What to do with all the TINY LIBERTY SCRAPS?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- This is long overdue! I'm finally sorting through my box of little Liberty Fabric scraps!
I have been meaning to do this for the longest time and today is the day!
I hope to sew some fabrics strips inspired by Karen at Just Get it Done Quilts but also lots of other brave scrap busters who share their process!
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Check back now and then to see how this project is coming along!
It all started with the latest commission quilt over on Patreon you can check it out here
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I made lots of green strip sets for the Red and Green Not Christmas Quilt!
I have posted about the reward tiers today - that video is there for you to see if you are interested!
The shop will reopen on 4th January - there are a few calendars left and some of John's Snowy Cards www.thelasthom...
the music today is called 'At The Fair 'from Epidemic Sounds.
Happy New Year to you All!!!
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Kate
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I discovered Kate early in 2020 when we were first confined due to Covid. One by one, my quilting friends joined me in watching past episodes and looked forward to new adventures Kate shared. In particular, Denise Newcomer enjoyed Kate’s talents. Denise had excellent skills quilting, cross stitching and most other textile work. Due to her pulmonary fibrosis diagnosis, Denise confined herself to her house once quarantines were suggested. We kept in touch with face time chats three times a week; and Kate’s latest videos were always a topic of discussion. Thank you, Kate, for helping us stay in touch during these last two years. Denise died yesterday, but she had received John’s note cards and Martha’s tea towels in the mail. They gave her a sense of connection and appreciation for your family’s warmth and kindness. ❤️
I'm sorry for your loss! How nice that you and Denise could stay connected on the Lime Green Couch through our friend Kate. ❤
So sorry for your loss. I think Kate is an inspiration to us all. I just love her and all her crafts and ideas. God bless. ❤❤
A beautiful yet sad story.
Kate, those were the most scrappy strips I've ever seen.
The bird's could use those for liberty nests! ❤❤❤
You could make up little plastic bags of the long narrow strips and sell them in your shop. They are ideal for junk journal paper crafters.
You've read my mind. I would be interested for sure 😊
Amen , what a good idea, they will fly !
Great idea
That’s a great idea.
They would also be great for weaving. Too good to cut up
Do you know anyone with a loom? I made a lovely rag rug with those long, skinny strips of scrap while I had access to one. Incidentally, I just built my own little loom with an old picture frame and am back at weaving while tuning into your channel! It was such a blessing to discover you this past week! You're my cup of tea, dear Kate!
My mom collects all the scrap fabrics from my sister. She has a quilting business and turns out lots of scraps. So my mom pairs her fabric with all the scrap pieces and made 15 quilts this Fall. Mom makes beautiful quilts with scraps . She said she always felt like God takes us which are like scraps and turns us into something He can use.
Hi Kate. I watch you from SW Lower Michigan, USA. Thank you for all the inspiration you give to your friends, sitting on the Lime Green Sofa. I am doing the Grandmothers Flower Garden with 1” hexies. I do love the relaxing nature of EPP and spending time with you. Thank you again😊
I was just laughing to myself as I remembered how I first began crafting. I've said before, I'm not a quilter, but I really enjoy watching every type of crafter at work/play...I began paper crafting, crikey, must be 15 years ago now...I began by taking my 'things' in a carrier bag to a crafting get-together each week. This soon became a small cardboard box, followed by a larger cardboard box, then a pull along crafting trolley...which then led to me needing a 'desk', and some storage...then even more storage...I began shopping at craft shows and online...but I needed 'somewhere' to do my crafting by now, so I put my desk and drawers in the space underneath the stairs...which I soon outgrew, so I took over the spare bedroom...and somehow ( 🤔🤔😆 ) there appeared a craft shed in the garden!!!😆😆 Which took me forever to get everything as I wanted it, oh and naturally I needed heating, and electricity in there, some Ikea storage cubes (with fabric inner cubes), a comfy chair, larger 'desk', ooh I 'needed' a daylight lamp for when the dark nights came...Oh for goodness sake...now I needed folders to store all my cutting dies in, and a rack to store my alcohol pens/inks, and something suitable for my glues, glitters, embossing folders, quilling supplies, paper clay, beads, etc etc etc....................and you think you have a problem with your gorgeous fabric scraps Kate, it's an obsession 🤣😂🤣😅🤭🤭 but I have no wish to be cured 😜😜 xx Thoroughly enjoyed seeing in the New Year with you and everyone else on the lime green sofa xx
Please don't cure my obsession with quilting. There's a song by Aurora "cure for me" Our crafting obsessions fit that song well.
