🧹🗑🧽 Day 17-Fabric Scraps - 2025 Declutter Challenge

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  • Опубликовано: 17 янв 2025

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  • @rosannastremlau5036
    @rosannastremlau5036 12 часов назад +14

    Karen, I think your point about how many scraps will be used is brilliant! I love organizing and, of course, touching all my fabric, so my Mt. Scrapmore is manageable (with a few small avalanches here and there).
    But, but, but your point about quantity of scraps in balance with using the scraps ... wow, hit home! So, I need to do some hard thinking on this point.
    I had this same "ah ha" moment a few years ago when I organized all my quilt kits and patterns. I won't mention a number but I knew that I'd never do them all even if blessed with 10 years of good health and mobility. So, over time I released them.
    And it is time to take this concept to my beautiful scraps. Thank you, Karen, for the brilliant challenge! ❤️

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah 20 часов назад +43

    I like scrap projects more than anything. I find myself leaning into processing scraps and making scrap blocks instead of anything else

    • @HappyCamperWV
      @HappyCamperWV 14 часов назад

      I need this kind of attitude! I like the look of scrappy quilts, but don’t make them very often.

    • @proud2bktsmama
      @proud2bktsmama 13 часов назад +4

      I love scrap quilts too.

    • @carolynhowe9223
      @carolynhowe9223 13 часов назад +2

      Same!

    • @kayharrell8760
      @kayharrell8760 11 часов назад +1

      I love to make quilts with scraps too.

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 11 часов назад +5

      Me too! I only make scrap quilts anymore. I’m now known for taking other’s scraps and using them in my quilts. I love it.

  • @lindalee601
    @lindalee601 11 часов назад +10

    A fellow quilter gave me a wonderful idea to use up small scraps. ( The ones we trim off or would normally throw away). She gathers all of her small scraps and trimmed pieces and uses them for stuffing pet beds to donate to our local human society and vet office. You can stuff old pillow cases or if you want to use a bigger piece of your stash that works well too. It's a good idea and it helps keep a pet warm.

    • @jayneterry8701
      @jayneterry8701 9 часов назад

      Check with them 1st as don't want them. They make a mess if the dog rips it open!

    • @Lynn_the_Empress
      @Lynn_the_Empress 9 часов назад +1

      Also, I heard that the small pieces could be a choking hazard. You can use the small pieces to make a pillow form for your own pillows.

  • @PaisanosRoostFarm
    @PaisanosRoostFarm 18 часов назад +26

    I destashed 11 bags of scraps that were sent to a lady to teaches quilting at 4 community centers in the county. I emptied 8 plastic bins. I'm not planning on refilling the emptied bins.

    • @shelleyt3048
      @shelleyt3048 17 часов назад +1

      @@PaisanosRoostFarm Wow, that’s a lot of scraps. Must have freed up a lot of space for you 👍

    • @MarciaALW
      @MarciaALW Час назад

      @@PaisanosRoostFarm kudos!

  • @marveldonovan5425
    @marveldonovan5425 9 часов назад +4

    I love scraps!! I love the challenge of sewing with scraps without a color plan in mind, because the final project is such a fun surprise. I have yet to have anyone reject one of my scrappy quilts.

  • @sharonfeatherstone8219
    @sharonfeatherstone8219 11 часов назад +7

    I love making scrap quilts! Every few months, I process my scraps (your videos are fabulous for this) and use your scrap quilt patterns to make ugly quilts, which end up being very desired and beautiful! Recently I did a potato chip quilt (again, inspired by you) and it’s my favorite one so far.

  • @Ipreferthemiddle
    @Ipreferthemiddle 8 часов назад +3

    I found new joy when having a system for scraps. I'm a dedicated recycler and have a pillowcase to put bits to small to use after processing scraps for dog beds. Made a quilt from scrapes and did alot as leaders and enders. Pick a pattern you want to sew and have close by sew some with each sitting and the top will be done before you know it. Karen is a ROCK STAR

  • @Linda-fs3ex
    @Linda-fs3ex 6 часов назад +2

    If you like scrap quilting, once you make the initial investment of your time and cut everything and organize it to what works for, you are ready to go. I love to look at my scraps pull out a bin, flip through some of them and the possibilities. just enter my mind. Sometimes I’ll make an all one color quilt with another color as a highlight, such as red and gold. It’s amazing how they all go together.

