tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post9135513992609995573..comments2024-03-29T10:24:53.561-04:00Comments on Quiltville's Quips & Snips!!: Fabric Herding :c)Bonnie K. Hunterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16377635115790685301noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-3483424360780329272021-01-26T11:40:31.333-05:002021-01-26T11:40:31.333-05:00Funny I store my scraps the same way! I have cont...Funny I store my scraps the same way! I have containers with 2.5, 3.5, 4.5. 5, 6, 8, 10" squares. I have bins with 2.5" strips with all the color families sorted into baggies. I had several garbage bags filled with scraps that needed to be cut and taking over the garage. But during my remodel of one my rooms I decided to just get rid of all that in the bags. It can get overwhelming at times and I do not sew as much as you Bonnie. I have converted all of my big tubs down to smaller sterilite 32 oz containers as they are square vs odd shaped tubs. I now can stack two on top of one another and they are not so darn heavy. I am lucky to have two small rooms for quilting and a very small 2 car garage, that we added shelving on the sides for the overflows. I have so much stuff still after garage sale and I sold a lot....wholly cow...That this years goal is to sew stuff that are in containers such as flannels which I am not too fond of and get them out of here, kits I have acquired and clear those out. See my video on Stitchin Heaven you tube channel for my sewing room tour. I only had 6 minutes to make a video and was a little camera shy. Bonnie I do not know how you have time to do the things you do and still have so much to write. It takes me an hour a day to read all that you have to say and things I have not seen in your blog before. Love your systems and your quilts and I was glad I was lucky enough to meet you in Phoenix when you came. Maybe someday I can come see your Inn. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378134127230734883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-11565442357759549102013-06-25T21:43:44.929-04:002013-06-25T21:43:44.929-04:00Oh Bonnie, you go girl with organizing! IA... Iro...Oh Bonnie, you go girl with organizing! IA... Ironers Anonymous... calls me alllll the tiiiiime. Maybe my "crumbs" will make it into several half filled old pillow cases (sewn shut) to bring to the animal shelters. It isn't as if I won't have any more ever! <br />~Christina in Clevelandqueenopearlshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571558913677682583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-74825818247866269802013-06-25T09:44:46.570-04:002013-06-25T09:44:46.570-04:00for your crumbs: make a diamond template. I made...for your crumbs: make a diamond template. I made mine 9" tip-to-tip, but any size would do of course. I like fabric piecing (muslin) rather than paper because having to rip off the paper creates instant ufo's for me, heh-heh... - same as for my string quilts. Crumb Piece the diamonds in contrasting colors. I saw this idea in a magazine (I am not that brilliant!) - can't remember which one, though. Am working on it between other projects. makes a beautiful quilt.tinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11492299354258172097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-37089411298210368652011-12-30T11:55:54.548-05:002011-12-30T11:55:54.548-05:00I've just been shoving fabric into boxes for m...I've just been shoving fabric into boxes for my future move. I'm feeling way too much like a fabric HOARDER as well as a herder. d'oh! fun to see your stash! some of it...Tonya Ricuccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10778059489713831067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-38321522689620651802011-12-29T19:01:54.991-05:002011-12-29T19:01:54.991-05:00OMG!!!!! I'm in a post :o) and you're rig...OMG!!!!! I'm in a post :o) and you're right. It is that simple. Kevin helped me press my 2-inch dark drawer yesterday and they are all in their little bundles. I didn't bag them - didn't have enough bags in the house LOL <br /><br />Only 7 more drawers to go :o)<br /><br />Hugs!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03716634446408588798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-62158117013919827562011-12-29T18:53:51.797-05:002011-12-29T18:53:51.797-05:00Your day looks a lot like mine. Seems like scraps...Your day looks a lot like mine. Seems like scraps keep breeding in the dark, but somehow quilts come out at the end from time to time. I do keep my crumbs sorted by color, but they are in decorative jars so it seems more like a collection than a hoarding issue. That's what I keep telling myself anyway.scraphappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01472985095648633397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-30421917852804963482011-12-29T17:43:46.536-05:002011-12-29T17:43:46.536-05:00I think I have lots of fabric that is until I visi...I think I have lots of fabric that is until I visit you blog! But sometimes I just don't have the right colour. I have been using your scrap saver system for a couple of years now and have found I haven't touched my 3.5" strips, other to cut to smaller strips. So maybe from now on when I'm cutting I will cut the smaller strips...makes sense.Leeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616599642690765779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-17810640017998600842011-12-29T16:14:43.872-05:002011-12-29T16:14:43.872-05:00Hi Bonnie! Happy New Year!
