My order of Cotton Steele fat quarters from Connecting Threads came in yesterday:) I can’t pass up a good sale, can you? Lol!
I love the fabric, but having a stack of fabric that I can’t see the pattern really does me no good. So I have a method of folding and storing my “scraps” that really works for me and might be helpful to some of you:)
I use this method on pieces that are larger than my scrap bin fabrics of less than 5″ or strips.
I use my 3.5″ ruler to keep all of the folding even and exact. For larger yardage I use the same method only I use my 6.5″ ruler.
- Start by folding the fat quarter in half length wise and then fold again.
- Lay the ruler on top of the fabric and roll tightly.
- Pull the ruler out to leave a nicely folded piece of fabric
Now I have a beautiful stack of fabric. Today I am lucky because I have saved a Moda ribbon from another FQ order, so I just tied it up to look so pretty. I won’t tell if you don’t that the fabric isn’t Moda:)
But really, I very rarely tie my fabrics up. Normally I just have a few pieces of left over fabrics that are orphaned and can be used to fill in a scrappy quilt.
Here is the fun thrifty part– I use old cereal or baking mix boxes to store the nicely folded fabrics! I cut them in half and reinforce them with tape. 
It is the perfect way to organize and keep those small scraps neat and tidy! I can store them in my fabric cabinet and pull out a box to find a piece to match my project. They all come out together and stay perfectly folded. Yea!!
Maybe someday I will cover the boxes with pretty fabric or paper, but for now, this works GREAT!!
I hope this is helpful to some of you. If you have a SWEET way of folding and storing your scraps, I would love to hear about it:)
–Tracy
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Awesome idea!
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Thank you C. Anne! Give it a try, you will love how easy it is:)
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I will! Thanks 🙂
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Dear Tracy I have a quilting question for you. I have a collection of my son’s sport T-shirts and jerseys and would like to make a quilt for him. I see many on Pinterest but was wondering if you had any tips or suggestions on how to go about doing this? Do I put fabric in between the shirt squares, etc. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
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Hi Margareta!– I have made many a t-shirt quilt:). Yes, fabric between each square is a good idea. It is called sashing. Be sure to buy some iron on interfacing to stabilize your shirt square before sewing. – I have always found it fun to cut each t-shirt logo square out leaving 1.5″ extra around the logo. They come to all different sizes. Then I choose the largest one and sash it with my fabric. This is the desired end size for all of the other blocks. I vary the size of the sashing to make each block reach that size. Sometimes I sash and combine two or four small logos to reach the finished size. When all of the logos are sashed to the same size, I sew them all together. It looks fun and not all straight and boring because of the different sashing sizes. – I hope this makes sense:). Sounds like I should do a post about it! Good luck, I can’t wait to see your t-shirt quilt:)
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Tracy thank you SO much! Makes absolute sense. I will start cutting now and the find fabric for smashing. This will be such a fun project. Thanks again! Photos or yours would be nice to see.
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Tracy I meant to type sashing silly auto correct.
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awesome!
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