Friday, March 8, 2013

Winter Blog Hop and Crumbs

Here on the Central Coast of California we really can't complain about Winter toooo much 'cause nature is pretty kind to us.  We do get the occasional high winds, power outages, and if it rains for several days in a row with high tides; low parts of the town have been known to flood (that really can be a problem).  But we've none of that bitter cold stuff or shoveling snow 'til you are so tired you could just spit.  But I'm happy to be in the blog hop just to say hello and exchange info. and ideas so here's my give away...
I've been playing around with jelly rolls lately.  Because I'm toooo cheap to pay someone else to cut my strips for me I've been making up my own.  So here's a bunch of strips I put together; 10 - 5" strips (one strip is hiding in the picture).  That's equal to 1/2 of a jellyroll.  I know-  jelly rolls are 2.5" strips but I figured you can cut them in half if you want or you can use the extra width for whatever you want.

All you need to do is leave a comment telling me something about what kind of quilts you like to make.

For a picture of my second give away read to the bottom of the blog...

Small scraps vs Crumbs
Some quilters call these little scraps crumbs.  But I figure as long as they can be sewn into blocks they're just ...
Now these ...
Are...
Now, why you might asked do I save these little slivers and shreds?!  Well there are probably some paper makers out there who have some ideas, but I use them to make other stuff...
like scarves and purses!  Here's how...
Bare with me this takes a bit of explaining.
I got this idea from a friend who was wearing a beautiful scrappy scarf, made by a local garment artist, Rosemary Eichorn. The scarf was all scraps completely held together by a thread  grid.  It had kind of a loose gauze effect with beautiful colors.  My friend told me the effect was created by sprinkling crumbs onto a sheet of Solvy, sewing a thread grid over the scraps and then washing the stabilizer away.  
Leaving only this wonderful lacy mesh.
It was soooo pretty I thought I had to try it.
So I went to my local fabric store and asked for a dissolving stabilizer. They sold me something that looked like clear medium weight plastic (there was no label on the roll).  I took it home, sprinkled my crumbs, sewed my grid, washed it but the Solvy did not dissolve!  
Here's what I got!  I had to laugh!
But when life gives you lemons make lemonade right?  So here's what I made!
I suppose it would have made a pretty scarf, but it makes a nice purse too! So this little purse is my second give away.

Since my first try I have experimented with this technique some more. I will cover that in another  blog 'cause this one is already way to long.
Happy Blog Hopping, cheers, Claire W.

158 comments:

  1. That is SO awesome (about the scarf/purse with crumbs), I hate throwing away even the tiniest of fabric scraps! And the 5" jelly roll is just charm squares waiting to happen. Brilliant!

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    1. Hey 99, I had not thought about the charm square angle but that's a good idea! thanks, CW

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  2. I enjoy making scrap quilts best. I don't save the strings or slivers like you used.

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    1. Hey Vicki, Scrap quilts are definetly very high on my list. I have uses for strings too! more on that later, Cheers, CW

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  3. I love to re-create vintage quilts and make scrap quilts....Love your jelly roll (esp since they are wide!) and I love lemonade!!!

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  4. I like to make baby quilts. Thanks for chance to win.

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    1. Hey Tanya, Baby quilts are really fun (and relatively quick) to make, very satisfying! cheers, CW

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  5. Lucky me, the first to comment! I love green fabrics, and I usually use traditional patterns. I'm working my way through quilts for gifts to family members, and I make little quilts for dolls.

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    1. Hey Sue, I love green fabric too and Traditional patterns. And there is nothing more saticfying than making a quilt for a loved one. My son is getting married in April and I'm working on a quilt for him and his new wife. a labor of love! cheers, CW

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  6. I am a multi style quilter... I like to dabble in a little bit of everything. And your home made jelly roll is beautiful. The little purse is a work of art too.

