I met Amanda Jean Nyberg at my very first Quilt Market ever. She was debuting her book, Sunday Morning Quilts (co-authored with Cheryl Arkison) and I was lucky enough to procure an autographed copy of my very own. So when Amanda Jean asked me to join the blog tour for her new book, No Scrap Left Behind (Stash Books/C & T Publishing, $26.95, hard copy; $18.99, e-book), I ignored my over-scheduled life and jumped at the chance. She shares her talent on her blog, Crazy Mom Quilts, and has a way of elevating the lowly scrap quilt to a level that makes me wish my scrap bin was overflowing. I knew there would be fun ahead!
The projects in this book range from gorgeous quilts…
to adorable pincushions…
…to simple projects like the one I chose to try today, note cards.
Because I am in full-blown Market prep with some super-secret project-making happening, I am using some delicious fabric from Moda designer Wenche Wolff Hatling. The Line is called Nordic Stitches and I chose it for a quilt I am making because my father’s family was from Bergen and Stavanger in Norway. The fabric spoke to my DNA!
So I have a basket of oddly shaped scraps that were sitting there staring at me. I honestly have been struggling with what to do? Do I save these small triangle shaped pieces, or toss them?
And then I made this adorable card with some of the red.
Now I think I am going to have to dig out all those lovely scraps and make holiday cards. They are simple to make and lots of fun! I would suggest this as a great projects for kids to make too.
This book is a great inspiration for making use of all those bits of leftover scraps. Filled with eye-candy quilts and projects, it is sure to get your fingers itching to stitch!
Now on to the good stuff!
Please leave a comment below about your scrap stash–is it big or small? Organized or a mess?–for a chance to win a copy of Amanda Jean’s book. (HINT: You can also go to each of the stops for more chances to win) If you are a winner and you live with in the US, you will receive a hard copy of the book. If you live outside the U.S., you will receive a digital copy of the book. We will choose a winner next Monday, May 8. Good Luck!
COMMENT #1
Oh joy! I am the first to comment. I love all the scrappy goodness that this book is all about!!
COMMENT #2
My scrap stash is relatively small, at least I think so!
And just recently I organized it by color, it was about time?
COMMENT #3
Great project for small scraps and I save most every scrap. I’m sort of organized but thinking summer may be a time to re-organize. Also, this summer I plan to invite some kids over to work on quick sewing projects. Thanks for another chance to win the book!
COMMENT #4
Like my entire sewing area, my scrap bin is a giant mess. 🙂 That doesn’t keep me from rooting around in it to find just the right piece, though.
🙂 Linda
COMMENT #5
My scraps are a mess and growing! I do love using them though!!
COMMENT #6
What a fun idea to make cards out of scraps! My scraps are organized by color into plastic bins. Pretty simple, and works for me! Thanks for the giveaway!
COMMENT #7
Medium? My scrap stash is somewhere in the middle I think.
COMMENT #8
My scrap-stash is pretty big, and it is growing by the day. At best I can say it’s semi-organized.
COMMENT #9
What a great idea to create notecards. Easy and wonderful and links to sewing projects for others, too. Ok, my stash is just collected in bags by project. I make clothing, curtains, etc, and a few larger quilts. I like the pincushion, pillow and now notecards options for scraps.
COMMENT #10
I love your notecard, and what a great idea to do that for holiday cards! My scrap stash isn’t very big right now; I made a king-sized quilt from scraps a while back that got through most of them. Some of it is organized into squares and the rest is a bit of a mess. Organizing could be a good rainy day project.
COMMENT #11
Those cards are so cute! I agree that anyone could make them.
I have a very small stash and it’s very well-organized. I trim everything to the widest width it can be and then slip them into baggies of similar-width things. I don’t sort by length or colour at this point, but I may switch to colour when I get a few more scraps to deal with.
COMMENT #12
My scrap stash is not huge because I’m always using them. I’ve finally got my string drawer full again so I’m looking forward to making another quit that uses string blocks.
COMMENT #13
my scraps stash if fairly small….I make port pillows for the local cancer treatment center so I use a lot of scraps!
COMMENT #14
my scrap stash is bigger than it should be! thanks for the chance to win 🙂
COMMENT #15
I have a small stash but it is still a mess! It could definitely use some organizing!
COMMENT #16
My scrap stash isn’t all that large, but it’s getting bigger all the time. I have never really organized it, but I plan to start trimming and organizing what’s there slowly to get it under control. My fabric stash on the other hand is mostly neatly organized.
COMMENT #17
I’ve been quilting for a long time so my scrap stash is really big. In fact, I almost always only buy small pieces so almost everything I have is scrap. Is it organized? I put it all in a container (or two or more) and pull out of it as I want. It is organized enough for me – it helps spur my creativity and saves me precious time. Why waste time organizing when you can quilt!
COMMENT #18
My scrap stash is huge. No matter how much I use, it doesn’t seem to diminish. Sorted by color for ease of finding hat I need.
COMMENT #19
Mine are currently not as organized as I would like, but not overwhelmingly huge — my children love to pull their favorites for their projects
COMMENT #20
I think my scrap stash is small. But really I think small in variety. I have been cutting up all those ugly fat quarters we get free on shop hops from years past and some fat quarters I won at our little retreat in Galveston last year. And at the Houston Shop Hop last month I picked up a few little bags of scraps from a few stores to add to my stash. I really want variety. Goal is a Pineapple Quilt scrappy style or maybe a project from this book! fingers crossed! Need MOJO
COMMENT #21
My scraps are organized by color but are growing out of control. I do need a few projects that really eat scraps – I’d love to have a copy of Amanda’s book!
COMMENT #22
My scrap stash is pretty good. It’s 80% organized. I have bins by color (Thanks to Amanda Jean) and a big scrap bin that needs to be sorted yet. I love scrappy quilts!!
COMMENT #23
My scrap stash is small and is sorted by strip size, and the scraps from each project are in shoeboxes.
