Clean it out and give it away. That's just what I did. I have a dear friend that makes quilts for children, I'm not exactly sure of the entire story, but I asked her one day if she could use scraps. She said "yes". So, I finally got around to cleaning out my scrap bin and am sending her a pretty nice stack of scraps. I even took time to fold them (best I could of course). I hope she can use them all. Please forgive me on these pictures, I used my cell phone as my "good" camera's batteries were dead.
I should have took a before picture, oops. Here's after I cleaned it out. I did keep strips, as I have a plan to make a strip quilt some day. I figured she could use bigger pieces anyway.
Here's the stack for my dear friend. I hope you can use them all "scrappy".
What a nice thing you did. And it probably feels good to be clean and organized.
ReplyDeleteI love my scraps and use them all the time. I sometimes make catnip toys or small scrappy quilts or whatever. I bought another cool thing at a garage sale and will post it later on my blog. Just saw the fever status...poor kid. My son just had about 2 weeks of the flu and fevers and it was just awful.
Very nice to donate them. I often try to get our little quilting group gals to go through MY scraps and take as much as they want.....time to do that again soon, I think. Hope E is feeling better this a.m. I've been sneezing a lot...but I think it's allergies. I'm not prone to them, but this year it's worse for everyone, it seems.
ReplyDeleteWay to go....I so need to clean out some stuff...but not my scraps. I love using them for scrappy work. (but don't send me anymore scraps for a while, please)
ReplyDeleteI've only been saving scraps for about a month. Before that, they just went in the trash. I don't know yet what I'll do with them, but we'll see.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great idea. I have been putting squares together with my scraps. Great therapy!
ReplyDeleteSo nice of you to give your scraps to your friend....so can make so many pretty kids quilts from the scraps.
ReplyDeleteGood way to keep them under control...and they get used not wasted;-)
ReplyDeleteI give to two gals, one does all hand piecing
and quilting in the winter. They are too busy with their market farm any other time.
Sure hope Lil E is not getting what you have.
Wishing you both well soon!
I'm sure your friend will love having all those extra scraps to quilt with for those children. Is it the Linus Project that she makes them for?
ReplyDeleteI'll bet it feels good to have them gone AND it will be of use to someone else. Win, win.
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Your the best!! And I just know that those scraps are going to be used to make quilts for kids in the North. Hugs
ReplyDeleteWhat a great thing to do with your scraps they will go to a worth while cause & you have more room to put more in lol
ReplyDeleteHugs Janice
What a great thing to do! They're not wasted and are put to good use.
ReplyDeleteGreat thing to do! I often think about it. I have a huge laundry pop up basket that is overflowing and I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to using them.
ReplyDeleteYour scraps will build up again fast. I used to give tiny pieces to a charity group that did string piecing. They would piece the tiny pieces into strings and then go from there.
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