У меня так же, сначала был уголок для творчества в гостинной, потом появилась комната, но мне стало тесно.
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Kate you are a joy to watch no matter what you are doing
Kate I would love to be your neighbor in England. The USA is a mess I am sorry to say.
Thank goodness I have you and Arne & Carlos to brighten my day 😍
Hi, life is good in Northern USA.
I use the thin strips for 2 purposes: to crochet with - I have made purses with and bath rugs AND I wind them and make decorative fabric balls to put in my wooden bowl in the dining room along with other decorative balls!
You have me saving all my scraps , too. So very interested to see what you do with the scraps. Have a great evening. 😊
I use the very thin strips in my garden to tie up plants. They add a bright colour in the garden before plants come into bloom.
😂 great minds think alike - I had already posted my very similar reply before I saw yours. I’m leaving my comment in, because it helps the channel with the YT algorithms ..
same here in to tie up my tomato plants to poles and/or chicken wire fencing. albuquerque nm
I do too.😀
This is a very good idea. I’ll do that. Thanks
If the strips are too narrow for seam allowances, you could just zigzag stitch the strips next to each other, leaving raw edges, to a foundation fabric to make quilt blocks, and maybe lay them out with strips going alternate directions. Even quilt as you go , by stitching them directly on batting , butted up close to each other.
Those long skinny strips would make fun tassels for Christmas ornaments.
I enjoyed watching everything you do, Kate. Even sorting fabric. I think a weaver would love to try weaving mug rugs with them. (Also known as coasters).
Oh thankyou - you helped me figure out all my leftover triangles from flying geese to make a boarder on my daughters birthday quilt.
Oh Kate, you are such a glorious inspiration. I do agree with you about being bored with fabric we have so we buy more. We just get tired of looking at it. Whatever the reason, all of us quilters do it. We are fabricholics as you said. Much happiness, health and continued successs. Always looking forward to seeing you. love, Sherrie x
Well, that is an extraordinary tip for all of us that still not have that big amount of the beautiful Liberty fabrics, that by the way I was inspired by you to used it. So I will start my sorting immediately. Thank you for sharing, I am waiting eagerly to see your scrap project!
I wish I had a scrap bin of liberty fabrics like that 😁. Maybe with those long thin ones you could plait together and make a lo ng cord and sew a trivet or bathmat or something like that.
Take those skinny strips and sew them together and use them as ribbon on packages! They’d be beautiful!
Kate watching you do anything makes me happy! I’ve been cutting all my scraps when I end a project. I save them in a box, my goal has been to make a postage stamp quilt, with 1 1/2 inch squares. I work for a couple minutes or a couple of hours. Finally I have enough to start making small blocks. It’s exhilarating for sure.Can’t wait to see what you are going to do with your scraps.” A journey starts with one “stitch” at a time”
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
We live in northern Oklahoma and love your show Love the liberty fabric quilting to the animals to the cooking. Love it all.
Happy New Year Kate. Another you should check out is Tiffany's Quilting Life. She lives in Arizona and works with scraps most of the time, even tiny blocks. She is an amazing teacher and quilter , and a great friend too.
So glad I found you for quilting .
The skinny strips could be used for packages instead of all that tape. Love the scraps; I love to run my hands through material scraps.
AHhhhh. thread in the veins ))))
Am a scrap happy weirdo and loving the life while making something beautiful..those strings that seem like throw aways..if you garden.strips excellent for supporting tomato plants..all together now.. LETS STRING ALONG FOR MENTAL HEALTH..🇨🇦
I would use the long strips that are half an inch or less wide to wrap presents, like ribbon. Also a UA-camr called “MadeByMarzipan” makes drinks mats (coasters) with pieces thinner 1/2” using an item called silky, don’t know what it’s called in U.K. but there must be something similar available. Loved the live stream Kate.
Using it as ribbon works well.
The tiny pieces can just be sprinkled like shredded cheese on a layer of dissolvable interfacing. Then another layer of that interfacing in laid on top and pinned in places just keep the sandwich flat while it gets randomly sewn on a machine like scribbles to hold the bit of fabric pieces together. Then a good rinse in warm water removes the interfacing and leave a textured fabric.🦌💌❤️📚🙏
The tiny little pieces that can’t be quilted can be used as stuffing for certain projects.
