I sorted my scraps about a month ago, got all of them in 12 plastic shoeboxes and those are stored on shelves now. I found some more scraps that came from my Gt Aunt Pauline who passed away some years ago. She gave my Nana offcuts and miscuts of fabric in the early 70's from the factory she worked at, sewing pajamas and mens boxers. Some are charmingly floral and look like they are from the 30's, others are kitschy like the ones with blue Eiffel towers and some are just 70's crazy like pop art flowers. Every time I make a scrappy quilt some of those fabrics make their way into it and it makes me happy to remember my favorite aunt. I even named my 1958 Singer "Pauline" in her honor.
I have had complete control of my scraps for the last two years!!! It feels amazing! Here is what I do: When I finish cutting a project, including binding, then right then and there, I cut up the remaining fabric into usable sized squares(5" and 10") and 2 1/2 " strips. Then from every October thru the end of November, I utilize those scraps and make a very simple quilt(s). I may sew all of the 5" squares together in a quilt top, or experiment with a new piecing design or just whatever I can throw together for a throw sized quilt top. Then i do the same thing with those scraps (maybe a jelly roll quilt with the leftover 2/12" strips) and make it a little bigger for a quilt backing. I complete several of these sets in the month of October until I have utilized the majority of my scraps. It goes pretty fast since there are no patterned piecing designs. Then I spend November quilting those quilts with E2E designs, and machine bind them. I then take them down to our local homeless alliance (usually the first part of December) and gift those quilts to the homeless. I get to use up my scraps and somebody gets a much needed warm quilt. It is also a good way to use up your left over batting. Make a scrappy pillow case to go with it. You can also just sew all of those scraps together and make a frankenstien piece of fabric and cut it to size and quilt it. It's a good way to practice new quilting techniques as well. BTW, small scraps are sewn into 10" strip squares and then I sew those together and use them as a quilt top as well. Good luck everybody! Happy Holidays!
I love that you have such a great system! What a wonderful way to use up scraps! And what a wonderful mission to share your time, talents, and love in your community. Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m a scrappyaholic. Several people give me their scraps to put into tops and quilts for a hospital in Africa and our service people overseas. I cut for 7-8 projects every morning and then work on a specific pattern in the afternoon. I have just started cutting and sewing fabric for port pillows for cancer patients. I use almost everything from tiny scraps for leaders and Enders to 10 inch squares.
My favorite moments in scrap sorting is when I find bits of fabric from quilts of love....quilts or things made for grandkids, kids, friends, family. 17 years of memories in the scrap bin trolley I stick to. I also love creating my ScrappyLoveQuilts.
My entire scrap collection would fit in one of your bins! To be fair, I am a beginning quilter. I like charm packs and do have enough to fill a second bin of yours. I do have a couple kits and will have a ton of partial jelly rolls, layer cakes, and charm packs after making my mom’s cathedral windows quilt. She wanted scrappy so she bought fabric and said I’ll have a full assortment of scraps after. She legit purchased to build up my scraps. Have a fantastic day, Amy!
Omg this is me! I want to make quilts that mean something to me more than it's pretty or it looks cool. Through slow stitching I'm learning to treasure what I have, ooooooh the goodnesssss. I'm seeing my ufos as found fabric. I can cut them and use them to make amazing new things. It's a blast!! Rock on girl😊
I have watched many of your videos. You inspire me. I love your positivity! I love seeing your hair change as i go through older videos. You are a doll! And YOU make the world a better place too, by just being in it and being you! Love from Arkansas ❤️
I'm in the middle of painting a room and took a break and watched you sort scraps. Now the scraps are yelling at me louder than the paint can. 😂 Boy howdy, do I ever need to sort scraps! Congratulations on conquering those bins!
I am a string quilter. Love to sew without patterns. Currently hooked on the potato chip quilt, but the oversized version. I scrap sew strips on the oversized brick foundation. 60 bricks for a quilt. Sew Yeah Quilting has a quick video on the oversized potato chip quilt.
That sounds lovely! That your grandaughter shares your love of fabric and sewing! What a great way to bond with her...she will remember these times and memories, fondly!
Iv been making my most favorite quilt patterns into kits with just my stash and scraps. It’s been an amazing sewing life transformation. I’m loving all the old memories coming off shelves into kits, ready. I was storing my scraps on the width side , standing like an old paper filing system, but, used them up..for now 😊take care
I just finished a king sized quilt of reds, blacks, greys, and whites for my son. I’m ready to make something girly for me and cleaning out my scraps is just the thing to get me started!
