Today's post is about organizing fabric scraps. Do you organize your scraps? If so I want to know how you do & if your system is working for you.
Last year before I knew I was moving I did a few posts on organization.
Part 1 &
Part 2. Organizing by color worked for me back then. Once we decided to move I made a GIANT purge of my scraps to guild members. Almost 100% of the fabric in the colored scrap bins didn't make the move so I knew I'd need to start a new system here.
I did keep my "pre-cut" scraps.
What I mean by this is leftovers from pre-cut bundles. This includes 2 1/2" strips, 1 1/2" strips, 5" squares, and 10" squares.
I've got a bin of strips.
Most of them ate 2 1/2" strips
And then a small amount are 1 1/2" strips
This bin is all my black & white scraps, regardless of size.
This bin holds 10" squares, 5" squares and some charm packs.
I also keep scraps by project. I'm not really sure why I do this, since I can't ever remember going back and using them all together.
Another bag of scraps from a project. I have way more of these bags than I want to count!
I also keep leftover binding together.
I also have a few small messy bins of random scraps, but I'm getting better at not saving every little tiny scrap.
So let me know how your organize! Also do you use your scraps? I don't make scrappy quilts often so I'm not really sure why I spend so much time organizing my scraps!