I promised you a chart for using all those scrap strips, and here it is (finally)! Click the link below this post to download the PDF.
The chart has a grid showing how you can combine scrap sizes. For instance, if you make 4-patch blocks from your 2-inch squares, or make 9-patch blocks from your 1 1/2-inch squares, you can easily combine them with your 3 1/2-inch squares to make bigger blocks. (And believe me, you DO want to make bigger blocks. As much as I like working with all those tiny bits, even I don't want to make a whole quilt from 3/4-inch strips...unless it's for a dollhouse.)
There are so many possibilities! And that's just talking about SQUARES. If you cut your scraps into strips, like I do, the possible combinations multiply. I have a gorgeous quilt in the works that started with 4-inch pinapple blocks made from 1-inch and 1 1/2-inch strips.
The chart has a grid showing how you can combine scrap sizes. For instance, if you make 4-patch blocks from your 2-inch squares, or make 9-patch blocks from your 1 1/2-inch squares, you can easily combine them with your 3 1/2-inch squares to make bigger blocks. (And believe me, you DO want to make bigger blocks. As much as I like working with all those tiny bits, even I don't want to make a whole quilt from 3/4-inch strips...unless it's for a dollhouse.)
There are so many possibilities! And that's just talking about SQUARES. If you cut your scraps into strips, like I do, the possible combinations multiply. I have a gorgeous quilt in the works that started with 4-inch pinapple blocks made from 1-inch and 1 1/2-inch strips.
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