I've been sorting through my scraps and processing them. I also have my mother's scraps which included my grandmother's scraps. It's been a real trip down memory lane. I found a shoe box full of 2 1/2" squares. Not sure who cut them but there are some really interesting fabrics. The thing about processing my scraps is that it gives me a sense of peace and control (probably false sense of control). Thanks for sharing your scrap sorting with us.
Watching others go through scraps is always interesting and inspiring -- lots of good ideas re: ways to sort, approaches, people's thought process, etc. My other two faves on this topic are Megan Ellinger (Tiny Orchard Quilts) and Shelley Robson (The Quilted Forest). Both of them have done some amazing scrap-driven projects, too. Megan's scrappy bargello is a good one to check out for something completely color driven. Shelley's series where she made a point of going through her bins and showed viewers how much she'd used. Looking forward to seeing what you do with these, Amy.
I guess I need to finally get off the old rear end and make myself some scraps by using the fabric, just so I have some scraps to use. [ie I just need to start a quilt] Love your channel. You're a great inspiration. Seems like you are feeling even more bubbly. Keep on 'making things'.
I watched this video twice and finally got motivated to sort and store it. It was like the lightbulb came on. I have a good start without buying anything! Yaay
Scrap Sorting Day? For real? Crazy. I love to sort my scraps and my yardage - remembering the fun fabric I had forgotten and culling the lesser loved for a fabulous scrap quilt. You look like you were have a great time. Good job.
Over the past couple of weekends, I have spent a lot of time sorting and processing my scraps. I only had one basket (about like your woven basket) full and a bit on my ironing board. Finished them up this morning and actually put the piles away. I showed mom your scraps and told her she shouldn't worry about what I have!
I was on a 5 day Crafting retreat just a couple weeks ago. I took my bin of 2 1/2” strips as it was overflowing. I made 8 quilt tops. Each one is different. All are twin size. My drawer is mostly empty, as I put a few pieces back as seed for more strips.
I love a good sort out. I cut offcuts and scraps into 1.5, 2, 3, 3.5 and 5” strips. All pressed, bagged into strip size light or dark and labeled. I find sorting very calming. Anything fat 1/8th size or bigger just get pressed, folded and stored by colour,
I love love love this video! I’m always on the hunt for info on how to sort and use scraps. Great job!! I cut mine to 5” and 4” squares as well as 2.5” strips and squares. Very similar to how you do it.
I have some personal strategies. I choose larger pieces and put them through the 6 1/2 inch Tumblr Accquilt. Those pieces look great put together randomly or in a monochromatic design. I only save strips that are 2 1/2 inches wide. My plastic shoeboxes all sorted by color, designer, strips, and charm sizes. It’s makes sense to me.
It is funny how many different definitions there are for scraps! I committed last year to getting my fabrics in a way that worked for me. It is a pain, but if you wrap pieces that are bigger than a fat quarter on comic boards, you can really fit a lot more in a bin. I picked a color bin a month and wrapped, cut jelly roll strips and charm squares, placed strips for string quilts in a box, and made up some pet beds to fill up with small pieces. Now I try to keep up with it so I’m not overwhelmed again. And a benefit - I can find what I need!
Lol, I'm moving so everything is in boxes. So I'm going to open one box at a time and sort. I'll reuse the moving boxes and lable by color. After they are sorted I will cut into common sizes and file by color. Then make quilts but while I'm sorting ill work on wips if the sewing urge is too great 😂
I thought I had a lot of scraps-pretty sure you win.😊 Mine are sorted and in a storage solution that works for me-very similar to your system. Thanks for making me feel normal!!!😂
If you happen to have the The Big Book of Civil War Quilts, there's a pattern that uses 2.5 strips to make 3500 45° triangles with 4 large vertical stirps to break up the triangles making a 75"x80.5" quilt. Could alway omit the wide strips with even more triangles. Would help gobble up some scraps.
I have been doing the annual New Year Challenge with Karen Brown, of Just Get it Done Quilts... I don't need to do the challenge anymore (cleaning, sorting, decluttering organizing ones sewing room) as now I have learned to do that 'as I go along', but I do still remember her tip and tricks, and keep things under control. I do still have scraps from the Quilt Shop By the Pound Sale from 10 years ago to use up! But I knew they were in there...no surprises when I went through my bins... just surprised that I had a lot of fabric!