  • @amikrenzel5788
    @amikrenzel5788 10 часов назад +5

    Scraps really truly are my happy place. For me scrap management and best way to use them is to sort by color only. I sort 8 colors of the color wheel, black, brown and lights. I do many scrap quilts and also love needle turn applique so not precutting works best because I never know how I will use things. I am the person that goes thru the trash bins at retreats and collects what others discard......I have found far quarters!!! My most recent scrap quilt was a guild challenge. I cut 1 1/2 inch squares and triangles and made a colorwash giant churn dash block using from deep purple, reds, peach, orange and pink. It took some time but was amazing and I got many wonderful comments about the quilt.

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 10 часов назад

      I’m that person too! It’s amazing what gets thrown away. I started putting a basket at my workstation and labeled it “scraps here”. I still went around to look in the trash. 😂

  • @GordonTurnbull-y5b
    @GordonTurnbull-y5b 12 часов назад +6

    I keep a small box in my sewing cabinet and anything too small for my projects go there. I have someone in another town who pays shipping cost and I mail the scraps to her 2-3 times a year. Makes me happy to move the pieces along and she and her daughter are thrilled to receive them. Roseita, Alberta

  • @AdriaJones-h1b
    @AdriaJones-h1b 11 часов назад +6

    I make scrap quilts for Charity, Every Jan and June I use up my Scraps. I keep my scraps divided into 5" 4" 3 " and 3 1/2 inch either blocks or strips. I store them in there own Cookie tins Labeled neatly on a shelf just dived by adult or juvenile. . Then come June or Jan They are sewn up and Delivered to my quilt guild and out my door.
    Love your Videos.. They keep me organized exilically the timer....its amazing what 15 mins can accomplish,,

  • @tudibelle
    @tudibelle 10 часов назад +4

    I've just got back into sewing after a long break, and I am so looking forward to sorting my scraps, getting to make order from beautiful colourful chaos.

  • @sheila9028
    @sheila9028 25 минут назад

    You have inspired me. I am in the middle of a potato chip block quilt and should have it pieced by the end of this weekend. It's 5 x 5 and will make a great charity quilt for my guild's outreach program. My next scrap project has me on the lookout for adding machine rolls. I loved your idea and your finished quilt. I'm tempted to start the process of sewing the teenie weenie pieces up while I wait to get the adding machine rolls. So excited to start! Thank you.

  • @paulettebornestig4430
    @paulettebornestig4430 Час назад

    I have been wanting to comment since the beginning of watching these declutter tips.
    I am loving your hair and your style!!! Thank you for helping with this declutter challenge.

  • @cj6337
    @cj6337 4 часа назад +1

    Well this was an eye opener😜 I am having a real hard time with this one. So I decided to separate my scraps and fabric as follows Bin #1 less than 5" Squares, Bin #2 More than 5" Squares but less than a Fat Quarter. I keep my fat quarters in a Pattern Cabinet by Pattern. Drawer 1 is Flowers, Drawer 2 in Foilage and Paisley, Drawer 3 is Pattern, Drawer 4 is Novelty and Reproduction Fabrics. Drawer 5 is Batiks and Solids. My Designer Fabrics I keep in a bin atop my Pattern Cabinet. For my yardage I keep it the same but in a China Cabinet rolled on Comic Book Boards. I am giving myself 6 months to see if I use and of my scraps in the bins. Thank you Karen for helping me think about a system for storing my scraps. Love the channel❤

  • @mamakaka73
    @mamakaka73 11 часов назад +6

    All I make is scrap projects. I absolutely love them 😊

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 10 часов назад

      @@mamakaka73 me too!

  • @jocelynkemp5105
    @jocelynkemp5105 17 часов назад +8

    another important day. thank you. I store all my fabric by colour and have 10 deep, wide drawers to organise into. AA few years ago, I worked out the size of scraps I'd keep- ones that make cash register paper tape strips. I store them in rectangular take away food containers. Like everything, several years later, the number of containers of scraps has grown so now if I have too many take away containers...so my first easy job for this year is to reduce them to 4 per colour or less.

  • @ColeenSewsChats
    @ColeenSewsChats 8 часов назад +1

    You are the MOST helpful on controlling the chaos created when sewing & Quilting . Thank you

  • @valeriebishop561
    @valeriebishop561 9 часов назад +1

    I'm still working on UFO clearing but wanted to say a huge thank you Karen! This series is SO motivating to me.