COMMENT #24
My scrap stash is medium-sized and reasonably well-organized.
COMMENT #25
My scrap stash is small and not yet organized – I’m still looking for ideas that appeal to me 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
COMMENT #26
My tiny scraps are sort of organised by colour, but I need to take out small pieces from my stash and sort them as scraps too – and then decide on a design to use them!
I am in England, hoping to win a digital copy of this great book – thanks for the chance.
COMMENT #27
My scrap stash is large and very messy.
COMMENT #28
My scraps take up two drawers; fairfly small, I guess. Oh, yeah, and there’s a bag of strings someone gave me. The ones in the drawer are organized by color.
COMMENT #29
I have lots and lots of scraps. I sort out the large (quarter yard or larger) scraps into one bin and then everything else is sorted by color. 🙂
COMMENT #30
I love the idea of using the scraps for greeting cards. I am the queen of sending cards and also the owner of bins of scraps (messy scraps) so this is a winning solution!! Thanks for the great idea (and thanks to Amanda too). I have my fingers crossed for a win!
COMMENT #31
My scrap srash is moderate, but fairly organized by size!
COMMENT #32
I would love to have this book to add to my library of sewing/quilt/craft books. My scrap stash is ‘huge’. I love the scrappy look of quilts, they remind me of what my grandmothers would have had for what they had to work with. I have my own scraps and some of my husbands grandmothers and was gifted boxes and boxes from a friend that moved to another state. They are mostly organized. This book would help me make more things with my scraps.
COMMENT #33
My stash isn’t overly large, but it’s growing. My scraps are sorted into plastic boxes based on their size and whether they are warm or cool fabrics. I’m finding that having them sorted this way (strings, larger chunks, squares/rectangles, and crumbs, has made them really accessible.)
I LOVE the simple notecards!
COMMENT #34
I haven’t been quilting too long, so my scraps are still under control, but I’m sure that’s just a temporary situation! Love the note cards so much! Thanks for the chance to win.
COMMENT #35
I love the notecard idea! I can’t wait to make some. How perfect.
COMMENT #36
My scrap stash is not too large but it’s a mess. I’ve shoved all my scraps into two fabric baskets and turn them topsy-turvy when I need a specific color or size.
COMMENT #37
Thank you for the giveaway. My scraps are arranged by color and are waiting to become something!
COMMENT #38
Fairly organized collection of moderate size, I’d say. Some of them are tiny, so cards it is!
COMMENT #39
My scrap stash is big, but organized. I mostly follow Bonnie Hunter’s system for scrappy control. It makes creating a scrappy quilt easier when the pieces are already cut to size. I’m so going to make some of these cards. Thanks for sharing!!!
COMMENT #40
My scrap pile runneth over….and it’s a mess. I had dreams of sorting them by colors and size, but I ended up just shoving them in a bin all together. These cards would be a great start to clearing the mess!!
COMMENT #41
My scraps are over taking me! Some are sorted, but most are just stuffed in a laundry hamper (or 2 or 3 or… 🙁 ).
COMMENT #42
Sweet! Sraps are future works in progress …
COMMENT #43
I have a huge amount of scraps and they are all just tossed into an enormous clear plastic bin. No organization.
COMMENT #44
I have a manageable, but disorganized, scrap bin. I rather enjoy digging through it to see what I can find!
COMMENT #45
My scraps are utterly a mess. And they gave me a black eye last week! I store them up high, and didn’t have a good grip on it when I got it down.
COMMENT #46
My fabric scrap stash is extensive and lives in the vortex if that gives you any idea of the organization level. I wish to use it up making lots of cute projects in this book!
COMMENT #47
I have Lots of scraps–Mine are semi-organized–larger ones by color–smaller ones unorganized!
COMMENT #48
No organisation at all, but why is it that no matter how much you use your scrap stash it never gets smaller?
COMMENT #49
I don’t keep scraps! I am going to have to rethink this! I am so in love with this book. Thanks for a chance to win. Have fun at market.
COMMENT #50
Large stash, somewhat organized!
COMMENT #51
My scrap stash is growing and is very unorganized. It’s all over the place.
COMMENT #52
My fabric stash is pretty large, and I have more scraps in my scrap stash than I’d like to think, but I still have a hard time because I don’t have a lot of any one thing. I don’t have that many reds or blues or whatever. I’ve been better lately about using them, but it doesn’t seem to really put a dent in it which makes me think there’s a lot more there than I think!
COMMENT #53
Like my sewing room my scrap bins are overflowing but somewhat organized.
COMMENT #54
Mine is mostly a mess, and probably pretty large in comparison to others’. I used to fold the snippets into the remaining yardage and store it that way. After quite a lengthy stint of moves, it’s now scattered everywhere and there is very little organization happening.
COMMENT #55
My scrap stash is really small… sorted by type, squares, strips, triangles… and then odd sizes and too small scraps too.
COMMENT #56
My stash of scraps is medium and pretty well organized.
COMMENT #57
Scrap stash is small. But working on it everyday!
COMMENT #58
I love your cards, this is a terrific use for precious bits of fabric or as acard to accompany a gift quilt, thanks for the inspirations!
COMMENT #59
I think I have an average amount of scraps. I store them by size in clear plastic shoeboxes.
COMMENT #60
I do have lots of scraps and they are very unorganised. Why tidy when you can sew? I just pull them out as I go 🙂
COMMENT #61
My scrap stash is small and organized and I’m not very good at using scraps!
COMMENT #62
OK – let’s be honest here. My scraps are all mixed up in a giant tub! No organisation whatsoever. Maybe I need to be better behaved.
COMMENT #63
My scrap stash is large, some of it, the newer stuff is kind of organized. The older, not so much. I did knit up a large portion into tablerunners, those projects used up a lot of old scraps I may not have ever used! Thanks.
COMMENT #64
My scrap stash is so small! I am very careful with the amount of fabric I buy so I don’t usually end up with scraps. I love scrappy quilts though and I would love to make one. Thanks for the chance to win!