I asked my dad to make me a scrap tower. It is amazing. It was the last thing I needed for fabric (scrap) management for my sewing room. I made a pack with myself that I can only keep what fits in my bins. (12 small, 13 medium, 18 large) if they start overflowing it’s time to make a quilt or give it to someone else.
Question: would cutting the scraps into squares give you more room in the bins, less room, no difference? Would it make a mental difference when choosing fabric for a quilt? There are a lot of beautiful quilts waiting in those bins, looking forward to seeing them. Thanks for the video, have an awesome weekend.
Good question. Cutting them down probably would give me more room and I go back and forth between cutting to precut sizes and leaving them in the ‘pile’. Right now the PILE is winning as a matter of simplicity. Thanks so much for watching!
I can tell you from 20 years of following Bonnie Hunter’s scrap user system that you will have more room once the scrap are cut down into usable sizes and flat. I love being able to pull out 2.5” strips and make a scrap quilt in no time.
I don’t like having lots of scraps around because my brain needs tidiness. The pieces less than 2.5” I sewed together by color. I got a bunch of random scraps from a coworker so it’s fun to show her pictures. I don’t know what I’ll do with the different color patches. Maybe a rainbow quilt where there’s a patch work square of each color group. It’s good to see a video from you, my boyfriend’s leg was broken when his colleague ran him over with her car on Halloween. It’s his right leg so no driving, and I don’t drive (we don’t live together).
I understand about not wanting scraps - clarity of mind is needed. Oh my goodness! I’m so sorry to hear about the accident. I hope everyone is on the mend quickly.
Hello Beautiful! It looks more like a stash than scraps. Did your kids help you voluntarily and do they both enjoy it? You have inspired me to get after my scraps. I have several baskets that need to be trimmed down into strips, squares and strings. I generally follow Bonnie Hunter’s scrap system. I love using my Sizzix machine for scrap cutting when I can.
Bonnie Hunters system is great and I follow a version of it from time to time. My kiddos help me mostly willingly 😜😊 especially if I bribe them with doughnuts 🍩. Thanks so much for watching.
IInspiraton? Well, you called the stash a curated library. Mine must be the Smithsonian!. Thank you BTW for that thought. Currently working on purple 2.5 strips and making two simple Simon quilts. Still not gone but ,I am going to use ot all. Then on to another color. My library awaits😅
Ohhhhh can I come play in your scraps?? Currently in the middle of a quilt so will be sorting when it’s done. Next project is a log cabin quilt using green and cream scraps!
Batting scraps can be just as bad! I'm just trying to organize my sewing room. I'm donating a lot to a guild member that has a cousin that ships sewing supplies to Haiti. Most of my donation came from inheriting a lot from a neighbor and guild member. Good luck, it's like housework, it will always be there waiting for you.
I like to sort mine not just by colour but size. If it’s more than a FQ I’ll fold them and put them away then less than FQ, then 10” squares and strips etc so I know what I have a lot of and the scraps that are tiny bits.
How coincidental, I have been sorting for the past several weeks. It gives me something to do while my sewing machine is being repaired. What was the name of that crafting resale shop you mentioned in one of your quiltmas episodes last year? I have a bunch of stuff that is still good from years gone by from crafts that no longer interest me as much. From the “over zealous Austin quilter/crafter collector”. 😏
I'm just starting to build up scraps. Yes, I am a fabric whore but never did much with the scraps, they usually got tossed 😱unless they were big. Where did you get those bins? I like the looks of them. They may work for me.
Question, pls. Why do you sort by color? Wouldn't pulling from the whole mix of colors make a scrappier quilt? I have 6 large tubs of mixed color scraps; if i had to sort them, I'd go insane and it would be so time-consuming. I can understand the color sorting if you plan to only make quilts in a certain color range or two, but am I the only one who doesn't sort scraps into colors? Thanks!
I sort by color because that’s where I start when I’m planning a quilt. It can totally be a range of many many colors It’s how my brain categorizes. By ALL means please use a system that works for you 😊♥️. The only WRONG way is a way that doesn’t make sense I. Your workspace.
