Summer in Texas usually means I have to move downstairs to the corner of the living room and this year is no exception.
In between working on a remaining obligation, it's time for Scrap-a-Palooza!!!
I don't like wasting anything, so that means I keep all of my scraps. Yes - all of them...even the threads (those will get used as well later). S-a-P happens at least three times a year or else I'd be buried in scraps.
I take the odd-sized scrap pieces of fabric, such as this pile:
and cut most of it up into sized squares and rectangles:
These are useful as projects come along.
But then that leaves a box of smaller scraps:
These then get sewn together higgidly-piggidly and cut up into standard sized squares (the tiny-tiny pieces and threads get put into another pile for later use):
These are then sewn together with a buffer strip in between the squares (from a jelly roll or strips from other left-over fabric):
Then everything gets pressed to flatten out some of those pesky seams -
This is in spite of the help from my lovely assistant:
So, when all of the squares in the box are sewn with strips, you end up with a large, unique jelly roll:
Photos can be deceiving - this roll is almost a foot across - I should be able to get at least two scrap-top crib quilts out of this!