COMMENT #65
My scrap stash is “mostly” in a 5 drawer plastic storage unit. I try to keep it in color order but then I scramble it all up looking for the perfect scrap. I love scrap quilts, they seem so happy with all of their colors.
COMMENT #66
My scrap stash is smallish and is currently all in one bin, but that is not really working as well as it did when I had fewer scraps. I need to make some coloured fabric bins.
COMMENT #67
my scrap stash is a big mess??
COMMENT #68
My scrap stash is pretty big…it is organizes…but still kinda messy. I haven’t figures out the beat method for me yet! I live in the US. Would love that book!
COMMENT #69
My stash is fairly good size and in pretty good order. I just need time and ideas to put it to good use.
COMMENT #70
It is so ironic, how this week, I have been so inspired by Amanda’s blog hop/book, that I have been doing a ton of scrap organizing and cleaning! I even carry around fabric scraps, sm. cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter to cut when I have extra time somewhere! 🙂 Gotta get those 2.5 inch squares cut! Thanks for the chance to win the book!
COMMENT #71
Great scraps for cards! My scrap stash is still pretty small, but already very messy. I might try sorting them by color before they get out of hand though.
COMMENT #72
I think I’ve tackled about half my scraps….several big bags worth, and now they’re waiting for me to use them. If I was on a desert island and they were all I had, I think I would keep myself busy for quite some time!!
COMMENT #73
I have a decent size scrap stash as that’s my favorite quilt to make. I keep them semi-organized. What I do not like to do is have to press them over and over so try to store them so they do not get all wrinkled, with like sizes or chunks or strips together. I don’t separate by color.
COMMENT #74
My scrap stash is growing! I have a hard time throwing away the beautiful fabric even if it wont hold a seam allowance. I keep all of the tiny bits and use in pin cushions or other things that need to be stuffed.
COMMENT #75
I have a good-sized scrap stash with a lot of novelty prints, my favorites.
COMMENT #76
My scraps are 10 years deep and ready to play!
COMMENT #77
My scrap stash is small and organinzed by colors in plastic bags.
COMMENT #78
I hadn’t quilted for years, having spent more time doing costuming and Medieval garb, so I had purged away all my stash of quilt fabrics, but I started swapping quilt blocks in 2008 or 9 so I’ve built it back up one fat quarter at a time to a closet full. My scrap stash from making all those blocks is almost as big!
COMMENT #79
I keep my scrap stash very small and sorted by color. I’m not a fast finisher so that’s my only hope of not being buried under fabric in my house!
COMMENT #80
The cads are so clever. My stash is everywhere as my sewing room is a guest bedroom.
COMMENT #81
Like Heidi F., who commented above me, I have scrap bins organized by color, and then a bigger scrap bin where all my scraps started. I’m moving scraps from that bin to the color bins–gradually adding more colors to the color bins, and also trying to be more careful about putting scraps directly into their correct bins rather than into the generic one. I know I’m definitely more likely to use those little scraps if they’re organized by color than if I have to dig or dive for them in the mayhem bin.
COMMENT #82
I don’t keep super small scraps, but I have plenty of scraps nonetheless! Some are organized by size, but the rest need to be cut to size and organized.
COMMENT #83
My scrap stash isn’t real big and not real organized…….too many things to do! And even more now! Thanks for the chance to win
COMMENT #84
My scrap stash is medium sized, but I save small enough scraps to make these cards! I rarely throw any fabric pieces away. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
kakingsbury at verizon dot net
COMMENT #85
My scrap stash is big – almost as big as my shopaholic problem. I’ve never seen a piece of fabric that I didn’t want to buy.
COMMENT #86
Mine is medium and it is semi-organized, by color and theme. Scraps are in a couple of plastic bags.
COMMENT #87
Scrap quilts are my favorite! Consequently, I have a lot of them, organized into overflowing color bins. One , or several, of the projects from Amanda’s book would be so helpful!
COMMENT #88
Many people give me their scraps so I have a lot. My mom and I quilt together and she has a great little room for us to store our scraps. She has a large set of plastic shelves with storage boxes neatly stacked and packed with our stash.
COMMENT #89
My scrap stash is just the right size and well organized. Enjoy the quilt market.
COMMENT #90
My scraps are a mess! I start out with good intentions and then it goes downhill. My ‘to sort’ basket is overflowing. Love the note card. pam
COMMENT #91
My scraps are small and disorganized. I have good intentions but then it goes downhill. My ‘to organize’ basket is overflowing. Thanks for the blog hop. It is fun. Pam
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Oops, both showed up. Sorry!!!
COMMENT #92
I think my scrap stash is “out of control”, mostly because I can’t throw anything away.I try to organize by color. I blame(credit) my mom and her Scandinavian heritage. I love that fabric you showed. My mother’s family was from Bergen Norway too. Small world.
COMMENT #93
I have a HUGE scrap stash!! It lives in the organized chaos that is my sewing room. Baskets, bags, bins, and drawers ATTEMPT to contain it all, but doesn’t do much (because of my MAJOR scrap addiction!!) Thanks for a chance to win a copy of Amanda’s book.
COMMENT #94
Fairly large fabric collection….organized by colour. Scrap bins unfortunately just a big mess 🙂
COMMENT #95
My scrap stash isn’t too big yet and I work on it every chance I get to keep it from overflowing. It is totally unorganized, but I like it that way! I just love those cards and what a terrific idea!
COMMENT #96
My scrap stash is medium (whatever that is!) in size. It is organized into bins except for a bag of as-yet untrimmed to storage sizes which my grandchildren are allowed to play with when they come to visit.
COMMENT #97
My stash is pretty small. I imagine that it won’t be small for long.
COMMENT #98
I have a mess of scraps. I have been creating a lot lately. So the scraps just pile up. Thank you for the introduction, and the inspiration.
COMMENT #99
I’m always reorganizing after finishing a quilt. I just happened to finish two baby quilt so, there were lots of scraps to organize. Again. Strips and 2 1/2″ squares get really organized and larger pieces get put in gallon bags.