Are you familiar with ...Hi Bonnie! Happy New Year!<br />Are you familiar with Linda Hibbert? She does extraordinary paper piecing patterns and uses itsy bitsy teeny tiny pieces. Just a thought for your crumbs. If you sign up for her newsletter, you get the patterns free. Check it out!Quilter Stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09071228932284045626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-27367395647251925842011-12-29T14:57:23.685-05:002011-12-29T14:57:23.685-05:00Hi Bonnie, I have a question about "crumbs&q...Hi Bonnie, I have a question about "crumbs". What exactly is a crumb? Is it anything smaller than 1 1/2 inches, or is it an odd-shaped piece of any size? Or something else?Barb Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970539487622123183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-14113434013714904472011-12-29T14:26:02.578-05:002011-12-29T14:26:02.578-05:00Bonnie, Have you ever considered taking a quantity...Bonnie, Have you ever considered taking a quantity of scraps/crumbs to a workshop and letting the participants use some of those in their quilt? If the workshop is close enough for you to drive, you could take a plastic box of them. If you are flying, you could take a ziplock bag of scraps. That would help you deal with some of your overload....and many of us would be thrilled to have something from your stash in one of our quilts! Just a thought.....Sally Langston Warrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947024909324503884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-70275947042325874082011-12-29T14:18:02.356-05:002011-12-29T14:18:02.356-05:00Here's a great extreme scrap project for 2012....Here's a great extreme scrap project for 2012. <br /><br />http://buildinghousesfromscraps.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Email Jantine (link on that blog) and she will send you the foundation pattern. <br /><br />I've made a test block and have been busy cutting house pieces out of my crumbs and squares bins and sorting them into a sectioned box. I'm especially having fun finding bits of novelty fabrics for the doors and windows.<br /><br />Join us! :-)Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12561892583686450813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-54339330758102827912011-12-29T13:48:12.905-05:002011-12-29T13:48:12.905-05:00Wow! I feel so much better after seeing your "...Wow! I feel so much better after seeing your "crumb" bins. I have one gigantic drawer full and thought I was over the edge. I've gone to the ziploc system in drawers too and it sure does help keep things neater. Thanks for the inspiration! And inquiring minds want to know who's sitting in first class tomorrow? Joy in Wasilla, AKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-89596370656817173402011-12-29T13:44:33.756-05:002011-12-29T13:44:33.756-05:00Hey Bonnie,I don't think I will ever be that o...Hey Bonnie,I don't think I will ever be that organised but I admire those that are! Thanks for visiting my blog, Bonnie, and yes we missed you last week too! But you have obviously been very productive! Happy New Year! <br />Claire W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-28811214219633314072011-12-29T13:44:22.826-05:002011-12-29T13:44:22.826-05:00You're so ORGANIZED!!! I even saw some fabric ...You're so ORGANIZED!!! I even saw some fabric in your stash that I have in mine...well, except that UVA fabric! Nevah!!(You're my friend...I'll forgive you for that one. LOL! Go Hokies!)Karen Newman Fridyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00866345219260627644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-59640997433400537852011-12-29T13:44:18.410-05:002011-12-29T13:44:18.410-05:00YOu know, Bonnie, I do a bit of fabric herding mys...YOu know, Bonnie, I do a bit of fabric herding myself...I know where you are! I am considering downsizing the stash by a series of giveaways this year...julieQhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00509047751868460895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-86787082482873137092011-12-29T13:44:11.334-05:002011-12-29T13:44:11.334-05:00So funny and timely to see your comment on herding...So funny and timely to see your comment on herding/hoarding today. I got back from our local Home Depot with 6 plastic bins so I can start sorting my fabric stash into something that is more manageable than the bags and shoe boxes etc that I am currently using. Being organized is my holy grail!rsbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10905732119784057508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-40465041678619352202011-12-29T13:32:15.005-05:002011-12-29T13:32:15.005-05:00They may say that you are crazy and obsessive and ...They may say that you are crazy and obsessive and they may be right -lol- but you are also very wonderful! Thanks for sharing and giving me such great ideas. Love your