I often claim to have a Quilting "Hobby" in attempts to hide my obsession with fabric and color.

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Scraps anyone? PLEASE READ TO BOTTOM!

I decided that today I was going to try something new with this blog. I want to see if it can actually help me in my moment of "unfocused motivation".
I noticed that I have had a lot more visitors to my blogs, thanks to Crazy Mom Quilts. I posted one of my Finished WIP on her Friday blog. So now I am hoping to catch someone'e eye, and maybe even start a movement, literally of FABRIC!!! Yes.


I have many blogs I follow, many being stash or scrap busting blogs (Thank you Bonnie Hunter@ QUILTVILLE). I have always had a compulsion to hold onto fabric drops (aka scraps). It seems like such a waste given the cost and beauty of fabric. But sometimes, my intentions are better than my motivation. Just because I once used it, or saved it, doesn't mean I like it anymore, or want to use it again. And like a lot of quilters, my fabric preferences have changed over the years, as has my quality of fabric. I started out with classic calicos bought at big-box-stores, and over the years discovered designers or styles I liked. And Batiks...let's not even go there!
So here is what I am proposing. Does anyone want to swap some scraps? By color, by size, by weight even? I know from years of getting my mom's " cast offs" I have discovered I like fabric I would have never picked out on my own in a store....cost, too crazy a color or print, but once it was in my hands, ooooh, it was like Christmas in July! I have fabrics going back to the early 90s. I have Moda drops from this past years collections, and every thing in between. It might be fun to see what other people use. To see what you could make with some fabric someone else is tired of looking at. Is anyone game?
I have lots of 1/2 and 1 yard cuts, and as you seen, a BIN full of scraps ranging from 1.5 inch strips up to who knows what. But bottom line, is anyone willing or interested in doing this with me? If you want a better idea of the type of fabrics I have, look at my past finished quilts....chances are I have fabric from EVERY ONE of them left over.

 Be brave and don't be picky. I will send it first! Send me an email with your address and if you want to swap by color, size, print (calico, batik...) rough weight and I will see if I can match your request and send you something. And you can send something back when you get my "present".  Let's move this fabric around, and get inspired!

2 comments:

  1. Hi, I'm a new quilter so my scraps are from the baby quilt I made and blocks I cut of halloween, and circles from Christmas prints that i didn't use, if interested, I can send them off. If not, I understand, I drool over photos of scraps and stashes at this point.
    Beth

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  2. I'm game! You can email me through my blog, My Imperfect Life (http://imperfectmom2two.blogspot.com). It would be cool to see what other people have in their stash. And don't you LOVE Amanda Jean at Crazy Mom Quilts?

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