Showing posts with label scraps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scraps. Show all posts

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Scraps ?!?




If you do almost any amount of sewing your going to end up with scraps. Now , most peoples opinions differ on what size a scrap is. Some people don't save anything smaller then a quarter yard and others (like myself unfortunately ) save every single piece!
The result: You end up with bags of stuff to small to use but to good to throw away ! :-/

I am trying to fix this problem in my sewing room.
One of the ideas a friend suggested to me is to make a scrap quilt. I don't really like the style of crazy quilts but I liked this pattern :)



The Name of the Block is "Log Cabin " It's made up of lots of tiny little strips. They can be any size you want them to be though. I sorted my scraps today and threw out anything I couldn't get a 3'' strip out of. Now when I have enough fabric saved up I will start cutting and piecing it together. It will be fun to look at it when I am done and see pieces from all my projects in the past. :)
I will be sure to post pictures when I make mine ! I also have a snowball quilt that is almost done being hand quilted that I will post pictures of soon. :)



Here is a link where you can learn how to make Log Cabin blocks.
Enjoy !