  • @bevtimmons7866
    @bevtimmons7866 13 часов назад +7

    I have all my 2-1/2 inch strips separated by color in a 2 large under the bed boxes and 2 extra latge ziplock bags of strings that I need to go through - last year I made 10 quilts from scrap strips and I really enjoy making these -especially for the young people on my list

  • @cindyballard7585
    @cindyballard7585 12 часов назад +7

    Scraps are definitely my thing! I love making scrap quilts and have tons of scraps! I have almost no interest in quilts that are made with a coordinated set of fabrics and I have very little actual yardage in my stash!

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 10 часов назад

      @@cindyballard7585 me too! I use those scraps! I have to buy yardage just for backings because I also have no yardage in my stash.

  • @merrycmouse
    @merrycmouse 14 часов назад +3

    I love scrap quilting. My cutting table is made from trofast units from Ikea with a kitchen island counter top on top. I sort by color into bins that fit into the trofast units like drawers and cut as I need them for whatever scrap idea I have. When a bin gets full, it's time to use that color. It's easy to put the scraps away when I'm working on other projects. I just pull out the bin with that color like a drawer, plop them in and put the bin back. I like that I can pull the bin all the way out and set it on my cutting table if I want to dig through and find what I need for a project. I do also keep my leftover squares and strips in bins by size and I keep all the tiny little bits and bobs in their own bin sorted into ziplock bags by color.

  • @nancyjohnson2185
    @nancyjohnson2185 13 часов назад +5

    I do NOT miss all the scraps I got rid of last year!!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

  • @katehenry2718
    @katehenry2718 3 часа назад +1

    All my cloth is random bits acquired from thrift stores, garage sales, and mystery gifts left on my porch. ))) I do not buy new cloth from stores. They are stashed in BIG bins by color. A closet of bins has backing sized pieces (sheets and curtains), and another has bales of stuffings. There are lifetimes of quilts in these bins and that's just fine with me. I've pinned printouts of quilt pictures on to the walls of my sewing room for inspiration for the "next" quilt. Piano Key quilts make me smile so I've sewn miles of paper tape keys. STill half the bin of tiny bits to go ))) Only trim slivers are too small for me. There will be one fine estate sale when I'm gone ))) Garden is asleep in winter so THREAD stuff reigns )))) Quilting is JOY. ))))

  • @Carol_Sews
    @Carol_Sews 19 часов назад +11

    I don’t seem to make many scraps. I cut quilt pieces from yardage as I need them, so my yardage just gradually gets smaller. I keep my yardage stacked in color wheel order in plastic totes, so small pieces of fabric just go in with the larger pieces. Once a piece gets to less than about 6 inches square, I move it to the one small plastic tote that I use for scraps. I use those scraps for either wall hangings that need pieces like windows or doors or other small pieces or for my slow stitch embroidery.

  • @barbararandell6774
    @barbararandell6774 3 часа назад

    My Mt Scrapmore TERRIFIES me!!! I saw your potato chip quilt, and fell in love with the idea. Got the front end loader and moved Mt Scrapmore into my line of sight..had a heart attack, and promptly left the room! So am I being truthful with myself when I say I want to make a potato chip quilt? Probably not. Do I like working with scraps? Probably not. But I dont have anyone to pass them on to. I think this will go back into the THB...too hard basket! I do so love watching tour drclutter challenge though..along with all your other videos.🥰

  • @tarasimonson5871
    @tarasimonson5871 5 часов назад +1

    My daughter wanted me to make a scrappy quilt. I was up for the challenge. I spy 2025! 😊

  • @anitaznoy2807
    @anitaznoy2807 19 часов назад +2

    This was the day of the challenge I started with. I had them tucked in a few spaces. It just felt good to sort through them by color and store them in one place. Thanks for doing this challenge again.

  • @georgett6750
    @georgett6750 11 часов назад +4

    I do NOT like scraps. There, I said it. I have trained myself to save nothing smaller than a fat quarter and that has encouraged me to make quilts that teach me new techniques and styles of quilting. I have a guild friend that adores scraps and crumbs, so she gets all I have or create. That being said, I do have a scrappy 2” hexagon quilt started from one year ago and a scrappy postage stamp quilt also started one year ago. Again to learn how to do them. Both of them have all the fabric needed in the UFO box.
    I have done your declutter challenge for 2 years now and really benefit from them. Thank You.😊

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 11 часов назад +3

      I am that person at my guild that would happily take your scraps. 😊

    • @dianejones1398
      @dianejones1398 10 часов назад +1

      I don’t like scraps either.

