This week I decided to tackle my 2.5" strips. I am in the habit when making bindings, to take the left overs and keep them. I also when cutting strip for binding find that if I have just a bit of the fabric left over and it is enough to cut just one more strip I do that as well.
My method is this large glass jar. I just toss them into it. Sometimes there are even bags with 5 to even 7 matching strips in it. Those are the ones that I cut for a quilt, and then forgot I did that and cut more later when the quilt returned from my quilter. Over a period of time the jar has become very full.
And this is what I end up with, except the blue piles were much much lager than shown here.The end results, it measures 56" by 60" and a binding prepared to go with it. Off to my charity group and looks like those red, yellow, purple, green, turquoise and yes still some blue strips left over are next.Yes, definitely need to do something with the other colors and prints. And I am off to the Jelly Roll Races with 10 rows done and 40 to go.
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What a great quilt, and all from scraps! This is a great way to clear out excess scraps to make more room for more fabric....right 😃
ReplyDeleteGreat use of random strips. Simple, but pleasing to the eye!
ReplyDeleteSuch satisfying ways to use up those scraps. I love how you store them so prettily in the glass jar.
ReplyDeleteGreat use of scraps and binding leftovers! Pretty blue fabrics in there and I love the grey and cream mixed with blue. The next project is going to be joyful and fun! Thank you for sharing, and linking up.
ReplyDeleteJelly Roll Race quilts are so much fun! I still remember being so excited to do the one I did in Christmas prints. The quilt is still used in my son's room. I did it all in a day that others did the quilt along. I was amazed with the process and still love it when I see one. Yours is a beauty. Good work on taming those blue 2.5" strips.
ReplyDeleteThese look like fun! Do you do the usual end-to-end make a long strip, fold in half etc? Or are you just sewing random strips together? I ask because I too throw all the bindings together and this would be a good project to use them on.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to tackle and use up those left over binding strips.
ReplyDeleteI've been doing the same thing with my scrap binding strips this year! You made a nice big quilt in blue!!! The colorful one is going to be fun, too!!!
ReplyDeleteIt is dawning on me that storing like colored strips together certainly helps when trying to move some into usable projects. Nice to see what you've done with your strips.
ReplyDeleteThe blue Jelly Roll Race quilt turned out beautifully. Great job! They are so fast to make. There are a couple of jelly rolls in my stash that should become a Race quilt in the near future.
ReplyDeleteI love them both and you never throw away strips. They make beautiful quilts.
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