A strange title for a post, wouldn't you say? But, that's what it turned out to be. Last Friday I got an email newsletter from a nearby quilt shop stating that Saturday was the last day to bring fabric donations to the store. It seems there are two groups making quilts for the veteran's home and homeless shelters and they are in need of fabric. Quilters Dream Quilt Shop were offering a win-win deal. Bring your unwanted fabric in and the shop will give you the percentage off of what your fabric weighs. Since I've been in a cleaning frenzy in the sewing room, I gathered up all that yardage that's been on my shelves for a few years (I don't even know where it came from), bagged it up and motored on down the road.
This lovely pile of goodies added up to 17 pounds.
I won't even miss it.
But, I didn't have the chance to go through everything so I missed another bag full. Nonetheless, I got a 17% discount that day.
I needed more red in my stash so I came home with this.
This will go nicely with the Sunbonnet Sue redwork blocks I'm embroidering.
I worked steadily over the weekend organizing and I got this far.
It really doesn't look like I have all that much but this is by no means all of it. Just the basics. I'm glad my local hardware store had a sale on those shoebox containers..2 for $3.00. I bought nearly all they had.
I still have the Christmas fabric to tackle which is jammed in this cupboard.
And, then there's the closet. I'm not showing a picture of that. I'm embarrassed. I need to take a break from the mess and do some sewing. It's so beautiful outside today (in the 40s) that maybe a walk up to the library should be my first priority.
I had a blissful day creating a scrap quilt. I'll back up. I've been tackling a mess of scraps that have been hanging off of my door in one of those shoe thingies.
I thought this was a good idea at the time but I found I don't use anything that's in those pockets because it's a balled up mess.
I decided it was time to herd these scrap critters.
First, I ironed every piece and cut each piece into a strip depending on how large the piece was. I cut 1/2 inch increments starting with
1 1/2 inch and going up to 4 inches.
I sorted the pieces in these containers as I cut.
I took each container and sorted the pieces by value..dark, medium and light.
Then I put each color value into zip-lock bags and nestled them into their respective container.
Tell me this is going to work.
I tried it out today by starting a scrap quilt. I took the 2 inch container and cut an assortment of 2 inch dark and medium squares. Then I took the 3 1/2 inch container and cut 3 1/2 inch lights. I have an idea in mind having to do with four patches and maybe a star design. Hmm, yes, this is going to work. I know one thing, I eliminated one eyesore in the sewing room and I have a creative vision of what to do with the scraps. This is just a start.
This little beauty is now in my closet with SHOES in it.