It looks like you just sort by color and leave them as they are. I have seen some videos where they are sorted, pressed and trimmed to specific sizes. Mine are a hot mess! I would love to know your thoughts on this
It depends on how I’m going to use them and how much time I have! I’ve done both and used to be diligent about cutting to precut sizes but I thought I’d give this organic method a go for a bit.
Thank you for your very honest answer! I started pulling scraps for a few scrappy quilts I want to make and then I the middle of it life got in the way. Hoping to get back to it over the holidays. Trying to decide what will work best for me.
I find the best I can do is whatever is least overwhelming at that moment. Sometimes that’s being very organized and sometimes it’s just getting things off the floor! Whatever works in the moment changes.
I think there are Pros and Cons to both ways... If you are a Pattern Sewer, I would not pre-cut... If you are short on space, precutting would give you more space to store fabric. If you are a scrap quilter, I would cut using the Potato Chip method...then cut strings for string quilts... and charm squares for simple patchwork quilts. If you want to sew quilts for charity, and your scraps are small - I would cut 5x5 squares and start sewing nice/coordinated colors together and just chain sew and sew! 60 x 80 is what I am sewing for charity quilts for a local church's Blanket Making Ladies..I only have to create the tops...they do the rest!
Do you cut anything down to specific sizes or just leave them as scraps until you are ready to use them? I find that I always need 2.5 inch squares and strings of various sizes.
I LOVE collecting and playing with scraps! When my friends and I go on retreat I even grab their scraps before they get tossed. You have wall space above your scrap rack, to either replace the rack with a taller one, or add wall shelves above for holding more bins. Just sayin! :)
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I sorted my scraps about a month ago, got all of them in 12 plastic shoeboxes and those are stored on shelves now. I found some more scraps that came from my Gt Aunt Pauline who passed away some years ago. She gave my Nana offcuts and miscuts of fabric in the early 70's from the factory she worked at, sewing pajamas and mens boxers. Some are charmingly floral and look like they are from the 30's, others are kitschy like the ones with blue Eiffel towers and some are just 70's crazy like pop art flowers. Every time I make a scrappy quilt some of those fabrics make their way into it and it makes me happy to remember my favorite aunt. I even named my 1958 Singer "Pauline" in her honor.
What a beautiful and touching story!
I have had complete control of my scraps for the last two years!!! It feels amazing! Here is what I do: When I finish cutting a project, including binding, then right then and there, I cut up the remaining fabric into usable sized squares(5" and 10") and 2 1/2 " strips. Then from every October thru the end of November, I utilize those scraps and make a very simple quilt(s). I may sew all of the 5" squares together in a quilt top, or experiment with a new piecing design or just whatever I can throw together for a throw sized quilt top. Then i do the same thing with those scraps (maybe a jelly roll quilt with the leftover 2/12" strips) and make it a little bigger for a quilt backing. I complete several of these sets in the month of October until I have utilized the majority of my scraps. It goes pretty fast since there are no patterned piecing designs. Then I spend November quilting those quilts with E2E designs, and machine bind them. I then take them down to our local homeless alliance (usually the first part of December) and gift those quilts to the homeless. I get to use up my scraps and somebody gets a much needed warm quilt. It is also a good way to use up your left over batting. Make a scrappy pillow case to go with it. You can also just sew all of those scraps together and make a frankenstien piece of fabric and cut it to size and quilt it. It's a good way to practice new quilting techniques as well. BTW, small scraps are sewn into 10" strip squares and then I sew those together and use them as a quilt top as well. Good luck everybody! Happy Holidays!
I love that you have such a great system! What a wonderful way to use up scraps! And what a wonderful mission to share your time, talents, and love in your community. Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m a scrappyaholic. Several people give me their scraps to put into tops and quilts for a hospital in Africa and our service people overseas. I cut for 7-8 projects every morning and then work on a specific pattern in the afternoon. I have just started cutting and sewing fabric for port pillows for cancer patients. I use almost everything from tiny scraps for leaders and Enders to 10 inch squares.
My favorite moments in scrap sorting is when I find bits of fabric from quilts of love....quilts or things made for grandkids, kids, friends, family. 17 years of memories in the scrap bin trolley I stick to. I also love creating my ScrappyLoveQuilts.
