scrap management

shirt strings from Making A Lather

What do you do when making a block makes more small scraps?

Start a new quilt. I randomly sewed small pieces and strings together to make slabs of shirt fabric. I really didn't have a plan.. yet

Then, I remembered Bonnie Hunter's free string x pattern, and a version that I liked the colors. I started cutting my slabs into 3 1/2 x 10 1/2 rectangles.

I am on my way to using up all my bits and pieces... LOL that's a joke, of course. I won't even see a dent. I am really ...

added by maggie fellow 5 years ago. under bag of scraps , bonnie hunter , cutting scraps , quiltville , scrap management , scrappy , shirt anvil block , shirts , string block , string quilt , string x , strings

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years ago. under accuquilt , scrap management , scrap mixology , scrap quilting

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 ...

added by maggie fellow 5 years, 5 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

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 ...

added by Cynthia Brunz Designs 5 years, 7 months ago. under baby quilts , covid quilt , hexagon quilt , scrap management

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