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Long Skinny Scraps

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Rose92
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Long Skinny Scraps

Post by Rose92 » Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:44 pm

Just discovered a use for those long, skinny scraps of material. I use pinking shears on both sides, make them about 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide and use them as ribbons to tie small packages. They even look nice on unwrapped things.
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Eajosian
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by Eajosian » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:50 pm

great idea...
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sunsup
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by sunsup » Fri Oct 26, 2007 5:56 pm

Neat idea!
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maryq
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by maryq » Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:06 am

Rose

Great Idea!! I'll have to remember that at Christmas time... will save me buying ribbon!! Oh Wait, I already have a stash of Christmas Paper and Ribbon!!! It's a really cute idea and a wonderful way to use up scraps!

Marymargaret
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Nadine2007
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by Nadine2007 » Sun Oct 28, 2007 5:19 pm

I bought some fabric at the quilt shopp in Charleston South Carolina last weekend and they tied my bag of fabric with the scraps. It looks really nice they didn't even clean them up and I can use the fabric too! Yes free fabric!!!
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sewbug
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by sewbug » Sun Oct 28, 2007 6:26 pm

Oh! I was in Charleston in March and was probably in the same shop! People, Places & Quilts? I love Charleston. We took all the 'haunted' tours of the area. If you are ever there don't pass up those. They were loads of fun and full of history about the town. I bought a quilt kit for the Charleston III, after I saw the quilt hanging in the shop.
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QIAD-Linda
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by QIAD-Linda » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:30 pm

What a unique and great idea! It would even look better than the rubber bands I have on my fabric collections. I an being anul these days but just organized some of my fabric together by the collection they came from. I couldn't think of anyway to put them together so I just used those big, thick rubber bands that come on asperagus or broccoli. Love this idea and will swap out the rubber bands with fabric strips!
Thanks for the tip!
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Geneva2
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by Geneva2 » Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:07 pm

If you have long skinny strings, make a string quilt. If they are too skinny for that, you can sandwich them between two pieces of black fabric and make chneil (I'm sure that is misspelled. just pronounce it phonetically.) Make the chneil into a vest or jacket.
Geneva
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astitchintime
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by astitchintime » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:47 pm

Rose ~ That is a wonderful idea. I am very excited about using it for my next gift. I usually buy ribbon and then tie it but I love pinked edges on fabric and this will be such fun to use for holiday goodies.
Happy stitching!!
Debi
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Pilot2b
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Re: Long Skinny Scraps

Post by Pilot2b » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:46 pm

I buy the brown or white papers sacks, used for lunches. Or at least they once were. I have a hole puncher, and fold lip of bag over, put 2 holes, evenly a couple inches from the top, and put my string fab. through.

You can tie on a lot of strings,and even put a sticker or stamp the front.

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