Yes exactly! Love ❤️ ♥️♥️
My entire scrap collection would fit in one of your bins! To be fair, I am a beginning quilter. I like charm packs and do have enough to fill a second bin of yours. I do have a couple kits and will have a ton of partial jelly rolls, layer cakes, and charm packs after making my mom’s cathedral windows quilt. She wanted scrappy so she bought fabric and said I’ll have a full assortment of scraps after. She legit purchased to build up my scraps.
Have a fantastic day, Amy!
You're so lucky to have a mom who loves fabric as much as you do! I’ve been sewing and collecting a long time and now I need to make more quilts 😜
omggggggggggggggggg youre blessed with all those lovely scraps.....oh the possibilities
The possibilities are truly endless! I am going to have a ton of fun playing.
Omg this is me! I want to make quilts that mean something to me more than it's pretty or it looks cool. Through slow stitching I'm learning to treasure what I have, ooooooh the goodnesssss. I'm seeing my ufos as found fabric. I can cut them and use them to make amazing new things. It's a blast!! Rock on girl😊
I love how you're turning your UFOs into found fabric! 😊 that’s awesome
I have watched many of your videos. You inspire me. I love your positivity! I love seeing your hair change as i go through older videos. You are a doll! And YOU make the world a better place too, by just being in it and being you! Love from Arkansas ❤️
Oh, that means so much to me. Thank you!!
I'm in the middle of painting a room and took a break and watched you sort scraps. Now the scraps are yelling at me louder than the paint can. 😂 Boy howdy, do I ever need to sort scraps! Congratulations on conquering those bins!
Ha! Hope I didn’t derail your painting mojo too much.
I am a string quilter. Love to sew without patterns. Currently hooked on the potato chip quilt, but the oversized version. I scrap sew strips on the oversized brick foundation. 60 bricks for a quilt. Sew Yeah Quilting has a quick video on the oversized potato chip quilt.
I've heard of potato chip quilts, but not the oversized version! I'll have to look that up! Sounds cool and useful. Thank you.
My granddaughter sorted some of my scraps yesterday and then made a pink scrap collage. She now wants to top stitch them down.
Good For Her. She's learning a life long skill and building fabulous memories with grandmom.
That sounds awesome!
Yes absolutely!!
That sounds lovely! That your grandaughter shares your love of fabric and sewing! What a great way to bond with her...she will remember these times and memories, fondly!
♥️
Iv been making my most favorite quilt patterns into kits with just my stash and scraps. It’s been an amazing sewing life transformation. I’m loving all the old memories coming off shelves into kits, ready. I was storing my scraps on the width side , standing like an old paper filing system, but, used them up..for now 😊take care
That’s a great way to use up scraps. 😊 and your stash. What a delight!
I just finished a king sized quilt of reds, blacks, greys, and whites for my son. I’m ready to make something girly for me and cleaning out my scraps is just the thing to get me started!
That sounds lovely. I can't wait to see what you make!
I've been sorting through my scraps and processing them. I also have my mother's scraps which included my grandmother's scraps. It's been a real trip down memory lane. I found a shoe box full of 2 1/2" squares. Not sure who cut them but there are some really interesting fabrics. The thing about processing my scraps is that it gives me a sense of peace and control (probably false sense of control). Thanks for sharing your scrap sorting with us.
Decluttering and organizing gives me a sense of control too
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That sounds like a wonderful way to spend your time!
Watching others go through scraps is always interesting and inspiring -- lots of good ideas re: ways to sort, approaches, people's thought process, etc. My other two faves on this topic are Megan Ellinger (Tiny Orchard Quilts) and Shelley Robson (The Quilted Forest). Both of them have done some amazing scrap-driven projects, too. Megan's scrappy bargello is a good one to check out for something completely color driven. Shelley's series where she made a point of going through her bins and showed viewers how much she'd used. Looking forward to seeing what you do with these, Amy.
So glad you enjoyed it! Happy to be in good company! I watch Shelley regularly but will have to catch up on Meghan!
I guess I need to finally get off the old rear end and make myself some scraps by using the fabric, just so I have some scraps to use. [ie I just need to start a quilt] Love your channel. You're a great inspiration. Seems like you are feeling even more bubbly. Keep on 'making things'.
I love your attitude! Let's make some scraps and some quilts! 😄 thanks so much for your kind words!!!
I watched this video twice and finally got motivated to sort and store it. It was like the lightbulb came on. I have a good start without buying anything! Yaay
Yay! That’s awesome.