COMMENT #100
My scraps are all in a tub, and looking a that book – some good ideas. Would love to win a copy, thanks or the chance. Patty
COMMENT #101
My scraps are sort of mixed in with my regular stash. It’s done by color so I can usually find what I want. I’d really like to start a strip scrap system. Maybe soon.
COMMENT #102
I would say my scrap stash is pretty large.
COMMENT #103
My scrap stash is small. This little note card project makes me think I could do something with those small pieces and collecting tiny pieces could work out. Those are adorable. The Sunday Morning Quilt book was a winner and I would love a copy of the latest book. I will keep my fingers crossed.
COMMENT #104
My scrap stash is pretty big even though I am constantly starting projects to use them. I think they multiply when I’m not looking! I try to keep them together as much as possible but have not sorted them by either color or size.
COMMENT #105
I have a scrap stash that could always be expanded. I like to organize by size, prints and solid colors.
COMMENT #106
My scrap collection is large and organized by color. I have totally used Amanda’s suggestions to make cards and is brilliant!
COMMENT #107
Hmm, I think my scraps stash is fairly small, but is growing a little bit. Definitely not organized…not a lot of space for that yet. I have never made a scrap quilt before but would love to try.
COMMENT #108
scrap stash is small, still learning how valuable they can be. Building up slowly now though.
COMMENT #109
My stash is huge – organized, but way too large. This year I am committed to using some of it for everything I make.
COMMENT #110
Quilting is a new craft for me, so my stash is small yet organized!
COMMENT #111
My scrap stash is relatively small. I have it divided up by size and shape. The smallest crumbs in vintage mason jars. The others in small plastic bins. Thanks for the chance to win!
COMMENT #112
My scraps are not organized. Each year a group of us get together for the summer and bring bags of scraps that we sew into kite quilts for donation. It’s a lot of fun and a great use of scraps.
COMMENT #113
I use large glass jars sorted by colour for my scrap collection. Sunday Morning Quilts is one of my treasured books for inspiration ?
COMMENT #114
I’m a new quilter, so my scrap stash is small and unorganized, but I can’t wait to make more and try out some ideas from the book!
COMMENT #115
For four years that I patch, my scraps are all in a single sachet, finally, now in two, no, three. I had no idea how to use them, now with the challenge and all your ideas, I will start by storing them by color and using them. Thank you for sharing.
COMMENT #116
I’ve got an unorganized scrap stash, but at least it’s small. I love the idea of using scraps to make cards!
COMMENT #117
hello, My scrap-stash is pretty big, very usefull to make charityquilts,
thanks for the chance,
Katelijn
ps. I live outside the U.S. (belgium)
COMMENT #118
My scrap stash is big enough and bot good organized. All scraps are in a separate box.
COMMENT #119
Most of my scraps are sorted by size. I love receiving scraps from friends who are happy to part with them and use them as narrow borders or binding.
COMMENT #120
My scraps are somewhat organized, I contain them in small I cardboard boxes with notes as to what they contain.
COMMENT #121
My scrap stash is pretty much my only stash, and it’s a big mess!
COMMENT #122
So many scraps…so little time! Mine are sorted by color…oh yea, and by size…and don’t forget binding scraps! I really need this book to tame the scrap monster in my sewing room…lol.
COMMENT #123
Oh my , these note cards are so adorable! Yes I have a lot of scraps and would love to win a copy of this fabulous book. My scraps are all together but not as organized as I would like. I do not have them sorted by color . But on the bright side I do use them often to make quilts or pin cushions or small zipper bags. Thanks for the chance to win.
COMMENT #124
Mine is small and I try to cut usable pieces to save. But I love the cards idea and may now have to keep smaller coordinating pieces to use on those. Everyone would certainly know that the card came from me!
COMMENT #125
Fun card! My scrap stash is getting fairly large–I love scrap quilts, so I buy scraps! I try to cut my scraps down to useable sizes, but it’s not as organized as I would like!
COMMENT #126
Love Amanda Jean’s work! She’s the one who turned me on to scrap projects
COMMENT #127
My fabric stash isn’t too big at the moment, but there’s lots that I want to acquire! I’m working on the organization piece. Thanks for the giveaway!
COMMENT #128
My scrap stash is humongous….at one point it was organized (small pieces sorted by color into large ziplock bags), but as sewing/cutting continues and more small scraps are created but not sorted, it gets messy again. I call it a happy mess,though.
COMMENT #129
My scraps aren’t very organized– one of these days! Thanks!
COMMENT #130
My scrap stash is organized by color in bins on a shelf. I recently went through it all and donated a lot of fabric I didn’t think I would use. These cards are so cute, I absolutely need to try making cards with the tiny scraps.
COMMENT #131
My stash is pretty big, I think, and grows daily! I organize in bins by size and divide up cool, warm, and neutrals in the bin.
COMMENT #132
Oooo this book looks like a winner! Pick me?!
COMMENT #133
I love sorting and organizing my scraps. I separate them by color in plastic shoe boxes. I also have another box of scraps of my reproduction fabrics. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy of this awesome book.
COMMENT #134
My scrap stash is rather large. I keep working to use it up! I have never tried making cards, they look like lots of fun!
COMMENT #135
I love scraps so my scrap stash is large and keeps growing. I especially like receiving scraps from friends as it really expands my choices of fabric for scrap quilts. Scraps make great philanthropy quilts.
COMMENT #136
Oh, do I like scraps! Some of the bits are organized into repurposed nut containers: just right for 5″ squares, and odd sized scraps are thrown, willie-nellie, into an antique wire egg basket, while a wicker garbage pail, with its own lid: usually open, collects strips of all sizes. In a stack, I have 12 shoe boxes which contain colours: easy to see in when you want a certain colour. Yes, it’s is sometimes overwhelming but then when I need it most, I stop and sort and “tidy” up… Its great to be able to save the scraps and use them again and again…
“There are always scraps” to make the quilts and designs in Amanda’s books.
