Not too long ago, Jen over at
Faith and Fabric asked me if I wanted to be part of a blog hop whose topic was Scraps. It didn't take me long to hop on board!
If this is your first visit here, I am glad you stop by. If you are looking for scrappy inspiration, I think you will find lots of great ideas throughout my blog. I have a whole
Scrap-A-Palooza page with links to a number of designs for scraps. I hope you take some time to check it out!
Also, every Sunday, I host a linky party called Oh Scrap! Every week lots of bloggers share what they are making with their scraps. If you love to use scraps, I hope you join us!
I thought I would share some of the scrap management techniques that I use. I keep all of my scraps organized by color. If I keep my scraps jumbled in one bin, I find them to be too overwhelming. But I think they are pretty and inspiring when they are all grouped by color.
I think one of the best things I do to keep my scraps organized is to have a sorting system right at my cutting table. I use these fabric buckets but you could use a number of containers. Once a fabric becomes a scrap, it is immediately sorted into a bin.
When the fabric bins overflow, I also have a series of plastic drawers for scraps that are also sorted by color. Now when I want to make a scrap quilt, all I need to do is pull the appropriate colored drawers. No longer do I need to sort through big piles of scraps looking for the colors I need.
While pre-cutting scraps work for a lot of quilters, I found this technique didn't work for me. But I do like to have 2.5" squares on hand. I used to spend hours trimming up my scraps. Now I use my
AccuQuilt fabric cutter. I love how quickly it turns chunks I am ready to make into squares. Plus it really saves my hands - I was finding my fingers aching after spending an evening cutting up scraps.
It is an expensive tool but I have never regretted buying it.
I store my cut squares in plastic silverware organizers I bought at a kitchen store. My single container has now exploded into four. They too are sorted by color so it is really easy to find what I need.
I hope I have given you some useful ideas to your own scrap quilting. For more tips, you can read what other bloggers on the hop are sharing. Here is a list of all those participating!
Scrap quilts really are the best!
Linking Up:
Love Laugh Quilt (Monday Making)
Patchwork Times (Design Wall Monday)
Cooking Up Quilts (Main Crush Mondays)
Em's ScrapBag (Moving it Forward)
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