#MSBHQAL – Scraps
Oh honeys. Today was my first day back at work after having two weeks off cruising around Australia with Grandma Sparkles and the fam’. Can you believe I had six hundred plus emails? Shoot me in the face and call me holier than thou’! So needless to say, I’m not emotionally prepared to talk about quilting with you today, which is this week’s QAL assignment. Check back tomorrow for ideas, tips, and photos, and make sure your long armer is on speed dial!
For today I put together a photo tutorial of how I’m cutting my scraps into 2″ squares. I know y’all have scraps too, and gobs of them! I’d love to hear what you’re doing with yours in the comments, or post a photo to the Flickr group. Just don’t throw them away–eek! I had so many of these 2″ squares that I used them for a border around my quilt top to give it that little bit of extra somethin’-somethin’! I even saved a lot of the pieces that couldn’t be cut into 2″ squares, because that’s how I roll. Waste not, want not, and y’all know I want a lot of fabric. Mmm, hmm!
I need to sort through my scrap bag and cut a whole bunch of these. I've recently come across the idea of using them as leaders and enders when chain piecing and I'm hooked. I would never have the patience to piece loads normally but that way they just work tegether effortlessly.
I have been saving my scraps (every little tiny thread thereof) by color. As my scrap bins are beginning to overflow, I am thinking about chopping the scraps up and organizing by strip and square size. But I would never, ever dispose of all those little odd shaped potential gems!
Scraps are bagged by color….sometimes I just sew them together at random doing "mile a minute" tops for charity.
As most of my MSBHQAL blocks were made from scraps, I still have the leftover bits in the scrap bins. When I get there, I love the idea of piecing the back!
I cut my scraps into 2 1/2 inch squares for hexagons. I save the other strip scraps for string quilts. I donate those to charity.
Been there, had that inbox. I do know of people who come back and delete all their unread e-mails, but I'm not that brave!
And how many parcels?!