    • @JustGetitDoneQuilts
      @JustGetitDoneQuilts  10 часов назад

      Perfect 🤩

  • @joanotto9984
    @joanotto9984 7 часов назад

    In March 2024, went on a 5 day craft weekend. I took my 2 1/2” scrap bin. I made 7 twin tops! I came home quilted them all and donated them at Christmas. Just put under a giving tree at our local band. Felt so good. This year plan is to take narrower strips.

  • @mamag9421
    @mamag9421 19 часов назад +9

    I'll need a week for this day!

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 11 часов назад +1

      Or more! My sister says it looks like scraps threw up in my sewing room. 😂😂

    • @wandabutler-nj3uw
      @wandabutler-nj3uw 10 часов назад

      😂​@@TrinaH-k8v

    • @jayneterry8701
      @jayneterry8701 9 часов назад

      😂❤

    • @jayneterry8701
      @jayneterry8701 9 часов назад

      ​@@TrinaH-k8v😂❤

  • @jerryjohnson8145
    @jerryjohnson8145 19 часов назад +4

    I have a lot of 2.5" strips and squares, plus 2" strips and squares. I have found that I just am not a scrap user 😢. I have donated boxes of scraps, it's time to send them off again. I must say I'm very good about keeping mount scrapmore organized. I clean up my leftovers as soon as the project is complete, actually as I trim a quilt, I process the cut off from each side as I go and I put it in it's place.

  • @michellecornum5856
    @michellecornum5856 19 часов назад +3

    This is so well timed. I was excavating the loose fabrics by the door, and I kept coming up with soooo many scraps. I finally located my cabbage bin, and I had to start a pile next to it. 25 bits and I'm not quite done yet.
    And I just found a whole bin of ribbons and left over bias tape. I thought it was more fabric -- but no!

  • @jenniferkihano486
    @jenniferkihano486 18 часов назад +7

    Scraps, scraps and more scraps! Yikes, I pretty much save them all. I have 4 different projects that I want to do that will use up a lot of scraps and i like to applique so you never know what scraps you can use in those projects sometimes I only need a tiny piece and if I can find something suitable in the scrap boxes, I am happy camper. What this day or rather days will be about is going through all those scraps and processing them, choosing the ones for each project and cutting to the needed sizes and getting them in project boxes for each project and then taking a serious look at whats left and deciding whether they might be usable or not and finding a way to organize them that will work for me. In the past they just went in a tub and more in a basket and then added a box and another box and then dumped a few UFO's in, and of course, it's a big mess and takes way too long to find anything. Mount scrapmore is a very fitting term right now.
    I see all of you who who cut them to certain sizes and save them that way but afraid that those sizes won't work for an unknown future quilt. Any other ideas?

    • @palmiraolivierpolyanna5081
      @palmiraolivierpolyanna5081 17 часов назад +3

      Two years ago, I tried to cut some precuts from my scraps but as I never do the same projects they have been useless. So now I have 4 small boxes and all my scraps from any sizes (except smaller than 2,5'') are sorted by color.
      So I can cut them at the right size for my new project, I can do FPP or appliqué, well, il's more convenient to me.
      Hope it helps!

    • @megharmon2298
      @megharmon2298 16 часов назад +3

      Agree with your last question. I just save scraps by color now; cutting them up into various strip sizes did not seem to work fir me. Mostly they just sit there. One of my goals is to actually use them. Hopefully they will work as charity easy peasy quilts.

    • @jo-annevandermey2704
      @jo-annevandermey2704 12 часов назад

      Sort by colour. And fold or layer the pieces by size. After mask making and cap making during the start of covid I got some scrap book supply boxes on sale and did this. I could use the pieces or colours then as I wanted.

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 11 часов назад +2

      I like the suggestions to just sort by color. But, also lay them in your bin flat so there will be less ironing when you’re ready to use them. I only do scraps and use 2 1/2” strips a lot so I have both bins by color and bundles of strips by color. I can make a scrap quilts anymore fairly quick with my strips but if I find a pattern that uses other sizes I can go to the bins too. It’s all about how YOU want to use them as Karen might say.