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    1. Thanks Janet. I like to work on all different kinds of projects too. Variety is the spice of life! cheers, CW

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  7. I like traditional block quilts...choice of fabrics varies with my mood. I thought charms right away when you said five inch strips. I've used those several times and always had fun with it. Thanks for the chance at your giveaway.

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  8. I like to make scrappy children's and throw sized quilts. I am planning to make a queen sized quilt for our bed. I figure I'll have to quilt it in quarter sections & sew them together. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  9. I'm all over the place.. I make pieced quilts, paper pieced quilts, flannel rag quilts, landscape quilts & about a bazillion other things! (You may want to peek at landscape quilting...great way to use crumbs) Thanks for the giveaway. Glad to know I'm not the only one that hates paying for someone else to cut my stuff! *grin*

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  10. I mostly make scrap quilts. I have a lot of crumbs, too!
    I use up every inch possible of my stash. If a fabric is in my stash, I bought it because I love it, and generally
    have a hard time cutting into it. That little purse is
    WONDERFUL!!! I would love to make one, or now I have other
    Ideas for my lonely crumbs....journal cover, etc.....
    Thanks for sharing! Thanks for the chance to win!

    wiglypup2(at)yahoo(dot)com

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    1. Hey Rhonda, that is a great idea! I will blog about the purse construction. It is pretty easy but there are a few tricks. cheers, cw

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  11. I haven't done too much recently but I love to quilt with squares. I haven't used a jelly roll but I would like to.

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  12. I am a scrappy patchworker at heart. My last three quilts have all been in that arena - scraps are just wonderful little treasures :-) Thanks for the chance to win!!

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  13. I do NOT want to win anything you are offering, not because they aren't wonderful, but rather, as you know, I do NOT need any more fabric. Or projects. I do love seeing what you put together! I love the little purse. I've never seen you wearing it though, Claire!!!

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    1. If you win I'm going to send you the purse! ha! cheers, cw

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  14. I am a new quilter so I stick to the basics for now. I am putting together a new quilt for my daughter right now (she is 11 months) and its a granny squares quilt. I am going to tackle half square triangles next! Wish me luck!

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  15. I like to make baby quilts - anything bigger takes too long! Love your homemade jelly roll - the fabrics are gorgeous!

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  16. I like to make applique quilts.

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  17. I like to make nice easy quilts

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  18. I like to make quilts for people. I like to make different types I don't really have a favorite type

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  19. I make scrap quilts - and I had to laugh at how you ended up with that adorable purse...

    nhsarab at yahoo dot com

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  20. I have only been quilting for four years, so I've been doing lots of experimenting and trying out all kinds of techniques and styles. This may sound weird, but I am finding my favorite quilts to make have blocks with lots of points and tiny pieces! It's always so exciting when it all comes together!

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  21. I was thinking the other day that I like so many kinds of quilts and fabrics. I ohhh and ahhh over vintage, modern, primitive, scrappy, single color, multi-color -- I admire them all.... But the quilts I most like to make are scrappy. Thanks for offering the giveaway.

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    1. Yep, When all is said and done I think it's got to be scrappy! cheers, cw

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  22. That is fabulous - you are so clever! I am looking forward to seeing some more of your projects using the crumbs (and dissolvable stabilizer!). I am happy making all kinds of quilts (though I tend to be more modern than traditional).

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  23. I'm a new enough quilter that I don't think I've discovered a favorite. I feel most comfortable with more patternless methods, but it's all been fun so far.

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  24. I love the sunny sight of those fabrics, it makes that I already feel some spring in me....still rainy and cold here but the warmth from your blog made me smile! I love quilts with many different blocks like dear Jane, Framers wife and I love applique as well

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  25. I really like your giveaway, nice to see something different. I love hexagons and spend many happy hours doing EPP with them.
    ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk

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  26. I love making scrap quilts but I don't save much smaller than 1.5" square!
    Your purse is a great idea!

