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2014 quilts, scrap quilt, table runner · September 20, 2014

From the Scrap Bag

My scrap bins are overflowing so I decided to start cutting them in useful sizes.  Scraps that are 11” long or longer I cut into strips. I have drawers for 5”, 3-1/2”, 2-1/2”, 2” and 1-1/2” strips. Smaller scraps are cut into squares and I have boxes for squares in the same sizes as the strips.  The box of scraps I was going through this morning has several stacks of rectangles, including these:

scrumptious scraps

At one time I didn’t save small scraps, but now I save everything–these are only 1-1/2” x 2-1/2”.  I hated to cut them into 1-1/2” squares so I devised a plan to just use them up and be finished with them.  This is the result.

scrumptious runner

It took 48 rectangles which happened to be exactly how many I had!  How nice was that?  I sewed eight rows of six rectangles each, then sewed the rows together in pairs.  There is a 3” (cut 3-1/2”) strip between each set of rows and on each end.  I just quilted straight lines and added binding.  It took less than two hours for everything but hand sewing the binding and I did that in the first quarter of the Badger game.

It’s the perfect size for a teapot!

scrumptious runner-2

With that success under my belt, I’m ready to tackle this pile of scraps!  They are a little bigger so I have a different idea for them.

s gervais scraps

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Comments

  1. Linda says

    September 21, 2014 at 7:04 am

    WHAT A GREAT IDEA. CAN NOT WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THE OTHERS. LOVE YOUR BLOG

  2. Susan says

    September 21, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    What a great idea, and if you are collecting for Christmas gifts, that’s a good one!

  3. Carrie says

    November 28, 2016 at 3:32 pm

    Hi Rhonda,
    This is Carrie Cook on another e-mail address. The quilt I was talking about was on this Sept. 21, 2014 post at the top. You might have tried to send a pic to the ccookquilts@new.rr.com address, but I got a message saying there was an error. So, I never got it! I love the quilt!!

    Anyway, if that is the same quilt you were thinking of and have it, I would love for you to come to guild on Thursday, Jan. 12th at 7:00 pm and show it. We’re still meeting at the same church on the corner of Drew and Franklin streets. If you prefer not to come, would it be OK if I brought it and showed it?

    My plan B (since it’s Jan.) is a Power Point. Could I please have your permission to show a picture of the quilt in the power point if our guest speaker, Zita Gehl, doesn’t drive from Manitowoc to present in January?

    Call if you have any questions 734-2958. It’s cyber Monday and my cyber isn’t working very well!!

    Thanks so much,
    Carrie

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