Erin Halvosen has a great video for this. It is called: ‘Recycle Fabric Scraps to make colorful twine fun and easy’. I really like this twine.
I know what you mean.. my very tiny bits and pieces I make small and large pillows for animal or person using waverly home dec fabric from walmart...LOL BUT pillows are "heavy" and cannot be washed in the top loading machine...that's the only downside.
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Hi Kate, I love watching your videos and seeing what you are up too.
I use long skinny scraps for wrapping around clothesline, then stitch the colorful clothesline into bowls. I love all your videos so much! Thank you!
Great idea Holly! I've done that and it looks gorgeous! Plus, you don't have to wrap all the clothesline, you can just wrap parts of it!!! :)
thats a great tip...idea! thanks😊
👋 i hope you're safe over there? I hope this year brings happiness prosperity love and peace 💞❤️🕊️🕊️ all over the world 🙏🌍
I'm originally from California currently living in San Francisco and you where are you from if i may ask?
Great idea!
Good idea, thank you.
Kate thanks for your wonderful videos. So inspiring
Love to see this new to me way of quilting.
I have enjoyed watching a fellow fabric-holic! The scrap material I can’t use I use as stuffing for dog and cat beds. Nothing goes to waste! Can’t wait to see what you are goi g to create with your scraps.
I'm the one who said I would find it hard to share the chocolate -- just wanted to say I was teasing :) I will share on the LGS. It's just ... chocolate, you know. Nice to see you back here, dear Kate!
Your video is so stress busting, great in this stressful world
This happens because it is part of the creative process. Sometimes we want controlled palettes and sometimes scrappy ones. New fabrics inspire new ideas and going back to scraps brings back memories. All is good. My goal is to get through my mom's fabric and mine and try not to leave a big mess for my daughter to deal with in 20-30 years.
Thank you for sharing! I love both you and Karen and I live in Toronto; hoping to meet her one day! All the best!
I don't do paper crafts but I do save all the tiny pieces of batting and fabric to put below the dirt of raised flower beds. Enough bags of dirt to fill a 3 foot raised bed is very expensive. I put anything I have that decomposes in the base of these tall raised beds; tree trimmings and sticks first, then cardboard, next junk mail, and finally fabric scraps and leaf litter. I top it all off with a couple of inches of dirt. I smile when I see the flowers later that year. From my quilt fabric, I have grown a flower quilt.
I always was a colored Shoe Show and everything I don't have any scraps yet I'm still working on Crown quilting but thank you for sharing and happy quilting and happy crafting💖💖🤠🤠
My grandmother used those skinny bits to tie up things to stakes and trellis in the garden and I still do too.
Your itty bitty bits of Liberty fabric makes me drool. I am a paper/journal creator and would use them in mix media projects
Wow, so special to see you show various fabrics there at the end. May we all pace ourselves with projects.
Good use of precious scraps 👍
Behind you, hanging on the door, is one of my favorite projects that you've shared with us. The tutorial was a 9 patch using scraps of Liberty. Can't wait to see what's next in your de-stash journey!
Glue little bis like wallpaper onto tiny wood projects like advent calendar drawers.
I love watching you playing with fabric, I also set my timer on days I have too many things that need doing, so 30 minutes housework, 30 m sewing, 30 m in the garden and hanging washing, 30 min knitting, or whatever the chores/ projects are that need doing. Now it's time to spend 30 min in the kitchen, will watch another podcast while making Roast kumara salad, for my lunch guests.
I enjoyed your company yesterday for your New Year's live chat while I was making dinner your company is delightful. 🌹
Fill a cat bed with the little scraps. Luxury!
This was terrific. Thank you.
Yes, it is! LOL I enjoy sorting tiny bits and strings.
Kate I love your sense of humor regarding stripaholic😅
Can’t go wrong with a Kate video! Happy New Year!
🎉🎉Happy New Year 🎉🎉
Be sure the adding machine roll is not thermal paper. Regular paper is still available, especially at thrift stores, at low cost. When I couldn't use my sewing machine due to my broken right foot, I hand sewed 8 lengths of 6 foot long strips. Years later, I machine sewed the strips together to create "fabric" for bucket hats. Because of the numerous short seams, each hat piece was lined with medium weight sew-in interfacing (minus the seam allowance). Like for a waistband. Quilting swirls were stitched through each hat piece for strength. Lightweight denim was used for the lining. Pinwale corduroy would also work. The hats were a nice change from quilts and no two were alike. 🍄🍄
I saw a suggestion from someone in my quilting group about using a handful of very thin long strips to make a bow for gifts. I want to try it now!
