You may recall a while back when I was excited about my new scrap system of color separated plastic bins.
I thought, at the time, that this would make sense for me. I thought I'd need a piece of orange and be able to head right on over for some orange! It would save me time and since those scraps were so organized I'd surely use them more right? Sure it was taking up a bunch of space on my shelf, but it was going to be worth it! All in theory of course. {smile}
Fast forward to now. Do you know how many times I opened those boxes in the last five months? Less than five. Do you know how many times I actually "filed" my new scraps? Less than one. Turns out, the super organized scrap storage systems are not for me.
The new plan?
1) be more judicious about the scraps I keep.
2) throw them haphazardly into scrap basket.
3) when the basket it full, cut, share, and trash.
My Mom is working on a new quilt that I think will turn out similar to this one that Crazy Mom Quilts did (which I LOVE) using mostly my scraps. For the past few Fridays we've sat for an hour or so going through my scrap bins. I cut out a square to keep for a hexie (you can read why I'm keeping one hexie of each at this post) and Mom cuts whatever she wants out of the rest. I tossed anything tiny and gave the small but usable stuff to a friend.
I'm currently down to just a little more than this.
Ahhhhhh....
It feels so good to be using up and sharing all that fabric that was just sitting there.....aaaannnndddd......I cleared off enough room on my shelf to bring my scrapbooks up from the basement! I'm excited to be able to have these out to look at and share with the Little Miss - after all I made them for her!
Scraps out. Scrapbooks in. Happy me.
I have to thank Jenny for inspiring me to really think about my scraps. She's been a woman on a mission cutting her scraps to use and it really got my wheels turning. Thanks Jenny!