Stashes, Scraps, and Squirrels
It has been such a rainy month here that the chickens have been coming up to the back door, trying to get into the house. (They don’t have to be outside; they have… Continue reading
Tag Archive: use up your scraps
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ScrapHappy Day, July 2019
This month I made a lap quilt from the Bottomless Bin of Red Scraps (this one is the third, I think. Maybe the fourth. And the bin is still pretty full). I have… Continue reading
Scraps to the Organizing Rescue!
[updated at the bottom of the post, with a few new ScrapHappy members that I should have added earlier today] My entry for this month’s ScrapHappy Day is not a major project, but… Continue reading
ScrapHappy February 2019
If each of us were assigned the task of designing a dog fabric, and we were told, “Include as many breeds as possible, and make them look fairly realistic,” our resulting fabrics would… Continue reading
ScrapHappy January 2019
This ScrapHappy project uses more stylish scraps than my usual fare. I have been making these gift bags from large samples of decorator fabrics. I think I have given away 11, and I… Continue reading
Quick and Easy Gift Bags
I needed some gift bags, and I wanted to make them from a bunch of beautiful furnishing samples a decorator gave me. The pieces I had were about 12 inches by 13 inches,… Continue reading
The Bottomless Bin of Red Scraps
It’s been almost two years since I bought eight shoeboxes full of scraps (and a lot of big pieces, too) from my friend, Marilyn, who had to downsize. For this ScrapHappy project, I… Continue reading
ScrapHappy September 2018
I am so happy to join this group! I have been wanting to get something finished for the monthly Scrap Happy Day on the 15th, and I finally made it. I bought big… Continue reading
Bright Blocks for Gray Days
About five years ago, the coordinator of my quilting group was cleaning out leftovers from group projects, and I took home some of those scraps, including some tiny little nine-patches that were only… Continue reading
From a Shoe Box Full of Scraps
Back in January I bought a lot of fabric from a quilting friend who is moving, and instantly, all my New Year’s resolutions went out the window. Except for one — working with… Continue reading