❤❤❤ I love your haircut.
Thank you!!!
Scrap Sorting Day? For real? Crazy. I love to sort my scraps and my yardage - remembering the fun fabric I had forgotten and culling the lesser loved for a fabulous scrap quilt. You look like you were have a great time. Good job.
I know! It’s a real thing! 😊 I mean. Ya know… it’s marketing but hey. I’ll take it. We did have fun. Thanks so much for watching.
Over the past couple of weekends, I have spent a lot of time sorting and processing my scraps. I only had one basket (about like your woven basket) full and a bit on my ironing board. Finished them up this morning and actually put the piles away. I showed mom your scraps and told her she shouldn't worry about what I have!
Ha! I’m sure she was reassured
I was on a 5 day Crafting retreat just a couple weeks ago. I took my bin of 2 1/2” strips as it was overflowing. I made 8 quilt tops. Each one is different. All are twin size. My drawer is mostly empty, as I put a few pieces back as seed for more strips.
That's awesome! It's amazing what you can do with a little bit of fabric. 😊
I love a good sort out. I cut offcuts and scraps into 1.5, 2, 3, 3.5 and 5” strips. All pressed, bagged into strip size light or dark and labeled. I find sorting very calming. Anything fat 1/8th size or bigger just get pressed, folded and stored by colour,
That’s a great plan. Sometimes I do that as well but right now it seems I’m favoring the tried and true ‘cram and dig’ method 😜♥️
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Love the scrap sorting peppy music!
Thank you 😊
I love love love this video! I’m always on the hunt for info on how to sort and use scraps. Great job!!
I cut mine to 5” and 4” squares as well as 2.5” strips and squares. Very similar to how you do it.
Oh thank you!! 😊
I have some personal strategies. I choose larger pieces and put them through the 6 1/2 inch Tumblr Accquilt. Those pieces look great put together randomly or in a monochromatic design. I only save strips that are 2 1/2 inches wide. My plastic shoeboxes all sorted by color, designer, strips, and charm sizes. It’s makes sense to me.
That sounds like a great system - I love the idea of keeping it simple and easy to remember.
It is funny how many different definitions there are for scraps! I committed last year to getting my fabrics in a way that worked for me. It is a pain, but if you wrap pieces that are bigger than a fat quarter on comic boards, you can really fit a lot more in a bin. I picked a color bin a month and wrapped, cut jelly roll strips and charm squares, placed strips for string quilts in a box, and made up some pet beds to fill up with small pieces. Now I try to keep up with it so I’m not overwhelmed again. And a benefit - I can find what I need!
That’s so smart!
Love the hair ❤❤
Thank you!!
Lol, I'm moving so everything is in boxes. So I'm going to open one box at a time and sort. I'll reuse the moving boxes and lable by color. After they are sorted I will cut into common sizes and file by color. Then make quilts but while I'm sorting ill work on wips if the sewing urge is too great 😂
That sounds like a great plan for sorting your stash! Have fun and be gentle with yourself. Moving is such a big undertaking. 😊♥️
I thought I had a lot of scraps-pretty sure you win.😊 Mine are sorted and in a storage solution that works for me-very similar to your system. Thanks for making me feel normal!!!😂
Hey anything to help 🤣😜♥️
If you happen to have the The Big Book of Civil War Quilts, there's a pattern that uses 2.5 strips to make 3500 45° triangles with 4 large vertical stirps to break up the triangles making a 75"x80.5" quilt. Could alway omit the wide strips with even more triangles. Would help gobble up some scraps.
I bet that pattern looks stunning! What a great idea. I don’t think I have that book but I’ll check my library and see! Thank you.
I have been doing the annual New Year Challenge with Karen Brown, of Just Get it Done Quilts... I don't need to do the challenge anymore (cleaning, sorting, decluttering organizing ones sewing room) as now I have learned to do that 'as I go along', but I do still remember her tip and tricks, and keep things under control. I do still have scraps from the Quilt Shop By the Pound Sale from 10 years ago to use up! But I knew they were in there...no surprises when I went through my bins... just surprised that I had a lot of fabric!
It sounds like you have a great system! And isn’t it astounding how far the fabric goes! If only we could sew as quickly as we can collect 😊♥️
I have a seasonal job where I can quilt to my heart's content. This year (#9!), I plan to spend a week or so managing my scraps.