  • @susanwabeke2171
    @susanwabeke2171 10 часов назад +2

    I also keep leftover quilt scraps together…knowing same fabric/color line. My challenge is to use them! Now to look for scrap patterns and do it!

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 10 часов назад +1

      There are so many scrap quilt patterns out there. I want to make them all! 😂😂😂

  • @deborahtidy4552
    @deborahtidy4552 17 часов назад +1

    Hi!Thank you for being so inspirational! I have cleared out my threads, unused fabric and the scraps mountain! My hobby room looks great and I feel good! Now ready for my 2025 projects💃

  • @lynnhenk5060
    @lynnhenk5060 20 часов назад +4

    I make a lot with scraps and am working on cutting them to usable sizes!

  • @francesmiller8601
    @francesmiller8601 11 часов назад +1

    In my sewing room I have zip lock bags for different colors that my small pieces of scraps go in. When they are overflowing, I donate them. My biger scraps are cut into sizes I like to use and stored by colors in totes.

  • @pennymaurer2674
    @pennymaurer2674 3 часа назад

    I haven’t even looked at mount scrapmore because I’ve done this challenge 3 years and this is the day I freeze on I can’t even think about the huge totes full of fabric scraps without feeling guilty. I’m thinking of just getting some lawn and leaf bags and pitching them - but I keep thinking that I’ll use them someday- lol the struggle is real my friends

  • @melimsah
    @melimsah 20 часов назад +12

    Oh one thing - i have to be careful not to process too much scraps in one go, because I've injured my wrist in the past by rotary cutting for too many hours in a row. Pace yourselves if you have a lot of scraps lol

  • @shelleyt3048
    @shelleyt3048 20 часов назад +3

    I don’t seem to have accumulated many scraps. They seem to be bigger pieces that I don’t consider scraps. When I do a project if the scraps are small I cut them up and keep them in a bag to use as stuffing for pillows. It takes a lot to stuff a pillow!

  • @margaretlewis2289
    @margaretlewis2289 14 часов назад +1

    My crumbs are going to free table at retreat in 2 weeks. I have a cubby that I’m planning on processing during Karen’s Quilting Crew zoom stitch and chat on Sunday. Fabric is lovely

  • @bobbinwithbrittany
    @bobbinwithbrittany 11 часов назад

    Love your tin for potatoes chip rectangles. I use gallon bags for everything and really want some boxes, but dislike all the plastic tubs that quickly get filled and forgotten.

  • @susanwymer6912
    @susanwymer6912 10 часов назад +1

    I am new to quilting but not to paper crafts. I have my paper sorted only by color. I am going to do the same with my scraps and see if that works!

  • @MarciaALW
    @MarciaALW 19 часов назад +2

    I have gotten comfortable with what scraps I want to keep. My dilemma is how to process and store them for what I want to do, which is a lot of different things that call for different sizes of scraps.
    Just tonight I worked on a couple of adding machine crumb strips. That was exactly what my brain needed.

    • @merrycmouse
      @merrycmouse 14 часов назад +2

      I just sort by color and cut as I need them. I never know what project is going to pop into my brain next and I find this to be what works for me. I'm not spending a ton of time cutting into "pre-cuts" only to realize they aren't what I want. I do keep my tiny bits and bobs and strings sorted by color, too. Sometimes the random string piecing is exactly what we need.

    • @wekebu
      @wekebu 11 часов назад +1

      I store them flat, divided by color and each color placed on a comic book board. That's acid-free. This way I can stack them and they're still separated

  • @DambraCallahan
    @DambraCallahan 17 часов назад +1

    Great solutions

  • @GayLynnC
    @GayLynnC 18 часов назад +2

    I really want to start making nickel quilts. I’m working on cutting up scraps I bought at a yard sale last year into 5 inch squares and smaller just for this. I’m going to commit at least 30 minutes a week to processing so I can get it done! Maybe 3 times a week. 😅😅

  • @dpapple2884
    @dpapple2884 20 часов назад +4

    Today I decided to sort my scraps by colour, as that is how i work. I found pieces too small for me to fuss with. Removing them has freed up some space. I also have a sort system by size - 1”, 2”, 2.5”. I’ve decided not to pre-cut 1” squares any more. I’m doing blocks that uses 25 1” (5X5) blocks. I’m not going to do this type very often moving forward. I stopped when I was getting too tired. I can finish tomorrow

  • @hadleywooten3689
    @hadleywooten3689 13 часов назад +2

    Well, my scraps are in a five drawer storage unit and a three drawer storage unit!🥺🥺 I think this year is going to be take down scrapmountmore!!❤️

  • @jayneterry8701
    @jayneterry8701 9 часов назад

    Think about processing scraps right when you cut the project as we are at the cutting board. Also using them with the project we are working on as leaders and enders. 💞🇨🇦 Like a secondary project.

