How small are your scraps?

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> I voted, but you left out a reason: obsession. Addiction. Compulsion. > Can't stop! To put it a more positive way, it alows me to make some > order out of chaos. I can't control the world, but I rule the Scrap > Basket! Bwahahaha! > Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap HeapWhich leads on to How small are your scraps?I tend to keep just about anything that is bigger than one inch in any given dimension, and sometimes smaller bits than that.I also cut oddments into 2.5" squares which do very nicely for nine patches and 1.5" x 2.5" pieces which I use when making Frugal patch blocks.  far I have made about 30 of these and I still have an overflowing scrap box.  I can see some crumb quilts coming up soon too.Lizzy

Lizzy Taylor · Accepted Answer

Not my term, but Bonnie Hunter's make my blocks 6.5" unfinished and then see how the mood takes me.Lizzy

Kate XXXXXX · Answer

'Crumb quilts'.  I like that...  :)

Roberta · Answer

Some of my scraps are smaller than about an inch square, butthat'smostly my bottom line. Idon't cut anything until I know what Ineed.Roberta i n D

amy in CNY · Answer

well, as my OCD does not allow me to throw out any scrap over 1 1/2 ", i have got 3 different bins/boxes sorted into 3 catagories: smaller than 2-3"... long strips about 1-3" wide... and large scraps: bigger than the strips, but smaller than FQ's. I won't even get into lights and darks..... having said that...i am now in the process of using my long strips for a string quilt, FP, 6" sq blocks. i've made about 125 or more, so far. i think i'll have enough strips to make 3 full size tops and maybe a crib size also. even the setting in triangles will be from scraps. and if i can get away with it, so will the backs and bindings. =P

amy in CNY

Taria · Answer

Mine too.  When I get enough I start in on the mile a minute blocks.  Fun and uses a lot of tiny scraps.  I have a tough time throwing fabric away.Taria

Sandy E · Answer

Howdy!Former RCTQer Carolyn-in-Harlingen had her box of"Scraps too small to keep."Always makes me chuckle.What's a scrap?  No good fabric goes to waste.  ;-)R/Sandy -

Bev in TX · Answer

This link is from yesterday's "Quilt Show" topic.  Slide #38 shows useof tiny torn tabs to create a beautiful vase filled with flowers.Very nice! in TX

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