COMMENT #137
I think the people in the post office would get a kick out of these post cards too! Would love to win this great book!
COMMENT #138
My stash is small but growing. It is unorganized! I like the idea if making cards. So much more personal? than buying stationery.
COMMENT #139
My scrap bin is pretty small. I don’t keep all the little pieces. I just don’t have the space. I took all my scraps and divided them into 3 sizes. Those that are big enough to chop into squares, strips and pieces. It all fits in a small tote. (Mom is a hoarder and I can’t bring myself to keep things that are too small).
COMMENT #140
My scrap collection is large but organized and sorted by size.
COMMENT #141
My scrap tower… Yes tower is full. I can’t bare to through away the yummie colour of goodness. But it would be fun to use it up into quilted items to be able to look at complete!
COMMENT #142
I have lots of scraps! About half are organized.
COMMENT #143
I am on the road to getting my scraps in order. I have them sorted by color (mostly) but I am now working on making useful precuts out of them. My biggest inspiration for this was from Sunday Morning Quilts.
COMMENT #144
My scrap stash is getting bigger. They do need to be organized, though. I love the note cards. Thanks for the giveaway.
COMMENT #145
My scrap stash is sorta small but growing all the time! I keep them in zip bags.
COMMENT #146
I have a ton of scraps because I have a hard time thowing them out. Unfortunately, they are not very well organized and I need to change that. I would love to dive into Amanda Jean’s book. Thanks!
COMMENT #147
My scraps fit in one box so far, but they are unorganized. My plan is to make baskets so I can sort by colour. That’s how I tend to look through the stash when making mini-quilts or needing a bit of something. These cards are a great idea! My handwriting is atrocious, so the Thank you or any print on the front would have to be done with a printer first 🙂
COMMENT #148
My scrap stash is pretty small. I haven’t been quilting very long.
COMMENT #149
What a great idea for a book, I have to admit I am not the best at organizing my scraps so I don’t have any great ideas but I never stop trying.
COMMENT #150
My scrap stash is medium sized. I’m sure there are many quilters out there who have ten times what I do, and also, many who only have one tenth of what I do, so I’d say I am somewhere in the middle. What I do have is very organized.
COMMENT #151
I just bought a new cabinet for my fabrics. My scrap stash is growing and taking up more of the shelves.
COMMENT #152
If you are talking about “Working Stash” – in clear plastic zip bags strewn all over. If you are talking “Stored Stas” – piled by color in a bin hidden in the basement so others don’t know the depth of my stash.
COMMENT #153
My scrap stash is big enough that I need some help. I have it color organized, and somewhat size, but need to find a project to use some on.
COMMENT #154
My scrap stash is pretty small as I don’t have much time to quilt. But it’s still big enough for playing around when I can.
COMMENT #155
The note cards are a great idea! What kind of glue did you use to attaché the fabric? Thanks.
COMMENT #156
Medium, but I’m working on growing it! It’s semi organized. I even have a couple boxes of different sized squares and strips ready to make a scrappy quilt!
COMMENT #157
I probably need help. First, in my mind, if it is over 6 inches square, it isn’t a scrap.; I do save all the little scraps, then feel so upset because I just don’t know what to do with them, how will they ever work…and pretty soon, I have enough scraps and odd strips of batting to stuff a pillow for the animal shelter. Then, I become even more frustrated, cause I really don’t care for animals!
COMMENT #158
I save the tiniest scraps of fabrics I love. Since I am relatively new to quilting I don’t have a lot of scraps. Thank you and Amanda Jean for the chance to win.
COMMENT #159
I use my scrap stash all the time, but seems it never goes down. I love making scrappy quilts.
COMMENT #160
My scrap stash is pretty small. Fat quarters or smaller fabric pieces are sorted by color families and stored in clear plastic boxes on shelves in my sewing room. I love to be a blue to see all the colors!
COMMENT #161
My scrap stash is totally not organized. The examples from this book tour are making me think about how to improve the scrap collection
COMMENT #162
My scrap stash is fairly small, all in one bin. Currently I am making a scrap quilt with larger pieces, and have been inspired to do something with the leftovers — maybe cards? Thank you for sharing!
COMMENT #163
I have a messy and totally unorganized scrap pile. Love the cards.
COMMENT #164
I have a lot of scraps, but don’t save anything smaller than an inch. My scraps are semi-organized. I do well keeping up with them for a while, and then ignore them for a while.
COMMENT #165
My scraps are not well organized at all, mostly separated by the quilts I have made. I need to spend more time organizing them. I would love a copy of this book. Thanks.
COMMENT #166
Those are fabulous. I love that you can use such small bits. My stash is way too big so am always looking forward to uses for it.
COMMENT #167
My scrap “pile” is fairly small so far. I’m thinking about how to organize it as it grows.
COMMENT #168
My scraps are organized by size, except the ones from recent projects that are all over the place.
I love the note card idea! I’m going to use it for a graduation card coming up this month! Thank you for a chance to win!!
COMMENT #169
My scraps overfloweth. I have color-coded fabric boxes I made to hold the largest scraps (fat 1/8th to about 4 inches), more fabric boxes to hold the tinies, cardboard boxes for strings, and piles to be sorted. My last quilt used a lot of the gray, black and white print scraps, but … oh dear. Love this line of fabric — it will make up into darling Christmas cards. Thanks for sharing.
COMMENT #170
my scrap stash is on the medium-large size. some of it is organized by size and color and some of it is just a big mess. i love amanda’s scrappy style and have made some of her quilted storage boxes to store some scraps by color.
COMMENT #171
My scrap stash is HUGE but these little cards are just the thing for all the tiny pieces I’ve kept because they’re too pretty to throw away. I love my scraps. ?
COMMENT #172
my scrap stash is fairly large and grows with every project…I have dreams of being organized, but the scraps are just stuffed into large plastic bags
COMMENT #173
I do have a scrap stash. It’s kind of organized by color. I love making things with my scraps. I can’t see throwing away perfectly good fabric 🙂
COMMENT #174
My scraps are getting too big. I need to use them I some new projects.
