I tend to toss scraps to one side of my cutting table to cut up later. My cutting table is only about 18×24, so this practice cuts into my cutting space. In the last couple of months the pile has become huge. About 2 weeks ago, the pile toppled off the cutting table and I realized I had to do something.
I toss all the scraps into a brown paper grocery bag and decided to cut them all up into 2.5inch squares with my Accuquilt. Whatever didn’t fit into that size would become Pet Bed filling.
I spent a couple of Craft Nights plus one Friday while I was making phone calls cutting up scraps with my Accuquilt. Now I have A LOT of 2.5 inch squares!
In the photo, you can see that I am sorting. I have a couple of bins of stashed 2.5 inch squares. They are handy for a lot of different projects. It was from this bin that I made Scrapitude.I have also used patches from this bin for Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilts like En Provence.
Some of these need to go into the FOTY 2020 bin, but most will be used for donation blocks. I might give some to the BAM Community Giving Team for their kits.
My pet bed is full, so I need to get that to the Pet Bed team.
I, too, have been cutting scraps with my AccuQuilt! I’m also mostly working on 2 1/2” squares right now so I can get rolling on Charlotte’s 2021 mystery quilt, but I also have some other scrap quilts in mind that use a lot of that size. I haven’t made quite enough of a dent in my scrap bins yet but we’re getting there!
It is amazing how long it takes to cut up scraps even with an Accuquilt!