That’s awesome!!!
I asked my dad to make me a scrap tower. It is amazing.
It was the last thing I needed for fabric (scrap) management for my sewing room. I made a pack with myself that I can only keep what fits in my bins. (12 small, 13 medium, 18 large) if they start overflowing it’s time to make a quilt or give it to someone else.
I love the idea of a scrap tower! That sounds cool and I like your system!
Prop bin 13 on top of the top shelf until you can use it all up. Every quilt has to pull heavily from bin 13 until it is used up!
That’s the plan! 😜😊♥️
Love this one now gotta get busy
Oh have the most fun!!
Question: would cutting the scraps into squares give you more room in the bins, less room, no difference? Would it make a mental difference when choosing fabric for a quilt? There are a lot of beautiful quilts waiting in those bins, looking forward to seeing them. Thanks for the video, have an awesome weekend.
Good question. Cutting them down probably would give me more room and I go back and forth between cutting to precut sizes and leaving them in the ‘pile’. Right now the PILE is winning as a matter of simplicity. Thanks so much for watching!
I can tell you from 20 years of following Bonnie Hunter’s scrap user system that you will have more room once the scrap are cut down into usable sizes and flat. I love being able to pull out 2.5” strips and make a scrap quilt in no time.
That is definitely true!
I don’t like having lots of scraps around because my brain needs tidiness. The pieces less than 2.5” I sewed together by color. I got a bunch of random scraps from a coworker so it’s fun to show her pictures. I don’t know what I’ll do with the different color patches. Maybe a rainbow quilt where there’s a patch work square of each color group.
It’s good to see a video from you, my boyfriend’s leg was broken when his colleague ran him over with her car on Halloween. It’s his right leg so no driving, and I don’t drive (we don’t live together).
I understand about not wanting scraps - clarity of mind is needed. Oh my goodness! I’m so sorry to hear about the accident. I hope everyone is on the mend quickly.
Hello Beautiful! It looks more like a stash than scraps. Did your kids help you voluntarily and do they both enjoy it? You have inspired me to get after my scraps. I have several baskets that need to be trimmed down into strips, squares and strings. I generally follow Bonnie Hunter’s scrap system. I love using my Sizzix machine for scrap cutting when I can.
Bonnie Hunters system is great and I follow a version of it from time to time. My kiddos help me mostly willingly 😜😊 especially if I bribe them with doughnuts 🍩. Thanks so much for watching.
You definitely have scrap fairies!!! I have watched you make so many scrap quilts. There’s no way they multiplied lol
So many scrap fairies! 🧚♀️
IInspiraton? Well, you called the stash a curated library. Mine must be the Smithsonian!. Thank you BTW for that thought. Currently working on purple 2.5 strips and making two simple Simon quilts. Still not gone but ,I am going to use ot all. Then on to another color. My library awaits😅
Oh I love that! You go, you color-sorting, quilt-making superstar!
Really more of a hoarder. Can't say No, won't say No, don't really want to say No😂@amydement.
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Ohhhhh can I come play in your scraps?? Currently in the middle of a quilt so will be sorting when it’s done. Next project is a log cabin quilt using green and cream scraps!
😊. You’re log cabin sounds amazing. I think I should do a log cabin as well!
I need them 😅😅😅😅
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Looks like you may have an abundance of solids. What about something inspired by the Gee's Bend quilts?
That’s a great plan!
Omg, I thought I had a lot! 😂😂😂
It runs in cycles it seems.
Batting scraps can be just as bad! I'm just trying to organize my sewing room. I'm donating a lot to a guild member that has a cousin that ships sewing supplies to Haiti. Most of my donation came from inheriting a lot from a neighbor and guild member. Good luck, it's like housework, it will always be there waiting for you.
Oh that is so true - all of it. I love your creative resource to spread the love - awesome. Thanks so much for sharing!
I like to sort mine not just by colour but size. If it’s more than a FQ I’ll fold them and put them away then less than FQ, then 10” squares and strips etc so I know what I have a lot of and the scraps that are tiny bits.
Great ideas!!!
Wish I could work out of your scraps!
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I'm trying a potato chip quilt and i have another surrounded 4 patch - 9 patch variation in progress
Those sound fun!!
