I am reporting on my current project involving scrap 2 inch squares. I had two shoeboxes full of short and long strips and miscellaneous squares.
To back up, the shoeboxes looked like this a few weeks ago, overflowing:
I cut strips from old old stash to use it up. I then made a pattern called Clean Up from Quilted Twins, as outlined in THIS POST.
I used up many of the long 2 inch strips, sewing them together, then cross cutting them. The (almost) final top looks like this:
I added some more 2 inch squares to the right and left hand sides, to make the quilt top a little wider.
Now the shoe boxes looked like this:
The strips are a little fluffed up, I'll admit. Still so much fabric! What to do? Go back to the Quilted Twins website and find another pattern I guess. I picked Light and Dark, but, I used leftover backing fabric for my 'darks'. I had some sage green fabric, not quite wide enough for the quilt projects I do.
(The batting is still attached - I removed it). I alternated the sage green fabric with my scraps, making strip sets and cross cutting them (right):
On the left: individually cut scraps alternating with the sage green fabric.
One block, laid out:
And four blocks together:
I am using up the scraps at a slower rate with this pattern. I now have 6 blocks done, but each block finishes at 15 inches, so I have a ways to go. How much of those 2 inch scraps will I use up? Will I run out of sage green fabric? We shall see.
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