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November 3, 2020
Soothing the Anxiety from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

 Once I finished my client longarm quilting today, I found myself a little lost and feeling a little stressed.  So where did I turn?  To my scraps of course!



I sort all my scraps by color in rainbow order - so I just grabbed the first bin.  Looks Like I am starting a quilt with red.




Cutting is probably my least favorite of all the quilting stages, so I decided to use my AccuQuilt fabric cutter to speed up the process so I can get to the sewing quickly.

I looked through my dies and decided to get out my 2 ...

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added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 3 years, 6 months ago. under accuquilt , scrap management , scrap mixology , scrap quilting
June 7, 2020
pink dresdens from Making A Lather


Last week, I had a decision to make about adding a another project to my rainbow scrap challenge plans, an old ufo with pink dresdens.
I was worried I wouldn't keep all the plates in the air.
I was grateful for bloggie support and decided to do both, but, with a better mind set.

I spent only one evening sorting the scrap bucket and cutting what I would normally need. Then, I put it all away for another time. It looks neat and tidy.... for a minute.


I cut strips in 3 1/2, 2 1/2, 2, and ...

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added by maggie fellow 3 years, 11 months ago. under cutting scraps , dresden plate , katie dresden plate , pink , quilt , quilt wip , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc 20 , scrap management , scrap user system , scrappy , scraps , stripology ruler , ufo , wip , wips
April 8, 2020
Something New and Easy from Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework

One of the tasks I have been working on during my sheltering is to try and clean out some of my odd stash and larger scraps.  I use these fabric cuts as "seeds" for making quilts.



Last night I came across some long strips I shoved in a box after trimming a previous quilt.  These were what was trimmed from the backing.  I decided to cut them into a uniform 5" wide.



I then pulled some chunks of solids and cut them into half hexagons using my Hex n More ruler.  I cut these at 4.5" wide.

That is ...

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added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 4 years, 1 month ago. under baby quilts , covid quilt , hexagon quilt , scrap management
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