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I recently created a post about creating more time to sew. I shared three tips to free up more time to sew. Today I’m sharing a bonus tip. You know I love me a scrappy quilt. You may also know that I throw very little away. I use up those tiny little bits of scrap creating crumb quilts and more. What you may not know is that I have a time saving tip. This little trick can save you hours. While still allowing you to get a supper scrappy feel.
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Where it may look like I spent hours sewing itty bitty pieces together. I simple sewed together strips sets. Then ran those strips sets through my Accuquilt Go with one of my strip dies. I used this method for my Gradation , Yarn Bomb Tree, Floating Boxes and Enchanted Forest patterns. I also use it when making scrappy nine patches, 16 patches, or more like the centers of the stars in my Scrap Busting Star quilt.
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It’s easy to sew the cut scrappy strips if I need a longer piece or unpick a seam to make the strip smaller. I like that this method allows me to include lots of different prints in my quilt without hours of sewing. I just sew a bunch of strip sets together. Then feed them through the Go. I shared this in my interview with Accuquilt. Recently I was asked to show how I do this. Here is my method. In case you would like to use this time saving tip.
Thanks, Emily. This was really helpful!!!
great idea !
what is the purpose of the extra strips on top of the protective mat?
I’m not sure what you are referring to. I think you may just be seeing the wear on my mat from using it so much. Please clarify if I’m wrong.
It occurred to me as I read this that if you sewed the scrappy strip sets into a tube (sew the top strip and bottom strip together) before sub-cutting. You’d end up with a bunch of loops., Then unstitch between different scraps in each loop , then each scrappy strip will be different with no extra effort. I hope that makes sense.