I might use them in scrap quilts. Fons and Porter suggest 2 1/2" and 4

1/2". I thought 5" squares also because of all the nickle/charm patterns. How about 10" squares? We are mov>ok heres another one for ya. I'm cleaning out the fabric closet and and

separating the bigger pieces and the smaller pieces. Yesterday I took some of the smaller pieces and cut them into 2 1/2 " and 1 1/2 inches strips. Seemed like the good thing to do. What other sizes would cut???

yellows ~ you get the picture and you come across a piece of fabric that has ALL of those colors. Where do you put it??

I wouldn't cut much smaller than sensible.

So, if you can get 10" squares, do that. If it is a long skinny piece, go with a strip (maybe 2.5" for jellyroll type patterns?). Next 5" squares might be a good option (also, you can later cut the 10" down to fit, if you prefer).

Hanne in DK

Den 20-10-2012 19:48, Susan Laity Price skrev:

separating the bigger pieces and the smaller pieces. Yesterday I took some of the smaller pieces and cut them into 2 1/2 " and 1 1/2 inches strips. Seemed like the good thing to do. What other sizes would cut???

blues, yellows ~ you get the picture and you come across a piece of fabric that has ALL of those colors. Where do you put it??

Howdy! I have both, cut & uncut fabric. Love 'em all! Altho' I love to rootle thru' the 6 1/2" Baseball Swap squares to put together a quick quilt top, I find that most times I need more than just what's cut; and, I need bigger pieces. The 5" charms in the other pile are nice to go thru', but I don't have a collection of cut strips (except when I deliberately make a LogCabin top). I'm still in the cut-as-needed stage of fabric use; am certain that as soon as I cut a piece of fabric into like-size smaller pieces, I will realize that I needed a bigger cut. So, the fabric remains in the tubs and baskets, mostly uncut until needed, while the scrap bags grow & travel.

Sorting by color: kinda'. For the multi-choice, could go in several places fabrics, there are tubs just for those, too. ;-D

Good luck!

Ragmop/Sandy - "No good fabric goes to waste." SE

I would not cut other sizes, because those are the sizes I would use most.

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separating the bigger pieces and the smaller pieces. Yesterday I took some of the smaller pieces and cut them into 2 1/2 " and 1 1/2 inches strips. Seemed like the good thing to do. What other sizes would cut???

yellows ~ you get the picture and you come across a piece of fabric that has ALL of those colors. Where do you put it??