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  27. This is my first blog hop. I love scrappy quilts. Thanks for the chance to comment.
    Cindy N.
    UT

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  28. I make quilts steady. It is what I do...usually something different each time. The 'Bluenose' was the latest; can be seem on my blog or website...Shepodys Quilter. Thanks for the giveaway...and I think the bag is unique and very inventive. I don't have the patience to save all that scraps, but good for you!!!!

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  29. Oh, I love your blog post. Think you're just like me, can't throw anything away. This was a new way of using the smallest scraps, and of course I'd like to try it, or win. Think I'll be your follower, because I have to come back to you soon.

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  30. I like to think of my style as a mixture between scrappy and modern. Your experience with the "rubbish crumbs" is interesting, I really like how your bag turned out.
    Thanks for the chance!

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  31. That purse is just so cute, makes me tempted to go dig a bunch of stuff out of my garbage can. but since I have 5 baby quilts I am trying to finish this weekend, I'll just make a note of this idea

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  32. Yes and no. Remember, it's our hobby/ passion etc. and there are no rules! cheers, cw

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  33. A girl after my own heart. I love finding ways to use up, what should have gone in the trash long before I got ahold of it! What fun!

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  34. I can see that I need to save even SMALLER scraps!!! I love making scrap pieces. The crumbs seem to take too long. Your purse is just beautiful.

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  35. I love scrap quilts so I save all my scraps

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  36. You are so clever! I love making baby quilts an have two on the cutting table right now. Thanks for the great giveaway.

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  37. So cleaver. Your lemonade is lemontashious!!! Waste not want not. I want it> You blog looks great. First time visit threw the party and lovin it. Thanks for all the effort.

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  38. Brilliant! I have made a disolve-process scarf but with felt tops and it was beautiful! I love the accidental effect you got and well done using those lemons to make lemonade (handbag)! GREAT giveaway :)

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  39. I like to make a variety of quilts and I do use a lot of strips. Lately I've been enjoying the process of make quilts out of "made" fabric which has me saving smaller and smaller bits. Uh oh!!

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  40. I would love to win the fabric! I am just starting to use precuts and 5" ones would have a lot of options.
    Sally

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  41. I love to make modern quilting out of scraps :) Thank so much for the great giveaway...

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  42. I love working with a variety of techniques, but really like scrappy quilts. Thank you for participating in the celebration hop.

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  43. I love to make baby quilts.I like using the traditional patterns, but I also love scrappy quilts. Thank you so much for a great giveaway.(I have heard of using "crumbs" to make blocks, but the purse is really cute.)

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  44. I usually like to make scrappy quilts but am now in love with Modern:) Our tastes do change sometimes:)

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  45. I love log cabin quilts. hugs Alessandra

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  46. I love making scrappy string blocks with scraps.

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  47. Very interesting. I just used some of my scraps using the mile a minute technique. It's not something I would do again, and will just do a baby quilt out of it this time.

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  48. I like to make all kinds of quilts and love using strings. Thanks!

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  49. hee hee hee - oh crumbs! (get it??) Fab give away xx

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  50. I like to make lap quilts and baby quilts with lots of different fabrics and bright colors. Your strips are beautiful, and I think 5" is a very good size.

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  51. I'm fairly new to quilting so right now I just like making quilts I know the people I make them for will like.

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  52. I make scrappy quilts - now you've got me thinking about how many 'scarf possibilities' I've thown out. Guess I'll have to start saving my scraps. Oh, the sewing room will never get cleaned out now!

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  53. That is awesome! So very clever! Fabrics are pretty too! Thanks!

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  54. I don't have a favorite. I love scrap piecing, but then sometimes it is nice to have a plan. What a great idea for the crumbs.

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  55. I love to make scrappy sampler quilts , fun finding fabrics that work from my scrap drawer. Thanks for the chance,

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  56. Scrappy quilt are always nice with left over fabric.

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  57. I'm a modern quilter and turn my scraps into jelly strips as much as possible!

