This is what i do with all the little pieces of scraps I can't throw away

[BellasQuilts]

Peggy Martin had a great tip that I love and am using for a quilt i am working on now.

All those little pieces that you can't throw away can be used. Get a roll of adding machine tape, the kind that does NOT have thermal treatment. Then just sew your little scraps on that! Make them wonky, make them uniform, no problem. Then use as a border around a block or your quilt. Voila!

It's like paperpiecing, just no pattern to follow. It's fast and fun and you use up your little scraps too.

[Claire Hallman]

What a great idea. Neat to have by your sewing machine as a starter and ender.
What is a thermal treatment?

[lilmouse]

thermal treatment is a special paper....at work we use it in the credit card machine

[Hulamoon]

That sounds fun! Do you have a link or a picture?

[mom4him]

Awesome idea!

[lourixe]

That sounds fun! Do you have a link or a picture?

Great idea!

I googled and found this excellent tutorial: The Woman on the Hill: Pieced strip blocks

[ilive2craft2]

Oh, I like this idea - especially if you use it as your leaders/enders, since it would keep the strip in progress all together, instead of having small parts sewn together and forgetting what they were for.....

[Hulamoon]

Great idea!

I googled and found this excellent tutorial: The Woman on the Hill: Pieced strip blocks

You are the best! Thanks!

[Bailey65]

I really like this idea!

[Lindagie]

What a great idea; some of these would make great little doll quilts for the grands.