How doyou use up your small scraps and pieces?

[rebeccas-sewing]

Coffee filters - hmmm! Do you remove them after finishing the block? Do they tear off easily? I have really good luck using tracing paper and it's super easy to remove.

[scraps.galore]

Some quilt patterns that were traditionally done into 2 color quilts are wonderful projects for scrap/crumb pieces. Jacob's Ladder, Bear Claw, Irish Chain even... Piece the scraps together until you get a "piece of fabric" the size that one color of the block would fit on, then cut out the blocks from them. Add the "scrappy blocks" to the second color blocks to complete the quilt top.

You could even just make a simple 4 square pattern or pinwheels. Just use larger squares than you would normally to get more of the "scrap look" into the pattern. The patterns that you end up with can be delightful if you pair your scrap blocks with a dark solid color, such as navy or green.

[Sandscraps]

Go for crumb quilts. Just be warned that it is totally addictive and you seem to have more crumbs at the finishing line than you had at the start. I have just complete 48 6 inch blocks with crumbs and I"m using them in a DP9 with bright (really brigth) pinks. I recently presented a class to opur quilting group and the creations that followed were WOW! Join the crumbing club!

[scraps.galore]

There's really no directions on this link... just a picture to make a point. You can put any sizes or even shapes together.... just as long as when it's all over, you end up with a really really big rectangle. LOL.

http://cauchycomplete.wordpress.com/...ove-of-colors/

Here's an interesting "how-to" for scrappy quilting using log-cabin techniques for joining... same blog.

http://cauchycomplete.wordpress.com/...larity-part-i/