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  58. Cute "jelly roll" and funny story about the solvy but an excellent idea!
    Cath @ Bits 'n Bobs

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  59. I love scrappy quilts, especially string quilts. Love the way they fit together.

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  60. I love scappy quilts and making them with 2 1/2 squares

    Richard and Tanya Quilts

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  61. I mostly make applique quilts but this year I have been venturing into scrappy trips around the world.

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  62. This is very interesting. I am going to have to try that scarf technique. I don't really make quilts but make totes form pieced fabrics.

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  63. I'd don't have a favorite quilt yet, as I'm just about to quilt my first quilt. But I love pinwheels, so that is next on my list to make. Thanks for a chance to win! :)

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  64. I love scrappy quilts, and anything with flying geese. Your 5" strips are a great idea - that way you either have two jelly roll strips or a stack of charms, or ... lots of options!

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  65. That little purse is too cute! My granddaughter would love it!

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  66. Fabulous idea. If the solvy isn;t kept sealed up it becomes hard as plastic. Also it requires hot water and a soak in it to make it dissolve usually. I use it for machine embroidery. I am so glad you told us about the scarf/ purse made from crumbs that is such a fabulous idea. Great fabrics you are giveing away. They are very pretty. I just finsihed a scrappy trip along quilt and it is just gonna be the first of many more to come. This style really appeals to me.

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  67. I like to make small quilts so that I can actually finish! I also love making patchwork clutches.

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  68. I love paper piecing at the moment, and doing classical patchwork blocks in modern fabrics! Thank you for the chance to win this give-away!

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  69. I love to make scrappy quilts or applique quilts for children.

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  70. spring placemats would be delightful. darling purse.

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  71. There is nothing wrong with scraps. These are your scraps so they make best giveway. Thank you for being a part of this Blog Hop. Your scraps will surely make a nice lap quilt and will certainly help chase away those winter blues.

    Sandi Timmons
    sandit1@sbcglobal.net
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  72. Scraps rule! I love to make scrappy quilts. I never throw anything out so I was glad to see a new use for slivers. thanks for the info.

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  73. I like making scrap quilts. Thanks for the chance to win :)

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  74. I've been making a lot of mug rugs lately. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  75. Love scraps I am a fan of Bonnie Hunter, but the tiny ones...I give to my friend who will use 3/4" size! I do collect all my selvedges & make things from them. This year i plan to make a quilt from my large selvedge collection.
    Like you i will not pay the price for someone else to cut my strips, but I strip the "leftovers" from my quilts & make my own scrappy jelly rolls!

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  76. I consider myself a scrap quilter, and almost no scrap is too small!

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  77. I just love to make... quilts, all kinds of quilts. Your crumb purse is really cute!

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  78. Love the fabric and the scrappy purse! Really cute.

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  79. I love to make all kinds of quilts. I do tend to lean toward scrappy. I'm growing fond of modern quilts too. Appliqué quilts are cool too! Thanks for the great giveaways! IVe seen crumb quilts but the crumbs are a little bigger!

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  80. I love scraps, too! I have a tub full and have a string quilt in progress...whenever the tub starts to overflow it's time to make more blocks. I make whatever strikes my fancy and believe me there's so much out there that does!

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  81. I have been making doll quilts. I don't play with dolls, have daughters or granddaughters. I am just doing it because it please me. I am also making some quilts of comfort for ailing friends following a modern aesthetic.

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  82. I love scraps and I love your giveaway. I am going to follow you because I am intrigued by the crumbs' technique you are describing. Right now I keep all my crumbs and put them in an pillow case (along with all my yarn scraps) and when it is full - I sew up the opening and it becomes a really nice bed for a puppy or kitty at the animal shelter. I got this great idea from my quilt instructor!

    Right now I want to make star quilts!

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  83. i make mostly applique quilts but love charm packs and jelly rolls for making baby quilts

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  84. How creative. I save alot of my scraps but not that small. I think every quilter thinks about the women who used to quilt from old clothes and never threw anything away.

