Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

Today I spent a good 5 hours in the sewing room working on pressing and cutting scraps into useful sizes. Had a good size piles to work with. I organize them by the closes size I could trim them down to. Starting with 2 1/2", 3", 3 1/2" 4", 5" 6 1/2" and had even a few large pieces With those I went ahead and cut them into squares and some strips. Some of the pieces were units that mom had sewn and strip sets Which I will use to help complete what I had up on the wall of the blocks mom made. Like I said yesterday this will be fun. My poor mom is now dealing with Bronchitis. Seems like it's one thing or another lately. She'll be surprised when she see what I've done with her scraps. This evening I took a break from sewing and did a little crocheting on a new afghan I started this week This too is using scrap yarn that mom gave me many years ago. Linking up with Kathy's   and with Cy

I knew I was not the only one but sometimes for ones with a problem and want to deal with it, doing it with others it very helpful. It works for A.A. Weight Watchers and other programs/groups. So why not with what Sarah is doing over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. She is leading others to join her in dealing now with our/mine abundant scraps. I had done this in the past but did forget about until I read what she wrote and that is " A yard of quilting fabric weighs about 5.8 ounces." So if I was to weigh mine it would be a lot as cost in fabric goes. What I thought I would start with first is the flannel tub  and the tub of leftovers from things made for the "Little Dudes". Quite the pile but won't bother to weigh them due to the fact it's a variety of various types of fabrics. But if I had to guess. I would say there is around a couple hundred dollars worth there. My thoughts are to make receiving blankets, burp