Empty basket -

I emptied the basket this afternoon -

I still have to die cut one pile - and put some "away" -

But the basket is EMPTY!! - ;))

I started by pulling out a big bag of muslin scraps that I'm not even going to bother to go through - and some oddball bits - that will all hit the trash -

I did pull these out and pressed them and added them to the SOLID basket -

Then rummaged through for the larger chunks -

Which left me with this -

The larger chunks sorted out nicely -

And I eventually got it down to one last box full of scraps to sort through -

Tomorrow I'll put them "away" in the various piles - and run the ones in the basket in front on the left though the strip die cutter - ;))

I had to smile when I pulled this one out - it's a scrap from a dress I made our daughter when she was in grade school - over forty years ago - ;))

I have a lot of NEUTRAL scraps - but they are not "standard" sizes - so I can't just use them in any old block - so the plan is to use them up like so -

• smaller bits and pieces - and shorter strips - perfect for "crumb" blocks -
• longer/wider strips - wonky and otherwise - perfect for "string" blocks -

Then I have some decisions to make -

• what blocks do I want to make
• what size do I want to make them
• what dies do I need to cut the strips/pieces
• what colors do I want to use for which blocks

Then the FUN part - going through the larger chunks - choosing the pieces to cut - and cutting them - and kitting them -

For the past week or so - I've been in pressing/sorting mode -

Now I can switch to cutting/kitting mode -

And then get those scraps into some pretty blocks -

And those blocks into some SCRAPPY quilts - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -