in bygone quilty days, i was known to always toss waste triangles as simply being too small. apparently my definition of "too small" has changed. these were waste triangles from flying geese for the scrappy indigo and yes indeed, i did sew them up into tiny HSTs for some future use. and why? well, my frugal inner voice said it was simply wasteful to toss perfectly good $10/yard fabric. now these are probably the smallest i would sew up as they will finish at 1" square, but they will be an ideal sawtooth border at some point. *** and it was a super sewing day yesterday! in addition to sewing these up, all the batik blocks got finished AND some "just takes 2" blocks got done as well. these tasks plus 3 loads of laundry and some cross-stitch took up my entire day. today it's dig out the car and back to "just takes 2." tomorrow i'll show you what was in my package from Australia....you will love it!
I'm loving the quilt in your header, Grace.
ReplyDeleteLittle 1" HSTs would make a very nice little mini, too. It is hard to toss anything with today's fabric prices, but I also find myself swamped sometimes with little projects when I obsess over using up every little scrap. I need to find balance somewhere. : )
Sounds like you had an extremely productive day--me, I sewed borders on all 4 sides of a wallhanging before realizing I had cut it the wrong size and the next border wouldn't fit. I spent the rest of my sewing time unpicking--with the rotary cutter. It is faster.
I've just done something similar, Grace. My waste triangles are sewn into squares that measure 1 1/8in from raw edge to raw edge, so they'll finish 5/8in square in a quilt. Aaaargh. What was I thinking?? I'm hoping to use them as a sawtooth border on the quilt where their 'parents' are in the centre of the quilt, but I allowing for the possibility that the effect will be too busy. So, perhaps they'll just be pieced together - maybe as the centre of a medallion-style quilt.
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Sydney, Australia
Go to Nellie's Needles. She takes even smaller scraps and puts them down then puts tulle netting over them and quilts it all down. Wonderful pictures of the shoreline of the lakes, or meadows. We give her our "scraps" and she makes the most wonderful pictures!!! I told her I wouldn't be giving her that bag if I knew that was in there!
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