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    1. Yes indeed! My mom always said she grew up in the depression and they Never through anything away! She has always been my model in that regard! cheers, CW

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  85. LOL, I love your purse! Very creative :) Filing that idea away - I hate wasting any fabrics!

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  86. I love making scrap quilts--so adding your strips to mine will help make some new scrappy goodness.

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  87. I love using small scraps and crumbs! Making something from nothing is so exciting.

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  88. I like to make hand appliqued and pieced quilts.

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  89. What an awesome jelly roll. Great idea to cut your own. Thanks for the great giveaway!

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  90. I am a real newbie to quilting. I have only made 3 so far. But to date I really love log cabins.
    LOL I love your little purse. Very creative makeing a purse out of it.

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  91. Those are definitely scraps and crumbs. What a fun idea you had and what a great purse you have created with your crumbs.
    Thanks for participating in the blog hop.
    Regards from Alberta,
    Anna

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  92. I use my tiny scraps for stuffing!

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  93. I am currently doing a paper pieced kalaidescope and I think I will have to do more. I like the look. Yay central coast! I live up in humboldt now but used to live in Los osos. Glad to have found you. And thanks for the giveaway!

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  94. I like log cabin stitched together in a relaxed way and crazy patchwork.
    Like you, I keep scraps and crumbs. I use Solvy with the crumbs or I use them with my embellisher for felting.

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  95. I wonder if they gave you the wrong kind of Solvy? It looks like a great technique though, I have loads of Orts so probably should give it a go with them.

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  96. Wonderful giveaway. I love scrap quilts. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity on a great draw. bonnielarson58@gmail.com

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  97. Oooh good idea about making your own jelly rolls - they are kind of pricey sometimes! Thanks!

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  98. thank you for the giveaway-- I am not really a quilter but I am a person who sews almost every day(crafts) so the fabric would be very useful and the purse is so creative
    cjscraftcorner(at)gmail(dot)com

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  99. I'm a big fan of scraps - is there anything better than someone else's? Great use of your crumbs. I've been sewing crumb blocks all weekend!

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  100. I cut my scraps with some Marti Mitchel templates that I have. squares as small as 1 1/2 inches but smaller than that I use to make fabric postcards. fusible accepts allsorts of small pieces.

    I wonder if by mistake you were sold the iron away solvy stuff. That's a great technique other than the solvy issue.

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  101. love scrappy quilts using disappearing 4 and 9 patches

    ABreading4fun [at] gmail [dot] com

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  102. I have scraps galore but have never kept crumbs. My husband and English mastiff make enough crumbs for this household!

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  103. Great idea! I'll start saving all of those scraps! I've been doing quite a bit of piecing, and I am working on rag quilts--so fast to complete!

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  104. i have just started trying to make quilts that depict a scene. Like a beach, or a meadow in the sunshine. I save scrapts for them, but never saved the crumbs.

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  105. Hi, got to love your giveaway good idea with the purse and the strips. I make scrap quilts so I have a lot of crumbs but I just went through and cleared them out not any more.

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  106. I like making any quilt I can actually finish (I'm new to quilting, so my first quilt is a postage stamp).

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  107. Love your jelly roll - extra love because it is wide strips.

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  108. The purse is amwesome. Don't you love what you can do with so little! The fabrics are cute too. bravo!

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  109. I make mostly simple ones like the rail fence. im a beginner.

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  110. Love those 5" strips, adaptable for so many projects. My favorite quilts are nine patch and dresden (made scrappy or 2-color) and really any scrappies on white background. Thanks!

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  111. Scrap quilts are my favourites, and I'm warming up to paper piecing too.

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  112. My favourite quilt to make is a log cabin quilt.
    :o)
    pippirose59 at gmail dot com

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  113. Love traditional piecing. Getting in to improv too!

