Great week for scrapping here,
and a rainy day is making staying
indoors attractive.
Lots of red 2 1/2" strips and bits were
sewn up this week, yay!
First let's talk about my scraps.
I am an in situ scrapper. I like to
leave mine natural and free range.
I rarely cut them up into useable
pieces . This makes me the project
of a few friends who want me to press,
sort and stash.
I just sort mine by color and use
them direct from the bag.
I store fabric chunks by folding
them and stacking on the center shelves
of my stash closet.
But, I am trying to be successful with
the rainbow scrap challenge,
so I needed to do some prepping.
I pulled lots of red chunks down ,
cut for a morning while listening to
a good movie, and ta da!
Lots of red squares ready!!
I cut as many strips as possible out of the chunks.
Then sewed them together into strips sets.
Cut them up into square sets and laid them
out on paper pages to make sewing time
efficient.
Another good movie and there are
lots of blocks ready to go!
bank, they are pinned up so they can
inspire me to make more in other colors.
They also inspired me to clear off my
sewing table by processing my recent
scraps. I followed along with some
on line quilting gurus and trimmed
up my table scraps !
I have a few boxes of strip sizes from
previous short lived scrap trimming,
so I can file these away for future use.
Maybe the next color will be "assorted?"
A great scrapping weekend all around!
Linking up to :
I am the same way with my scrap system - cut as needed, otherwise stash it in a color bin! I do like your strip sets and squares - they'll be useful!
ReplyDeleteI seem to have a lot of grey there. I do love to go thru my scraps sometimes tho and just delight in the colors!
DeleteIt looks like you enjoyed a wonderful day of scrappy play! The bottom of your closet seems familiar to me. I have a stash of zip bags sorted by color. Those are all stored in a giant bag from IKEA. My scrap chunks are stored on shelves and cubes. The smaller bits are stuffed in fabric baskets made of more scrappy crumbs. I also have a drawer system which houses the strips, squares, and bricks previously cut to size, along with a bedding bag of random batik scraps. While some would feel stressed by the volume of scraps, I find it exhilarating because of the endless possibilities they afford. Scrap on, Deb!
ReplyDeleteI have a big subway bag of " unsorted" ! It is my catchall when I tidy up. It is definitely my "project" when ever I think I have nothing to do , it is always waiting ( lurking). At least I will always have supplies!
DeleteI sort all my scraps by color but I don't precut. I like to have the freedom to cut to whatever size I need. Love your red color block squares. Thanks for sharing with Oh Scrap!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. I really enjoying my online quilting life. So many ideas and great people!
DeleteScraps are the eternal question. I've done the cut into various size squares, strips and even triangles. I find I never have what I want. Now I have some baskets and bags with similar color scraps together. Let's see if I use those any faster!
ReplyDeleteThere is always something new to try ! We should eventually find what works for us, but we do enjoy the journey to get there!
DeleteThat is a lot of scraps and it looks like you have a wide range of colors to provide just the right piece for any project. Thank you for linking up to Put your foot down.
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