Anyone have this book?
Anyone use the Scrap Therapy method of fabric organization?
I heard about the book when Jodi posted about it as part of her Sew Scraps Along. After visiting 5 stores yesterday and not finding it, I called ahead to the only other place I could think of... they had one copy left and set it aside for me. I started reading the 7 steps and kept thinking yep, that's me with the pile and wad of fabrics unable to find anything when looking for scraps. but.... I am thinking of going 2.5, 4.5 and 5 inches. 5 to be used for charm pack patterns which are aplenty, but rather than 2 and 3.5 I am thinking of the larger because those sizes come with the GO.... easy cutting!
Before I start cutting into my pile of wadded fabric scraps, I would love to hear from anyone else that has the book or has used this method for organizing.
How funny - I just got the book in the mail today from Amazon! I started cutting my scraps by her size suggestions, because I find it just as easy to cut scrap pieces with a rotary cutter and straight edge. It went pretty fast - I pulled about a dozen pieces out of my scrap basket (the one on my sewing table), pressed them and cut them out - ended up with a nice stack of all three sizes and a bunch of little smidges in the trash! Woohoo!! I love that there are so many patterns in the book that use the sizes she recommended cutting, too!
ReplyDeleteI got the book for Christmas but haven't started doing anything in it yet. I have absolutely NO way of organizing scraps, so maybe this book will help!
ReplyDeleteI have not seen this book and I am not a very organized person, but I aspire to be. I inherited several boxes of scraps among other yardage from my grandmother. I finally went thru and organized my own style. Anything that was large enough to be cut into 5"X5" I made squares, then 2.5 inch strips....I just let the fabric speak to me. There were 3 shoe boxes of 1x1 to 2X2 (& all in between) sloppy squares went into it's own shopping bag. It only took me 2 years to realize the small squares in her shoe boxes where for a cathedral quilt - which I have now started.
ReplyDeleteI have to keep everything visual because if I put it away I forget about it, out of sight out of mind. So, in the guest room (aka my sewing room) I placed 2 mid-sized boxes on the dresser and stacked as evenly as possible my yardage by color and solid (cotton only). I am still reorganizing. The one big thing I realized is .... always pre-wash before it makes it to the guest room. I have short memory retention for such details.
Think of the type of quilting you like to do and see what you personally use the most. I find that 2.5 strips are in almost everything I do.