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  114. I love to sew scrapquilts! I have also saved my crumbs and are going to use them in a wallhanging quilt. Just need some more before I start. I did sew a small quilt, but this is gonna be bigger :)
    Gun, Sweden
    gun@lapp.se

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  115. I Love paper piecing! So I usually make quilts using this technique!

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  116. I love making quilts for family and friends. Traditional quilt patterns appeal to me the most.

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  117. I love making quilts for family and friends. Traditional quilt patterns appeal to me the most.

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  118. I make mostly applique quilts but love charm packs and jelly rolls for making baby and lap quilts

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  119. I like to make baby quilts, table toppers and holiday quilts

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  120. I amke TARDIS quilts and sell them on my etsy shop. :)

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  121. Scrappy and Mystery, those are my favorite, lots of different colors.

    Very Cute Purse, Thank You!

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  122. Love the jelly roll...scrap quilts

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  123. I loooove anything Scrappy!!! Making things from the crumbs is grand!!! Can't wait to tell my daughters!!! They laugh because I save the bittiest scraps too! lol lol

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  124. I like to make traditional quilts -- with modern fabrics. Some of those old patterns really come alive with today's bright prints.

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  125. My current love is tea coasters..thanks for the wonderful giveaway...wishing you a great day of stitching up more beauties.

    Usha
    usharaneem@yahoo.com

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  126. Great charmroll - I also like making 'collections' from my stash. Love to make scrap quilts, traditional, modern, and improv quilts!

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  127. I love making pieced scrap quilts - the scrappier the better!

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  128. Scrap quilts are my favorites to make - the more fabric I can squeeze into a project - the happier it makes me! LOL

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  129. I love to make art quilts, but I often use a traditional technique or pieced background with a splash of art.

    Great giveaway! I love those fabrics. I could find a project to use those up in an instant!

    Be sure to check out my blog hop giveaway too at www.brandylynndesigns.blogspot.com and enter the draw.

    Email: info@explorefibre.com

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  130. Wow, that is a wonderful giveaway gift. Thanks for being in the blog hop and for the fun. I like to make lap quilts.

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  131. Ich bin noch Anfängerin und habe noch nicht viele Reste

    Grüße aus Deutschland von
    Marion

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  132. I've been making modern quilts lately. I love the threads conscept. Wow Wow Wow

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  133. I lie to make traditional blocks with bright modern fabrics.

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  134. I like scrappy quilts and try to work mostly from stash, but I also like the bright rainbow colored quilts. Thanks for the opportunity to win!

    Andrea
    kmen3035 @ hotmail. com

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  135. I've been making a lot of scrap quilts...and I've made a few scarves with yarn and dissolving stabilizer...it really does work! But I love your purse! Thanks for the chance!

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  136. Cool fun things happening here! I love that about these hops, always find some really neat new blogs to follow :D I will be watching for what happens to the crumbs (my 14 year old son calls them giblets;)

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  137. I forgot to tell my favorite quilt to make-- minis and log cabin variations!

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  138. I think your purse is a great new invention. What a creative mind you must have.

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  139. My favorite quilt blocks are pinwheels and I like to put them in all kinds of quilts, table runners, placemats, and mug rugs

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  140. I love making baby quilts. Thanks for the great giveaway.

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  141. I like to sew scrappy quilts!
    nicolesender(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  142. As a beginner I really don't have a favorite but I do like designs with stars

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  143. Oh my gosh...they are perfect for my favorites..I make twisters and I use 5" squares. Thanks for being so generous.

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  144. My favorite quilts to make are the ones that are for family! I make quilts for other people but get the most enjoyment out of making them for people I love.

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  145. I love crumbs and never throw them away - I make bracelets and book covers with them

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  146. I have used crumbs of threads, but this is a new on me. I do save small pieces of fabric, but not What you call crumbs, I love it, I think I will have to do a bookcover for a granddaughter. Thank You for the cool idea.

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