How coincidental, I have been sorting for the past several weeks. It gives me something to do while my sewing machine is being repaired. What was the name of that crafting resale shop you mentioned in one of your quiltmas episodes last year? I have a bunch of stuff that is still good from years gone by from crafts that no longer interest me as much. From the “over zealous Austin quilter/crafter collector”. 😏
Awesome!! Austin Creative Reuse. It’s a great place!
@@amydement. In Vancouver, B.C - it is called the Social Fabric.
What a great name!
I'm just starting to build up scraps. Yes, I am a fabric whore but never did much with the scraps, they usually got tossed 😱unless they were big. Where did you get those bins? I like the looks of them. They may work for me.
😜♥️. The bins are from the container store. The large plastic storage bin with handles. I love them 😍
Where did you find the plastic bins that your scraps are in? I need some of those if they are available somewhere…
They are the large Plato. Bin with handles from the Container Store. Quite affordable for what they serve.
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Question, pls. Why do you sort by color? Wouldn't pulling from the whole mix of colors make a scrappier quilt? I have 6 large tubs of mixed color scraps; if i had to sort them, I'd go insane and it would be so time-consuming. I can understand the color sorting if you plan to only make quilts in a certain color range or two, but am I the only one who doesn't sort scraps into colors? Thanks!
I sort by color because that’s where I start when I’m planning a quilt. It can totally be a range of many many colors It’s how my brain categorizes. By ALL means please use a system that works for you 😊♥️. The only WRONG way is a way that doesn’t make sense I. Your workspace.
@amydement. thanks, I was curious, I guess I can see the benefits of each.
It looks like you just sort by color and leave them as they are. I have seen some videos where they are sorted, pressed and trimmed to specific sizes. Mine are a hot mess! I would love to know your thoughts on this
It depends on how I’m going to use them and how much time I have! I’ve done both and used to be diligent about cutting to precut sizes but I thought I’d give this organic method a go for a bit.
Thank you for your very honest answer!
I started pulling scraps for a few scrappy quilts I want to make and then I the middle of it life got in the way. Hoping to get back to it over the holidays. Trying to decide what will work best for me.
I find the best I can do is whatever is least overwhelming at that moment. Sometimes that’s being very organized and sometimes it’s just getting things off the floor! Whatever works in the moment changes.
I think there are Pros and Cons to both ways... If you are a Pattern Sewer, I would not pre-cut... If you are short on space, precutting would give you more space to store fabric. If you are a scrap quilter, I would cut using the Potato Chip method...then cut strings for string quilts... and charm squares for simple patchwork quilts. If you want to sew quilts for charity, and your scraps are small - I would cut 5x5 squares and start sewing nice/coordinated colors together and just chain sew and sew! 60 x 80 is what I am sewing for charity quilts for a local church's Blanket Making Ladies..I only have to create the tops...they do the rest!
Love this! Thank you!
Do you cut anything down to specific sizes or just leave them as scraps until you are ready to use them? I find that I always need 2.5 inch squares and strings of various sizes.
I do some of both. I used to cut everything down but it takes lots of time and now I’m giving the grab and go method a try.
I have a mix too!
Sometimes I just have to do whatever is least overwhelming.
@@amydement. I completely understand. That's why I have four big tubs hidden under my cutting table that I pull out and cut from on occasion.
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I spent three hours sorting and looking for my design book. Found It!! You can always send me your overs 😊❤
🤣😜♥️ I’m glad you found it!
think of me, limited budget, making donation quilts, for a rehoming....:)
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Your scraps of its smaller than 1/2 yard go in a scrap bin what about charm square like crumbs ughhhhthank you for this way 😅
Charm squares go in the same bin as scraps less than 1/2 yard, but that's just me! If I can’t cut a 1.5” square it’s too small for me to save.
Cut the small scraps into Potato Chips and start making blocks with them. YT channel called : Conquering Mt. Scrapmore has vids on this!
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I can help with your scraps! I make donation quilts and would love to help you downsize your scrap collection!
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I LOVE collecting and playing with scraps! When my friends and I go on retreat I even grab their scraps before they get tossed.
You have wall space above your scrap rack, to either replace the rack with a taller one, or add wall shelves above for holding more bins.
Just sayin! :)
I love to grab scraps from my friends too! I know- shelves are in the works just waiting for budget and timing to allow! 😜. I like the way you think!