How big are your scraps?

[mary3100]

I have made a huge square dog bed with a zipper at one end for all my fabric trash. It goes in, and my extra dog bed keeps getting bigger and fluffier!

[New York Sue]

The Woman on the Hill: Pieced strip blocks
I LOVED this idea.
I haven't tried it yet, but it's saved to my 'favs' for the future!

[Bratbear]

I toss nothing!
Tiny bits and thread I'll put into a bag as "softs"(stuffing animal beds, toys)... then I get the papers from M* and slowly working on a crazy quilt and even the tiny bits fill in the corners. Going to learn applique in Feb with Cat n Bull, so I'm sure even tiny bits work for stems and such? I'm such a hoarder errr keeper!

Debbie

Me Too! with a chuckle. Teri

[Kateskloset]

New York Sue....I LOVED that link.....I am saving EVERYTHING!!!

[shermur]

If the size of the scrap is big enough to be sewn into a creation, it is big enough to keep!

[MartinaG]

I depends on how much I have left of that particular fabric. Some "fancy" fabrics, I keep every tiny scrap. Others, I may toss an off-cut of 2" or even more. Generally, I keep anything that is larger than 1 1/2" strips or 2" pieces. I put the tiny pieces in gallon bags, sorted by color. Larger pieces, I put in two bins (light and dark). When the bins get full it's time to make another scrappy. The small pieces are great for applique.

[Lindagie]

Every size imagineable; just depends on what ws left over after my project. I keep everything; you never know when you need even one little bitty piece of fabric for something. Only thing is, I should organize it!

[Iris Girl]

I don't keep anything under 3 inches square . I have no room to store excess things and don't like working with tiny pieces.

[momtutor]

The Woman on the Hill: Pieced strip blocks
I LOVED this idea.
I haven't tried it yet, but it's saved to my 'favs' for the future!

What a great idea. I save most of my scraps. If it is smaller than 2 inches i usually toss it. I like this idea from woman on the hill. Especially as a way to use up the Christmas scraps. will need to remember it.

[lourixe]

As a newbie, I don't have many scraps (yet!), but I throw nothing. As I am working on a quilt, I keep two baskets on the windowsill by the sewing machine: one for reusable scraps (as small as 1 1/2") and the other for tinier bits and strings that I'll use as filling for my pets' beds. I found to my surprise I loved appliquéing, and the scrappier the merrier.