I'm afraid that the wonderful advice and methods of collecting fabric scraps is lost on me: It is just too much to think about, too much to do, too much to execute. Rather than think, cut, organize and plan, I'd rather sew the bits and pieces together and make crazy fabric or use them to make designs in fabric postcards.
Crazy fabric is wonderfully colorful. It can be transformed into shopping bags, pet beds, crazy quilts etc. The hodgepodge melange of sizes and colors offer surprises (sometimes shocking) to the eye. They turn our wonderfully colorful; do not require any planning, other than size of what you want to make with it. Most importantly, if you are having some happy hour sewing, you can enjoy your favorite beverage, watch your favorite show and grab, sew, press and cut.
My new obsession is fabric postcards. You can use all manner of scraps to make designs on a 4 x 6 canvas. Yes--even stuff that doesn't make a scrappers snuff can be put to good use. Clipped corners can be come fish tails or house roofs!
Make no mistake--I admire the organization, creativity and pure industry of managing scraps and then calling upon them to make breathtaking quilts. Regrettably, it is above my pay grade and interest level.
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