COMMENT #175
My scraps are organized by color except for the solids. I definitely need some inspiration for what to do with them all. Thanks for this opportunity. Wendy
COMMENT #176
I Love Scraps Too!!!! and have been soooo inspired by Crazy Mom Quilts. I made 8 mini quilts with my scraps this winter. I have a great Wall of Scraps now in my sewing room!
COMMENT #177
My scraps are endless. I need to clone myself to get them in order!
COMMENT #178
Compared to others small and not organized.
COMMENT #179
Recently, I retired and look to sewing again after a 30-year hiatus. I have no scrap stash, yet. I just bought a sewing machine. I have accumulated fabric and patterns. Now, I’m looking for projects. Your book looks like it fits my sewing restart needs. This scrap card project is genius! I look forward to trying it with my grand kids…as soon as I create a fabric stash?
COMMENT #180
My scrap stash is small. I sort by color in one gallon size bags, one for each of 10 colors. They all fit in one covered basket in my sewing area. I’m a cardmaker, too, and haven’t made a single card this year yet. Maybe fabric scraps will be more inspiring than my paper ones!
COMMENT #181
My scraps bin is bulging at the lid. Time for a project or two.
COMMENT #182
I have a tiny stash and no sorting system yet. Love the scrappy card!
COMMENT #183
thanks so much for being a part of the blog tour, Tracy! I love that you are using scraps from your current project to make cards. that’s so fun! I hope that the rest of your quilt market prep goes well. I hope to see you there!
COMMENT #184
i do mostly appliqué so i do try to use up my scraps as i go … i try to keep my sewing room tidy and that does not let me keep bins of scraps
COMMENT #185
Working on my scraps now. So rewarding to see all those tiny little squares.
godblessamericaATwindstreamDOTnet
COMMENT #186
I love the card! I might have to use some of my scraps and make some. My scrap stash is not real large, but it isn’t considered small either. I’ve been working on organizing it, while participating in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
COMMENT #187
I have so many scraps I am at a loss to know what to do with them. The book will definitely help me!
COMMENT #188
My scrap stash is getting pretty big. I’ve got it organized mostly by color and now I’m going through it and trying to cut blocks and strips to organize a little better. I would love to win a copy of Amanda Jean’s book. She’s definitely got lots of wonderful ideas to use up all those scraps.
COMMENT #189
I’m a brand new quilter with hardly any scraps at all; that’s why I’m following the No Scrap Left Behind blog!
COMMENT #190
My scraps are somewhat organized…and my scrap stash is large because I have been quilting nearly 40 years….
Thanks for giving someone a chance to win a copy of Amanda Jean’s new book!!
COMMENT #191
My scraps are very organized but I never seem to use them. I have to step up and either decide that I WILL use them or donate them to someone who would use them.
COMMENT #192
I think my scrap stash is small……though I can’t really say since I haven’t organized it! I’ve made only 2 quilts so I have a fair amount of large sized pieces which reside in a few different boxes (unseen so not very motivating to actually use!). I’d like to get moving on organizing them since I will be starting my 3rd quilt soon. Better to organize before more scraps accumulate!
COMMENT #193
I have a lot of scraps, sometimes I spend a few hours cutting up squares, and separating little bits!!
COMMENT #194
I love scraps and would love the book to inspire their use. Thanks for the chance.
COMMENT #195
My scraps are sorted by color into quite overflowing baskets. I guess it is time for a couple of scrap projects!!
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COMMENT #196
My scrap stash is large and growing, because I gather all the too-good-to-pass-up scraps from my weekly Project Linus sewing group. Organization is way behind, tho–must work on that!
COMMENT #197
My scrap stash is small – I cut as much as possible into squares and strips!
COMMENT #198
I have a small scrap stash–just a couple of shoe boxes. One box is sorted, the other isn’t.
COMMENT #199
I don’t have much of a stash left as I recently finished a coin quilt.
COMMENT #200
Medium stash, I think, and fairly organized by color and size. Time to start using it. Amanda’s book offers so many delightful options. I love small, quick to finish projects!
COMMENT #201
My scrap stash is small but it is nice to see the potential for it!
COMMENT #202
After 25+ years of quilting, I have a pretty large scrap stash and always enjoy diving into it.
Thanks for the chance to win this book!
COMMENT #203
I love my scraps and can’t wait to read her book to find more uses for them.
COMMENT #204
I haven’t thought about making cards. What a great idea! Thank you for sharing and for the giveaway.
As for my scrap stash—I have a large container that has my biggest pieces stored in it. The rest of my scraps are already cut into squares and strips ready for some scrappy goodness. They range from 11/2 inch squares up to 5 inches and my strips are all sizes.
COMMENT #205
my scrap stash is medium large and completely messed up even though I try hard to sort it out in zip lock baggies by color…sometimes I just throw it all up in the air and create with whatever lands on top! This looks like a fantastic book!!!!!
COMMENT #206
Hi Tracy,
It’s a BIG MESS! I learned to use my teeniest scraps tho from Amanda Jean…and I love your holiday card. Yes, you should make more. Thank you for sharing in the blog tour. It’s been too fun!
COMMENT #207
Recently I have seen several examples of how to make cards with fabric – this example is the best! It is so simple and would be great for my grandson to try. My scraps are in a very large container and are not separated. It would be easy to do if I had inspiration such as this. Thanks.
COMMENT #208
Love the cards. My scraps are mostly sorted by color and some are cut into squares or other usable size pieces. Thanks for the chance to win.
COMMENT #209
I have too big of a stash according to my husband! I know others have larger ones than I do, but mine is big enough to make some great things with Amanda’s book! I like to make scrappy pillows that coordinate with the quilts I make when they are gifts.
