tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post7333655214959262923..comments2023-11-29T12:49:05.770-06:00Comments on Swooze's Quilts and Tall Tales: Scrap Wranglingswoozehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16072848652991759330noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-52638324480311546982017-01-03T12:49:32.798-06:002017-01-03T12:49:32.798-06:00Good for you to get started on the scraps! I don&...Good for you to get started on the scraps! I don't have much of my Mom's stash because I continued the tradition of raffling a quilt between the siblings at Christmas. My Mom started doing this a long time ago and after she died I would finish her UFOs, orphan blocks, and scraps to make a quilt for Christmas to continue on the tradition. Now that Dad has died and there are family issues - it's a long story) - the tradition has stopped, but her scraps are almost gone. Now my scrap pile - well, that is a different story! Oh, I have boxes and bins of scraps and it is all too good to toss. Since I have vowed to try and not to buy any more fabric the scraps will be in line to be used one of these days. patty a.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01861433552460661701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-48467907905883930222017-01-03T07:25:15.407-06:002017-01-03T07:25:15.407-06:00I have a selection of scraps aka Bonnie Hunter'...I have a selection of scraps aka Bonnie Hunter's recommendations. Sometimes I can pull a quilt from them but not very often. My new plan is to separate the scraps into colors. I have a couple of big bags of just odd ball scraps and I find myself turning to the bags when I need small fabric pieces. Issue for me now is what to put them in without buying any more containers. I'm looking forward to reading how this works for you. Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04758275644964547751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-84891819364939211652016-12-31T13:58:34.087-06:002016-12-31T13:58:34.087-06:00Wow, I wish I had the energy to sort out my stash ...Wow, I wish I had the energy to sort out my stash scraps. Each time a get into a new project I get to digging through all that only to think.....just get organized......well done Swooze!!!!!Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06471317644488778051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-37772950675324762382016-12-31T09:24:34.057-06:002016-12-31T09:24:34.057-06:00It takes time, yes. But I've found that if I d...It takes time, yes. But I've found that if I do it as I'm already cutting other stuff, it doesn't seem so bad. And . . . the bonus is, when you go to use the pre-cut pieces, the cutting is already mostly done and it speeds things up so much -- so it's time well spent.Shellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07104668501596735998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-61414207329581012242016-12-31T06:01:41.072-06:002016-12-31T06:01:41.072-06:00Whatever you make will be that much more meaningfu...Whatever you make will be that much more meaningful because it's from your mothers fabric. Hopefully it will be therapeutic to go thru the process of using and cutting, sewing the whole bit. I am very lucky to still have my mom but she is 84 and I know she will be leaving me in the near future. She has been an avid quilter for 50 years and has an enormous stash. I think I would be overwhelmed taking it but then again I would want it to be used and loved and petted as she does. I think simple blocks sewn together to make cuddly lap quilts would be the way to go.quiltedfabricarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036237963134480179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26689010.post-592639378341432582016-12-30T14:53:25.685-06:002016-12-30T14:53:25.685-06:00A well organized, and time-consuming process. But ...A well organized, and time-consuming process. But through it all, you will be intimately aware of all of the fabrics to be used. Happy scrap wrangling to you!Warm Quiltshttp://warmquilts.wixsite.com/quiltblognoreply@blogger.com