  • @moniquemarais7791
    @moniquemarais7791 16 часов назад +1

    I mostly make plushies. So I use my fleece scraps for stuffing. I need to sort out the other fabric scraps though. Sometimes schools appreciate fabric scraps too.

    • @susanorr4821
      @susanorr4821 16 часов назад +1

      Kindergartens and daycares seem to snatch them out of my hands, they never say no thanks. Even the batting they will take

  • @donnaanderson8270
    @donnaanderson8270 7 часов назад

    I have just finished 8 throws from strips I had and strips I cut from my scraps. Still have enough to make a couple more. All will go to charity.

  • @VickiDAtri
    @VickiDAtri 11 часов назад +1

    It feels wasteful to get rid of scraps & yet I am so sick of them I want to chuck everything! Now I know why I see so many bags of scraps at thrift stores.

  • @NevaFitzgerald
    @NevaFitzgerald 6 часов назад

    I hate scraps !!! I always full a bag ,with unwanted fabric that don't like anymore and give away.once in get gone with a quilt unless they're a good size it GONE!!!!! LOL
    LOVE YOUR CHANNEL AND ALL YOUR TIPS AND TRICKS💗🙏

  • @dianekraemer5989
    @dianekraemer5989 13 часов назад +2

    If a scrap fits in a 5 inch square, 10 inch square, 2 1/2 strip at least 6 inches long, it stays, if it doesn't, it goes. If I have a large piece, I save a fat quarter or fat 8. If it doesn't fit in those measurements, it gets cut down into one of the measurments above. I have drawers by color with sections for each measurment.

    • @SpeakTruthBeKind
      @SpeakTruthBeKind 8 часов назад

      That must be a lot of drawers. Are they in a dresser out one of those plastic drawer thingys? You sound very organized! 👍🏻

  • @carolynhowe9223
    @carolynhowe9223 13 часов назад +1

    I’m just finishing up a potato chip block quilt top😊

  • @proud2bktsmama
    @proud2bktsmama 13 часов назад

    I hope to get my scraps sorted by color today.

  • @jackieheaney8246
    @jackieheaney8246 20 часов назад +2

    Omg 17!!!

  • @judycook3725
    @judycook3725 11 часов назад

    I cut my scraps into 2.5 strips and 2 sizes of potato chips. We make 4 or 5 scrap quilts every year.

  • @donalusterman1821
    @donalusterman1821 19 часов назад +1

    I use my small pieces for appliqué fabric.

  • @angelbev67
    @angelbev67 19 часов назад +7

    I keep saving scraps thinking I can find a use for them. But honestly I’d rather just buy the fabric I want to use rather than obligating myself to use scraps. I think it’s time to let them go

    • @janetwarren2890
      @janetwarren2890 13 часов назад +2

      It took me a while to start using my scraps. But once I started turning my strips into rail fences, my squares into granny square blocks, and odd strips into scrappy blocks, it felt very satisfying. But I do find that even using scraps creates more scraps!

  • @CorneliaBoot
    @CorneliaBoot 16 часов назад

    This is the most difficult day for me. I know I want to make something with my scraps, but whwn and what? I can’t decide. I’ve decided to leave it for the moment and go searching for several scrap patterns and then decide what to do with them. I love my fabric too much. Aaargh!!

  • @susanparker2055
    @susanparker2055 3 часа назад

    I don't process my scraps because I never know what size I'm going to need. I store by color. I'm not sure it's a good system. I occasionally use the scraps. If i get tired of looking at them they get donated to a thrift store.

  • @Swrqltr
    @Swrqltr 9 часов назад

    Oh boy this is going to be so hard. I never buy fabric I don’t like so getting rid of scraps.

