Some more neutral scraps -

So I grabbed another handful from the BIG basket -

Transferred it to the box for sorting -

And pulled out a big SOLID piece that had circles cut from it -

I could try to cut some triangles from the parts connecting them -

But I have PLENTY of muslin in the other room -

And can cut triangles from that if I need some -

So I don't think I'll bother with that part -

But I think I'll save this piece on the end -

Since it's at the fold and a pretty good sized chunk -

And the rest can go in the trash -

This bunch looked like all the same size strips -

But they were actually folded over - so bonus - the scraps are twice as big as I thought they were -

After sorting though about half the box - I changed my routine a little -

I took everything out of the box and sorted them into a couple of piles as I pressed them -

This pile will get trimmed up to straighten the edges -

The pile on top will get the selvages trimmed off and the other two pieces will be straightened up -

The ones that don't need trimming went back in the box - to be put in the other piles after all of the other pressing and trimming are done - it seemed to speed up the process a little - since I wasn't stopping to put each piece "away" or stopping to cut anything yet - I was just pressing them all out -

Tomorrow I can trim the ones that need trimming and put everything in the various piles -

Then grab another handful -

And I don't think I've made the slightest dent in the BIG basket -

So this is going to take a while - ;))

So far I don't have a whole lot to run through the strip die cutter - I'm just doing a little trimming to straighten some frayed edges. But what I do have is perfect for NEUTRAL "crumb" blocks or "string" blocks that don't need pieces cut to any particular size. I can go through the larger chunks when I'm done and die cut them into various shapes and sizes depending on the size of the scraps -

The pressing and sorting is the easy part -

The hard part is deciding what I want to DO with what I have -

SOOOOOOOOOO many possibilities - LOL - ;))


Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -