{"id":180,"date":"2015-01-14T08:42:58","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T14:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2015-01-14T08:42:58","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T14:42:58","slug":"scrap-reduction-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/?p=180","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Reduction Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"23<\/p>\n

While I was sorting and cleaning the studio, filling the two boxes that Marilyn and Kathy won, I sewed all the scraps to small to save into these Scrappy Crazy blocks. These are 12 1\/2 inch blocks, but you can make them any size.<\/p>\n

\"Basket<\/p>\n

To get started, pin scraps of similar size\u00a0together in twos. I keep mine in a small basket near my sewing machine to use as chasers when chain piecing.<\/p>\n

\"Sewn<\/p>\n

Here are some of the chasers sewn and pressed. I don’t trim until I am ready to add a third piece, because I won’t know which side I will want to\u00a0match.<\/p>\n

\"Strips<\/p>\n

Then I add the stringy pieces to the scrappy pieces until I get “new” fabric big enough to cut my desired size block. Any trimmings 3\/4 inch or bigger go back into the mix for the next blocks. There are usually 5-10 blocks\u00a0in progress.<\/p>\n

\"Blocks<\/p>\n

This box contains the blocks in progress and pressed stringy pieces. Every now and then I give myself a break from “work” sewing and do some slap happy, willy nilly anything goes, piecing. This nets me 2-3 scrappy quilts a year\u00a0for\u00a0 give away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was sorting and cleaning the studio, filling the two boxes that Marilyn and Kathy won, I sewed all the scraps to small to save into these Scrappy Crazy blocks. These are 12 1\/2 inch blocks, but you can make them any size. To get started, pin scraps of similar size\u00a0together in twos. I … Continue reading Scrap Reduction Project<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[8,12],"class_list":["post-180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-quilt-supply-organizing","tag-scraps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=180"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurassagecountryquilts.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}