blog!Vicki Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13591246665480467311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-54620609380491621042011-12-29T13:29:54.775-05:002011-12-29T13:29:54.775-05:00Bonnie, you constantly inspire me. Now, I want to...Bonnie, you constantly inspire me. Now, I want to sort my strips by color. And, you amuse me. Sewing a mile and a half without realizing you don't have thread in your bobbin. I laughed until I cried...cuz I've done that, too. Have a great trip to Dallas! LaneLanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17961668927812199081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-64224663848974408212011-12-29T13:25:40.408-05:002011-12-29T13:25:40.408-05:00I thought I was the only person in the world to ha...I thought I was the only person in the world to have a piece of that purple paisley in the second picture...but there it is. :)<br /><br />I've been saving crumbs, but I decided on Tuesday, as I was cutting pieces for Christmas Lights, that anything that won't make a 1 1/2" square is going to be given to DH to use as gun cleaning patches. So I'll be going through that drawer, cutting squares and GIFTING. I know what you mean by feeling like a hoarder because of those little pieces...so I'll let DH do the hoarding. It won't get them out of the house, but it gets them out of my sewing room.QuiltinLibraryLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16392850776832804028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-42454090058806336802011-12-29T13:20:06.914-05:002011-12-29T13:20:06.914-05:00Per your advice to cut what I personally use...my ...Per your advice to cut what I personally use...my choice would be 1 1/2". I have TONS of 2 1/2" strips that I barely use. I like smaller pieces. I do have a few 3 1/2" strips mostly in neutrals. But they are easily cut down to whatever size I need. I also keep containers of squares in your sizes. I also have two boxes of those 4" squares from Keepsake quilting. Each has over 2000 squares in them. I am using them for my "tumbler" quilt which will be ginormous when done. To compliment them I have cut a whole container of 4" neutral squares.<br />Between you and I we should buy stock in plastic containers...<br />XOXOXO SubeeSubeeSewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952143788729940825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-54153550240196682622011-12-29T13:13:26.678-05:002011-12-29T13:13:26.678-05:00I have some of those containers and LOVE them! I ...I have some of those containers and LOVE them! I have all my scraps together in ONE of those containers. I thought it was too much as it is! hehe. I could probably make 3 quilts with the scraps within that one bin, but the organizing it part would put me over the edge, LOL.Cascade Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341289311392432737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-58665165104105787002011-12-29T12:56:22.646-05:002011-12-29T12:56:22.646-05:00Bonnie, you've just performed a public service...Bonnie, you've just performed a public service. I'm sure I speak for a lot of us when I say, gee, I only have one bin of scraps. Time to get to work and acquire more. Hee, we may turn the entire economy around.qlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201381013699393339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-21637442877178348312011-12-29T12:55:52.545-05:002011-12-29T12:55:52.545-05:00oh my dear - I am serious awe of how you manage to...oh my dear - I am serious awe of how you manage to get everything done - you are traveling constantly, taking care of your 'boys', writing books, making quilts for the books, and we see that you manage to both play and exercise.... and now you organize too???? Sometimes I say you are the 'Oprah" of quilting - you just say 'i like cheddar', and boom! it is sold out... Today you are the Martha Stewart of quilting - all organized... (don't get arrested for insider quilting) Bonnie, you are just a kick... Happy New YearKathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14265994687551513000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-37401636383172735332011-12-29T12:41:39.487-05:002011-12-29T12:41:39.487-05:00Bonnie, since we are talking storage and organizat...Bonnie, since we are talking storage and organization ( and in my family, supposedly, I am uber-organized!! and a scecret herder /hoarder) how do you store your yardage pieces? Do you simply stack them in colorways or do you put them in drawers--or do you have another way? I do have a lot of scraps, crumbs and strings and I am working on getting those done. But mostly, I have scads of yardage....I admit, I haven't wanted to "CUT" into a lot of it.... JulieroseJulierosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079686021190332890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13569819.post-60408001724817315102011-12-29T12:31:55.682-05:002011-12-29T12:31:55.682-05:00So cute. I definitely need to work on my herding ...So cute. I definitely need to work on my herding skills. Sadly, I think I've mastered the hoarding part.<br /><br />SewCalGal<br />www.sewcalgal.blogspot.comSewCalGalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02062059207544865569noreply@blogger.com