A Joyful Keeper

This is the first time I am joining in on Frugal Friday! What fun!

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A few weeks ago I made a bag, and as I went, I dealt with the scraps of fabric.

I started out with this scrap of fabric. I needed a 6″ strip for one part of the bag, so I cut that first:

I still had a scrap of fabric left after that first cut, which normally would end up in the scrap box and maybe “one day” I would use it! Instead I cut another 2″ strip from it:

Then I cut the 2″ strip into 6″ sections and had enough at the end for a 2″ square:

I ended up with:

One 6″ square, seven rectangles of 6″x 2″, and two 2″ squares - all ready to go into a quilt!

I used to just throw the scraps into a scrap box, and think that “someday” I would use them for “something”! Now I do this and it is amazing how soon I get a pile of squares and rectangles that I can turn into a “free quilt”!!

I have piles of strips and squares that are ready to go into a scrap quilt, or in borders, whatever really…. once they are all ready like that, they can be easily used in so many different projects! Try it and soon you will have a shelf full of “ready to go” scraps like I do!

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