Chris Franses trawls the internet for scrap management tips in Patchwork and Quilting November 2016
Pat Sloan's Scrap Squares
I stood this morning surveying the chaos that passes for my sewing room and wondered whether others have this ‘scrap problem’ or are they perhaps somewhat more organised than I am? I read of ‘scrap management systems’ and ‘stash organisation’ and marvel – as I chuck a few more ‘useful-sized bits’ into a large bag to be sorted at some unspecified future date. So, what do you do with your scraps? Do you actually have any, or are you ruthless in binning anything left over from a project? And what constitutes a ‘scrap’? How small does a piece have to be for it to be labelled a scrap and kept, or how large to be useful but too big to be a ‘scrap’? And what about those half-finished blocks that didn’t quite work out, or were miscut, or somehow didn’t ‘go’ with the others? In search of answers to these conundrums I turned to the internet (when I should really have picked up all the bits from the floor and put them back in the scrap bag).
Left: PioneerValleyGirl Blog, Pintrest
Pinterest boards - uk.pinterest.com/explore/organizingfabric-scraps
A Bee in my Bonnet - http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/from-my-quilty-studiohow-i-save-my.html
The Sewing Loft - http://thesewingloftblog.com/nsm-how-to-organize-fabric-scraps/
The Sassy Quilter - http://www.sassyquilter.com/organizing-fabric-scraps/
Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter - http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2015/01/sorting-saving-and-using-fabric-scraps.html
Quiltville - quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml
Pat Sloan - http://blog.patsloan.com/2014/04/pat-sloan-my-scrap-busting-process.html
Margaret Leuwen on You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R65-5sw3hs
Pinterest boards - uk.pinterest.com/explore/fabric-storage
Apartment Therapy - http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/10-ways-to-store-fabric-in-your-home-office-or-craft-room-191200
Everything Etsy - http://www.everythingetsy.com/2013/05/tons-of-fabric-storage-inspiration-tips-get-organized/
Craftsy - https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/07/fabric-storage-ideas/
Fabric Therapy blog - http://fabrictherapy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/stash-organization-part-2-taming-scrap.html
The Thinking Closet - http://www.thinkingcloset.com/2013/06/06/filing-fabric-a-fabric-organization-round-up/
Within a Quarter Inch - http://withinaquarterinch.com/2012/01/15/fabric-comes-in-all-shapes-and-sizes-now-where-to-put-it/
Quilting is more fun than housework - http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/storing-your-scraps.html
Super Mom, No Cape
Pinterest - https://uk.pinterest.com/explore/scrap-quilt-patterns/
Craftsy - https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/05/free-scrap-quilt-patterns/
Fave Quilts - http://www.favequilts.com/Monthly-Quilting-Favorites/Top-10-Free-Scrap-Quilt-Patterns-of-2011
Quilting About - http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltpatternsprojects/a/scrap_quilts.htm
Free Quilt - http://www.freequilt.com/scrap.html
Quilting 101 - http://www.quilting101.com/styles/scrap-quilts
Martingale - http://blog.shopmartingale.com/quilting-sewing/scrap-quilt-patterns-for-queen-size-bed-and-king-twin-and-lap/
Val Nesbitt Jelly Roll Race - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNoZXjt_Ay0
Gnome Angel - http://www.gnomeangel.com/how-to-scrappy-improv-any-patchwork-block/
The Sewing Loft - http://thesewingloftblog.com/turn-fabric-scraps-into-yardage/
Quiltville - http://quiltville.com/index.html and quiltville.blogspot.co.uk/p/free-patterns.html
Katharine Guerrier - http://www.katharineguerrier.com/
Scrap Quilts - http://www.scrapquilts.com/
Connie Kauffman Christmas Scrap Quilt - http://www.freepatterns.com/detail.html?code=FQ00275&cat_id=439
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