  • @herlindeclark5488
    @herlindeclark5488 20 часов назад +3

    Well, the scraps bother me. Especially the batting scraps. I don’t want to mend them together. I don’t want to fold them and now I have so many different widths or lofts and did not keep the bags they came in, so I don’t know if they are wool or microwaveable…….
    The same goes for leftover fabric. At first I cut them into 5 inch and ten inch scraps, but I want to sew and not spend my time folding and refolding or measuring the sizes to see in what mount they go now…….today will be a bad day for me and the fight to climb mount scrapmore. 😢

    • @susanbaker8023
      @susanbaker8023 20 часов назад +1

      I have many, many,many scraps. I save all the red,white,blue, and gold for Quilts of Valor . They make great strip Quilts. So I don't toss any of them. The others I keep for a time, 6 months to year. If I haven't used them off they go to the free table at one of my guilds.

    • @MarciaALW
      @MarciaALW 19 часов назад +8

      Are you sure you even want to keep all your scraps? If you don’t, give yourself the gift of time and space, by letting them go.
      Also, remember Karen’s advice not to burn yourself out. Maybe instead of reaching the top of Mount Scrapmore, you just go to the first scenic overlook today. It’s all progress.

    • @carriebutler7567
      @carriebutler7567 18 часов назад

      Years ago I sorted scraps by size

    • @elsiedenzel1049
      @elsiedenzel1049 15 часов назад +4

      Any day is a good day when you realize what gives you joy, and decide to pursue those things. Be ruthless with the things that will give OTHERS more joy, and don't look back.

    • @desleybartlett322
      @desleybartlett322 12 часов назад +2

      Still trying to sort out what size scraps I will use most. Love making scrap quilts. Have just finished making one for my king size bed. Desley🇦🇺

  • @charliesparkle675
    @charliesparkle675 14 часов назад +1

    How can you manage your fussy cutting leftovers

  • @hopscotchtop
    @hopscotchtop 12 часов назад +1

    I just finished sorting all my scraps and realized that for me sorting by color dis not work for my brain, so I sorted by size. Crumb size, strips over 6", squares and the rectangles, plus anything around an 1/16th was rolled up and stored with my fat 1/8ths

    • @SpeakTruthBeKind
      @SpeakTruthBeKind 8 часов назад

      Do you then store them all in drawers or shoe boxes? Do you keep what you roll up on a shelf? You sound very organized. 👍🏻👏🏻

  • @Sewwithdebee
    @Sewwithdebee 7 часов назад

  • @estelina8
    @estelina8 9 часов назад

    Do you have a link for sew and go blocks?

  • @thelmamay7550
    @thelmamay7550 3 часа назад

    I have a basket full of scraps, I need more than a day to process scraps.

  • @createandcraftwithchristine
    @createandcraftwithchristine 20 часов назад +2

    Here’s my system for sorting (and using) those smaller scraps that I can’t fold onto a postcard for my fabric drawers:
    ruclips.net/video/2LmiiXaRIVE/видео.html cheers, Christine 💙🧵🪡

    • @jenniferkihano486
      @jenniferkihano486 18 часов назад +1

      I love this idea for the smaller pieces!

    • @createandcraftwithchristine
      @createandcraftwithchristine 17 часов назад

      @ so happy it is helpful to you - it has meant I’m now actually using my smaller scraps 🤗 cheers, Christine 💙🧵🪡

  • @gretchenjaspering9696
    @gretchenjaspering9696 11 часов назад +1

    What are potato chip cuts?

    • @TrinaH-k8v
      @TrinaH-k8v 11 часов назад

      2 1/2” x 4 1.2” usually but there are some patterns that use other sizes. Do a search for potato chip quilts. You’ll be surprised at the many different patterns. I love potato chips blocks and have made many.

  • @tammihackley4349
    @tammihackley4349 14 часов назад

    This is a very hard day; task
    Still figuring out flow

  • @anitabengtson6456
    @anitabengtson6456 7 часов назад

    What is a potato chip?

  • @alexandra-zaza-burns
    @alexandra-zaza-burns 15 часов назад

    I’m not a fan of scraps at all. I find scrappy quilts hard to make. I love the way they look but making them hurts my brain. If I have coordinating yardage I put them all together to get used up in a small project otherwise I donate them.

  • @wekebu
    @wekebu 11 часов назад

    Guys? I'm a gal, lady, woman. Never a guy. (Love ya, but this urks me).