COMMENT #210
The cards are adorable 🙂 My scrap stash is not small, but not too big either (I’ve only been collecting them for a short time) and they are most definitely NOT organized, which I think needs to change if I’m ever going to use them. Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
COMMENT #211
My scrap stash is probably huge if it were all in one place! I can’t decide if I should sort by color, size or designer. Too many decisions!
Looks like a great book. Thanks for the chance to win.
COMMENT #212
Cute card! can’t wait to see more of your quilt when the secret is out. My scraps are organized by shape: strips, strings, triangles, 2″ squares, etc. Amanda Jean has really liberated my thinking about scraps.
COMMENT #213
do not have an established scrap stash yet, working on it though
COMMENT #214
I have a large stash of scraps. I used some of the scraps to make an improv quilt and am working on making the stash more organized. I love scrappy projects.
COMMENT #215
I have a medium size stash and and only moderately organized.
COMMENT #216
My scrap stash is fairly organized by sizes and colors, but there are always a couple of boxes that are still just full of unorganized scraps waiting for a quilt top!!
COMMENT #217
My scrap stash is small and is sorted by color.
COMMENT #218
I’ve been keeping my scraps, 2″ or larger, with the original fabric piece. Anything smaller is cut into small hexies for EPP. For now it makes it easier to find favorites–but then every fabric is a favorite!
COMMENT #219
Since I have two houses in two different states, I have two stashes and two sewing machines and multiple rulers and mats. No need to transport supplies. I am working on the organization part. kthurn@bektel.com
COMMENT #220
I organize my scrap different places… I have some in a drawer, and I have some in a box on my table… I don’t split i colours …yet 🙂
COMMENT #221
I cut up scraps into different size squares, or cut them into 2, 2 1/2, or 2 1/4″ strips. I do sort my strips by color.
COMMENT #222
So cute! What a great idea!!
Aileen in Florida
COMMENT #223
My stash is small by quilting standards but I still have enough to make several more quilts! Book looks great!
COMMENT #224
I have a healthy scrap stash that is not organized very well. I try to sort as the scraps are created, but they usually end up in a big basket that I have to dig through.
COMMENT #225
I have so many scraps, going back 10 plus years. No organization just a big mess. I love this card project. I used to make cards and will have to make some again. Thanks for the inspiration.
I attended Amanda Jean’ scrap panel at QuiltCon this year. I have her first book and hope I win her new book.Love her.
COMMENT #226
My scrap stash is probably fairly small given that I haven’t been quilting a lot lately. Still organizing my time to make time for myself. My scraps are sorted into plastic zip lock bags loosely organized by colour but also by the projects they were gained from-this is sort of by colour as the projects were usually colour co-ordinated prints.
I would love to make pincushions like Amanda Jean does to use my scraps. These would make great little gifts for friends as well as some for me.
COMMENT #227
I love this quilt in Amanda Jean’s book! I am thinking Christmas quilt here…so many lovely quilts to make! I currently have my tiny scraps in one basket, but it’s about full so I have clear boxes to begin sorting by colors. My larger pieces of fabric that I’ve cut from are sorted by colors or fabric ranges. Thanks for another example of this one, and a chance to win the book!
COMMENT #228
If only quilters realized what the words “Toss them” did to another quilters’ heart every time we read those words. You would never say them, never type them and you would know my address and you would generously send them on. lol. Mini heart attacks aren’t a laughing matter, i understand, but oh those tossed scraps would have a loving home.
I love your quilt, it is beautiful and refreshing.
COMMENT #229
My scrap stash is huge, but most of it is fairly organized.
COMMENT #230
Small scrap stash and mostly strings in box, with precut squares separated by size. I cut 2″, 2.5″, 3″ and 5″ squares.
COMMENT #231
my stash of scraps is still small and sadly rather a mess. your cards are adorable:)
COMMENT #232
I would say medium sized. I sort mine by color and then every once in a while Sew a bunch together.
COMMENT #233
My scraps are a BIG MESS mostly. I do have some strips sorted by size and color and some small odd-shaped pieces in see-through shoe boxes. The rest is shoved into tubs, boxes, bags, closets, etc., etc., etc.
COMMENT #234
My very old scraps are organized in plastic shoe boxes by color or type (like batik). My newer scraps are also in boxes but more are just shoved into a big plastic lidded box and there is NO ORGANIZATION! I want to make scrap quilts but I have too much yardage and keep going back to those bigger scraps. Plus (ahem) buying more new fabric!
COMMENT #235
My scrappy collection is not huge, but it’s definitely big enough! It’s mostly organized by color, and I wish it were more tidy!
COMMENT #236
I have a small scrap stash but am working on using it up. This book would be a great help!
COMMENT #237
My scrap stash is huge and getting bigger! I’m working away on a scrap vortex in an effort to play with it more!
COMMENT #238
I can hardly stand to throw away any scraps… so I definitely have a lot collected over 20 years of sewing! 🙂 They are mostly all in boxes. Lately I have been working at using them up… Definitely putting this book on my wishlist!
COMMENT #239
My scraps are mostly in a big bin all together. I also have two smaller clear containers with low volume and colored tiny pieces that are too precious to throw away. I have used Bonnie Hunter’s scrap users system on occasion to whittle down the pile and have actually used the pre-cut and color sorted scraps for projects. Right now I am making large scrap slabs as my leader-ender to make a Scrap Vortex quilt that was inspired by Amanda Jean.
COMMENT #240
The book is inspiring! I save a lot but not 1/2 scraps kept in a teacup 🙂 serious dedication that
COMMENT #241
Mi escondite de recortes es pequeño y están ordenados por colores
COMMENT #242
I don’t have too many scraps yet, I just started quilting last year-so I keep the larger pieces in covered bins and smaller pieces in zip-lock plastic storage bags. I keep every little piece-for paper-piecing-which I really enjoy doing. Thank you, Susan
COMMENT #243
My scrap stash is not too big really, but it is a mess – no organization whatsoever!
Thanks for the chance to win!!
COMMENT #244
My scrap stash is small as I try to keep small pieces with the larger pieces of the same fabric. (I always end up with more fabric than the pattern calls for.)