‘Hi, my name is Kate, and I’m a scrapaholic’ - I just roared when I heard that. It made my day!
This was great. Thank you, Kate. I was smiling when you talked about buying new fabric (bored with the old). ☺️
Bonnie Hunter has followers that send her boxes of scraps! She makes quilts from them that are work and time intensive.
I think your home is an Aladdin's Cave filled with treasures of all kinds! Just as well the Lime Green Sofa is there or we would never be able to share it!
I am inspired by your curtains with lots of squares. Brilliant use of scraps, going to make a scrap cushion joined with decorative machine stitching. Could be a bag to keep next lot of scraps!!
Another fun chat with lovely fabric scraps! Thanks for sharing!
So nice to see you are feeling better. It seems you are back to "Kate".
The real thin bits can be put out in a bowl in the back yard for the birds. Just a thought. Thank you for sharing this!
enjoyed the video and now i've got to find time to read all the comments because there are so many great ideas in them!
Kate, my favorite quilts are scrappy. It’s great fun. Enjoy!
The long, skinny strips are useful for ties around/up all sorts of things. Use them to decorate packages, weave them into potholders or squares to make totes bags or boxed bags
@DavidGreg 1184 Just great thanks. Taking a churn dash break. 😉
@DavidGreg 1184 I'm from Indiana, USA
So happy to see you back kate,happy newyear 🏵🏵🥂
I've just started watching your channel. You are a delightful person. I love your accent! I'm from Missouri in the USA.
I'm learning a lot from you. I've only been quilting for a couple of years. I still work selling real estate which currently is very stressful. So, watching you and getting myself into a creative way helps so much.
I have used some of those "useless' scraps to stuff beds for my cats. Some people use is for dog beds as well. I also use some of the odd bits of batting as well.
Thanks, Kate. I enjoy seeing some of the cards you make from fabric scraps.
The roses are lovely.
I love sitting and watching you go through your beautiful little pieces. With the pieces to small to stitch together for a quilt, I could see stitching the very narrow pieces together and then crocheting or knitting them into a mat to lay on a table. OR, put the tiny of tiny pieces in a small netting bag and add a little lavender, and there you have a pretty bag, with beautiful fabric to look at with a amazing smell. Got to go now and get my tiny scraps out and get busy sorting. Keep Smiling.
I don't do any quilting at all but I've really enjoyed just listening to you and looking at all the lovely colours and patterns of your scraps! I would be the same if I had all those scraps, I couldn't bear not to use them somehow :)
You can use the strips to sew Xmas Trees for cards. Sew strips horizontally ( or diagonally) across a fabric/calico base triangle. ..2 long sides with a short base... then add buttons or tiny circles of fabric for baubles. Love your videos btw...and wishing you a Happy New Year.
Oh what a wonderful Sunday evening watch, new series of Call The Midwife, followed by a ‘Kate’ UA-cam, happy days :)
i have seen some lovely work done with those thin strips also the salvage ends with makers name on
some made bags with them others used the strips to make random pieces of fabric
they were very good and the colour combinations were bright and cheerful
best wishes
Kate, I really appreciate your approach and your love of cloth!
My sister gave me her scraps! She knew that I would use them! Love it Kate !
Kate I used your idea and put almost all my scraps into curtains! I started out making 4 1/2" scrappy squares (no pattern) and then, threw in an occasional little star block so that it was not entirely chaos. I am so pleased with the results! Wish I could show you!
I made a hand tied quilt for my daughter-in-law’s birthday. When squaring up the blocks I ended up with a small basket of 1/4 inch strips. They made the perfect grass for our Easter baskets.
I was rewatching one your video from Feb 2020 and you asked how people had found your channel. My comment is a bit late, but... In 2019, one of your videos came up in a search for "organizing your sewing room" I clicked on the link and watched 3 or 4 more in a row. I saved the link and when I came back the second time, you became my first UA-cam subscription.
After you mentioned them, I tried out and now subscribe to Arne and Carlos
Have you thought about a crazy quilt? Talk about Liberty, yeah.🙃😊 Also, use the creased print as a design element grouping several different pieces if you have them... Quilt-a-holic😂
Today is Jan 8th 2024 and it is Friend Day today. Happy Friend Day Kate.
