I love that! That will definitely come in handy for me because I don't throw away scrap fabrics either! Thank you for sharing! Blessings to all in love and light!🙏🏼💜🙏🏼💙🙏🏼🧡🙏🏼💛🙏🏼💚🙏🏼
Glad to see another salvager. I hate throwing small scraps away and different shaped boxes. I use most of my scraps to check tension when I change the thread and bobbin, or play with my decorative stitches. I have plenty of bigger scraps to do this with too.
Great idea!!! I have this ruler set and figured one day I would sit down and cut for a day. With my shoulder that’s something I was not looking forward to so I have not done it. I have the perfect box to use and I am going to get set up today. I will use up my scraps as I finish a quilt too and only spend an hour cutting instead of all day. My shoulder thanks you and I thank you Laura for teaching hints that make my life easier.
I have something that MIGHT work...general cutting..dont know about with templates...all my cutting is straight line...but...the thing I have that helps my bad hand, arm and shoulder is an electric scissors. Once you get used to a pair they are easy to use. Have had mine for many years. Not dangerous, and really help alot. Be well☆
This is such a wonderful idea! I love the templates! I have been collecting velvet fabric for the last several years in the event of making a quilt with decorative stitches. Now I know what I need to do.... Order those templates! That box is a great idea too!
Omg, that is a wonderful idea, I actually have an antiques velvet quilt piece that is framed. It inspires me with all the different hand stitches and the names they used like chicken scratch! Your quilt would look fabulous!
This is such a simple fix for the odd shaped leftovers. Brilliant! I especially appreciated that you pointed out to do your decorative stitches before completing the whole block. And, I am tired of cutting out squares from my leftovers. This will make an interesting quilt! Thanks!
Hi Laura, I designed the Scrap Crazy 6 Templates for Creative Grids. Love your box idea! The templates do much more than just Crazy Patch. There are 16 quilts featured in 2 different books and several single patterns that all use one, two or more of the templates. In addition, the smallest template "D" is sized to be cut from 2 1/2" strips. It is perfect for using up the ends of a Jelly Roll. You did seem to mention that the "E" portion of template "A" was to divide the template, actually it was created to work with the "B" template to make stars or the "D" template to create additional designs. Thank you for featuring the 6" templates.
I'm glad you liked the video, the Templates are great. I had no idea there were books out for the rulers! It sounds like I need to do another video :):) Thanks for the comment!
This was a GREAT tutorial! And these rulers look fun. I love what you did with the box idea. It would be fun to have someplace for everyone to post some of their blocks or quilts after(other than on this feed) after they complete them! Thank you so much for sharing the new rulers and your fantastic idea! 👍❤
I absolutely love this idea! I sort my scraps by size and keep in those transparent plastic containers that salad greens come in from the grocery. This idea is great for crazy shapes!
The templates are a great idea as it is often difficult to part with a favourite fabric, or use an 'ugly one' given to you. Dividing the box into sections for the fabric is a wonderful way to keep them both. Yep, I like to keep and make use of everything if possible. Many thanks for introducing the template set Laura, best wishes, Jess
Thank you, Laura! This is a wonderful idea and I already have the Creative Grids templates! I never thought to use them to cut my scraps. Thank you so very much! This is a great scrappy idea for anyone to use, but especially for those of us who like scrap quilts already!
Not that much of a scrappy girl but this is such a great idea I will have to give it a try. Who knows, this might be what I need to make me go to the scrappy side. Thanks for all your great videos
Wow! I have had this ruler for over a year and I just seen this video! How did I miss it? My fault for not watching it because I am a faithful subscriber! Thank you SEW much for all you do for us! Great idea!
I love this idea. I have these templates and have never used them but I will be pulling them out and doing this right away. thank you for this wonderful idea.
I designed these templates for Creative Grids. The "E" portion of the template is designed to work with the "B" template to make stars. If you watch the video on www.creativegridsusa.com you will see the process. The templates actually make dozens of patterns, not just crazy patch.
Thank you! You are so creative and inspiring! I love when you share these helpful products! We ALL have a scrap stash- this is so practical & space saving - ultimately this will save money as well. The cost of these templates is an excellent investment.
Brilliant idea, Laura! I have the Creative Grids Scrap Crazy 8 already in my arsenal and working on a project that is yielding a lot of scraps! I'm heading out now in our scrap box pile to find just the right box! Love all your ideas but this is Brilliant! And such a time saver!
You always manage to introduce us to the neatest things! What a great idea that little set is...this is going on my Christmas list for sure. Thank you so much!
Fantastic idea, then it’s all in order and you do it as you can and who knows how it will turn out ....I have so much craps . But I need to get a templates..... will look around for it. Great idea once again. You so creative......❤️🌹❤️🌹
Laura this is a Brilliant idea! Also I now know what minimum size of fabric off-cut I should keep. I will implement this straight away. Many thanks for another excellent tip. Best wishes from Berkshire UK.
How clever of you to think INSIDE the box here :-). This is a great idea; having the shapes sectioned off gives one the inspiration to immediately cut up their scraps while they're still flat and not get crumpled up from throwing them in just any old bin. I think Creative Grids should market this set of rulers with an instruction sheet from you or at least include a link to this video.
Could you sew a few blocks together so we can see how it will look? I have so many rulers and templates that I never use and don't want to buy another set without knowing what the finished quilt will look like. Thank you
You just sold a set of those! I thought that would not be a helpful thing for me to have because I make my own crazy quilt Patchwork but if I plan ahead keep the templates available then when I've got a little extra this a little extra that I can go ahead and cut it to a shape instead of stashing it in the unknown designated spot that I will never find again or at least for 2 years! I will have a box just like yours.
Another idea: The templates are gridded off in half-inch squares. You could lay those lines on the edges of a scrap of fabric, then cut on the angled line, so that you get a smaller piece. You could put a piece of tape across the top of the template so that you always use the same lines, although that would make it hard to see through. I'm not sure about that, but you get the idea.
Thanks Teacher. Did you ever show or do a quilt from the scraps of fabric from this templates? I forgot I got this when you first showed it ;O). If you have pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee show it. Thanks and take care Lady.
There is another template set available Crazy 8's...makes a bigger finished square...Question: if you use decorative stitches on the seams of the unfinished block. how do you quilt the layers together for finishing, if you can't stitch in the ditch? also, does the raised stitches of the decorative stitching get in the way from doing all over free motion quilting? thanks!
For simplicity I definitely would freemotion this and as long as you use a strong needle you should have no problem going over the decorative stitching
