What are scraps ???

Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:55:30 +0200, Heidi from Germany
wrote:

Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany

I only put things that are FQ or bigger in my stash. I put anything
smaller (pressed neatly) into my scrap box, flat. That way I can just
do a dig through the scrap box for a single block or small project,
and all pieces are ready to be used. I don't cut my scraps to any
particular size, but every once in a while, I do go through the box
and cut 4" charms, or 6" charms, etc. Later, I can make some project
from those 4" or 6" charms.
That's my method. Sometimes the cat tries to help.

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-- Jo in Scotland

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-- Jo in Scotland

One quilter's scraps are another quilter's stash. Anything big enough to
fold goes back in the stash, and some of my stash pieces are smaller than
FQs. Anything smaller than foldable goes in the Black Hole Scrap Basket,
which never seems to become empty no matter how many quilts I make from it.
(The basket is about 12" across at the top and about 9" tall.) Every project
must use at least one piece from the basket, that's my personal rule :-)
Occasionally, I make a string or crazy pieced quilt just to keep the scrap
population under control. I try to make small blocks out of the basket in
between other projects. Useful for hugs.
Roberta in D

"Heidi from Germany" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address

I recently made a quilt that had many little 1/2 square triangles clipped
off in the process of making the blocks. I sewed them together and had
enough to make 40 - 4 inch blocks and will use them in a lap quilt. So it
will be a quilt made from 1 1/2 inch triangle scraps!

--
Bonnie
NJ
"Heidi from Germany" wrote in message
...
Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


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mail: please remove quilt from address

I keep bits between, say, 6" and 12" in my drawer called 'little
pieces'. Anything over 12" goes in with the main fabric.
Anything less than 2" is, I regret, thrown away because I know I will
never use them. I do use pieces between 2" and 6". They are kept in
boxes by colour and accurately cut strips are kept in the almost largest
box.
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In message , Heidi from
Germany writes
Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Hey Di....Did you see that??? Another 'Frankenquilt' in the making!!

--
Jenn/Jalynne
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"Bonnie NJ" wrote in message
nk.net...
I recently made a quilt that had many little 1/2 square triangles clipped
off in the process of making the blocks. I sewed them together and had
enough to make 40 - 4 inch blocks and will use them in a lap quilt. So it
will be a quilt made from 1 1/2 inch triangle scraps!

--
Bonnie
NJ
"Heidi from Germany" wrote in message
...
Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address

Its a Mini Me!
Diana

Jenn/Jalynne wrote:
Hey Di....Did you see that??? Another 'Frankenquilt' in the making!!

On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 16:55:30 +0200, Heidi from Germany
wrote:

Loved the posted sites about scraps and how to use them, but now how
do you define scraps ?
B.e. if I cut fabric of from a FQ or maybe half a yard. Mostly I have
left one big piece of fabric and the remnants of a stripe or remnants
of several stripes. Until now I stored them together. What do you do ?
If you are finished with the block or top you used the fabric for, do
you put all remnants in a scrap box or do you also store the remnants
with the big pieces of fabric ???
Heidi from Germany


http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/
mail: please remove quilt from address


Tome there is NO definition of scraps but if you have t have one,
maybe leftovers will do

Krysia
K.T. - starannie opakowana

Did I copy you, if so, I'm in good company!

--
Bonnie
NJ
"D Curtis" wrote in message
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Its a Mini Me!
Diana

Jenn/Jalynne wrote:
Hey Di....Did you see that??? Another 'Frankenquilt' in the making!!