Happy belated Friend Day from Betty in Indiana. July 2024
Also recommend Pat Slone's UA-cam channel for how to deal with scraps. I make lap quilts out of scraps (45 inches X 45 inches) and donate them to my local veteran's' hospital. Bits that are too small get used in craft projects or in pillow for an animal shelter.
You could make some lovely liberty tassels
with the strings and hang them on knobs and such
The old Liberty fabric mill in Lancaster, Standfast and Barracks, closed due to flooding hence lost the Liberty contract . They reopened and now have in house designers and continue to print cotton lawn amongst other fabrics and wallpaper. I was lucky to get a fascinating Heritage Tour in 2019.
Thank you I wondered what happened. Do you have any pictures of The Old Liberty Mill?
I'm working my way backwards so I have already seen what you have done with some of those scraps. 😊
Love it! Have you heard of confetti quilting? It uses the tiniest scraps and even bits of thread. There must be a you tube on how to do it.
Happy New Year from across the pond.
I like doing this very same thing, organizing and sorting. It's very relaxing and provides ideas for future projects. Relaxing and stimulating at the same time!
I sew scraps without paper about 3 inches wide, press then trim to 2 1/2. Tiny scraps are stuffing for dog beds that go to our animal shelters. Bonnie Hunter’s Bit Coin pattern is fun to do with scraps.
Have you seen string piecing? Maybe you could do that with the small strips. Bonnie Hunter is a master of scraps.
I love the Himalayas analogy - like the Himalayas the fabric scarp pile can be conquered🧗♂️😁
Those thin scraps are still useful ! Take a sturdy card board box any size you'd like for a trash can in your sewing room , bathroom or bedroom and use mod podge glue or something equal wherever anyone lives and make a beautiful trash box by laying the peices down . I glue 1 whole side at a time & press the peices down . Let it dry and move to next side & bottom and continue until completed. Then , go over the whole thing with the glue to seal it. I do the bottom last so i could turn it upside down to work on & let dry . For the inside , i used bigger squares so it was easier . I just LOVE your idea's Kate !
Oh ! And i sprayed inside & outside to make it sort of waterproof.
ua-cam.com/video/CWqHXoJS9ls/v-deo.html a bit like this?????? Xxx
@@thelasthomelyhousesorry , i was in the hospital for 5 days at the time of your video coming out ! So , a big Thank you for the video reminder . It gave me more to watch.
I enjoyed your visit. Thanks for including us. I use my Liberty pincushion, you made, almost every day. It’s my little bit of Liberty fabric that I get to enjoy. I need to scrap bust too but have to decide on what I want to make. I think sorting into colors would be a good start.
Liberty, is so special . I keep my itty bitty pieces for adding to stuffing projects. I’m care about colors popping through so I blend throughly. It makes me feel good to know my Liberty fabric pieces are all being used.😊
Those thin strips can be twisted up to make fabric twine... some people roll the twine into balls for decoration, but I braided some after twisting to use for handles on a purse. I also used the twine to cover a box in my bathroom. I hot glued the twine to the outside of the cardboard box and glued a fabric lining to the inside.
Can’t wait to see what you do :)
Lovely roses! And thank you for the unexpected visit
My friend made a wreath using fabric strips , your long , thin pieces would be ideal 😀Happy New Year … I will try to send a photo !
No idea how to send a photo … it’s just a hoop of wire with lots of pieces of fabric knotted round so it gets nice and shaggy !
I love your quilts. I just found your channel. I did subscribe. With your long skinny strips, you could braid them, sew the braids, and make hot pads out of them for gifts. Or an edging, or sew a strip on a piece of material for a quilt, or many other things.👍
Dear Kate, Happy new year and all the best wishes to you and your family and all the lovely people on the LGS. I really love these kind of videos. It actually just takes me back some years, when I researched for some scrap projects and found your channel while you we're just starting the pink-red quilt. What a gem I found there!!!! Still love it! Hello, my Name is Stephanie and I am a scrapaholic as well. Even worse: I am usually the one taking the burden of scraps from others because they want to throw them away 😱 I don't want them to be wasted - every Bit could be used. From the tiniest ones I want to make cards but not sewn but glued ones. The "technique" will be something like decopatch on paper and by color group. Let's See how this is Working. xoxo from Germany Stephanie
Hi Kate, I see some stuffing for toys happening there, Agnes would love it