COMMENT #245
The cards are just darling! Thanks for the chance! Schattle@sbcglobal.net
COMMENT #246
Love the card idea. Use the funny shaped scraps to do something in a crazy patch block, It doesn’t matter what size or shape they are. Or, if they are big enough cut them into a standard block size. Happy quilting.
COMMENT #247
Small and not organized. But still fun to play with!
COMMENT #248
My scraps are pretty well organized mostly my color, and layed flat so I don’t have to iron them before using
I love scrap quilts and know that even the tiny ones want to be made into something useful
COMMENT #249
I save all my scraps! lol Not a giant stash…but good amount. I try to sort & be organized..but not super at keeping up with them. (they are like bunnies..new ones keep appearing :/
Thank you for chance to win your Give-a-way too 😀
COMMENT #250
My scrap stash is massive and while I am constantly digging through to make charity quilts for kids, it doesn’t seem to reduce in size. Still, I keep digging at it!
COMMENT #251
Why yes, I do have quite a collection of scraps. 3 giant overflowing bins full! I think I really need this book…and some organizational tips for all those scraps! I’d love a chance to win a copy of the book. Thank you for the giveaway!
COMMENT #252
Scrap size – BIG! Orangized – working on it constant! I sort by size.
COMMENT #253
Scrap stash here is minimal. However it is a mess! I would love to win this book.
COMMENT #254
Scrap stash? HUGE! And I love it. I can’t get enough of scraps and have been known to dive into the garbage at the end of a retreat to rescue fabric!
COMMENT #255
The note cards are such a cute idea….my scrap stash is medium as I use any pieces I can to make a 12.5″ string block then put it into my charity bin….when enough blocks are inside I make a quilt and take it to the local shelter …..
COMMENT #256
My scrap stash is pretty big, larger pieces are sorted in containers by color. The smaller pieces are separated into 3 containers (so far ) of 1.5, 2 and 2.5 inch squares. (karenbbsnow@gmail.com)
COMMENT #257
My scrap stash is small and unorganized (it’s all just in one box). I’d love to do more with it though!
COMMENT #258
My scraps are in one overflowing bin..completely unorganized! Someday I’d love to cut them into squares or strips and then maybe I’d be more likely to use them..
COMMENT #259
My scrap stash is big and mostly a mess. Some portions of it are sorted by color, but lots of it needs organization. Still, I dig through the mess and use my scraps often. I just love scrap quilts and projects and would love to have this book. Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!
COMMENT #260
my scrap stash is not that large, but also not that organized. Hopefully I will get better control of it before it gets too big.
COMMENT #261
My scrap stash is small but seems to be growing at an alarming rate.
COMMENT #262
My stash is a huge mess. My daughter just moved back in and her room was my stash room! Yikes!
COMMENT #263
Medium-sorted by color in plastic drawers
COMMENT #264
I love these cards! This is such a great idea!
COMMENT #265
HOORAY! So excited Amanda published another book! 🙂
My scraps are organized by color and size. When I get an overwhelming amount of a specific scrap (for example: 2 1/2″ squares), I sift through my patterns looking for a pattern that is 2 1/2″ square friendly… in hopes of chiseling down that scrap collection! But I think my scraps are like bunnies: they seem to MULTIPLY!! LOL
COMMENT #266
My scrap stash is relatively large compared to my regular stash because I often receive gifts of other people’s unwanted scraps. I laughingly say I run a Home for Unwanted Fabric. I’m getting pickier because I can’t have my craft supplies take up so much room that I have no space to make stuff.
COMMENT #267
Just one big plastic bin filled with scraps, it is pretty full, so time to make another quilt using some scraps
COMMENT #268
Oh my gosh, my stash is huge. Mostly filled with fabrics I inherited from my Godmother and mother – so not all cotton, not all cool modern new stuff. But they provide with lots of opportunity to learn and to sew scrappy! A few summers ago I bought a lot of different whites on whites so things look a little more recent now! I have it sort of organizing with strips by color on hangers, and then boxes or drawers of things by color. But still it’s a mess most of the time. This book would be fun – thanks so much for the chance!
COMMENT #269
Looks like there are alot of new ideas for scraps! I keep most of mine that are small in a basket and it’s time to use some. Most of my quilts are scrap, always been my favorite.
COMMENT #270
Such a resourceful way to use up all the scraps. My scrap stash is a hodge podge in storage but this should work through a lot of them.
COMMENT #271
My scrap stash is a large see through container, one for small scraps and one for larger scraps.
COMMENT #272
My scrap stash is large and messy. I’ve been making a lot of string blocks and now I plan to make slab blocks. This blog hop is motivating me to finally organize my scraps.
COMMENT #273
My scrap stash is large and disorganized!
COMMENT #274
This book looks great, and I love your scrap busting ideas. My scrap stash is big and very unorganized! Thanks for the giveaway!
COMMENT #275
As a relatively new quilter, my scrap stash is small but growing. It’s time to figure out what the heck to do with it…
COMMENT #276
My scrap stash is relatively small. I try to keep on top of it, but it sometimes gets away from me. Can’t wait to use them on a scrappy project. 😉
COMMENT #277
My scrap stash is very large, as I mostly make scrap quilts. I organize mostly by color, size, or squares cut to usable sizes. The multicolor scraps always get a bit out of control…I think I need to do a value quilt to use some of them up! (Love your idea of making cheerful card holiday cards.)
COMMENT #278
Right now I’m just filling up plastic bins. One for larger pieces, one for medium, and one for small. They’re getting out of hand though, so I need to use some up &/or organize them better.
COMMENT #279
My stash is fairly large and I attempt to keep them by the quilt they were used in but find I take those collections apart because I know the piece I need is in a certain place and after awhile there is an organized disorganization happening.
COMMENT #280
my scrap stash is small so I have just 3 boxes warm, cool and solids
COMMENT #281
I love that itty bitty nine patch! She’s so good!