Be sure to check out this great new book from rising-star quilter, Emily Cier. It includes 8 projects using scraps in every color of the rainbow (we all have lots of those), and each project even has an alternate colorway you can make using purchased yardage if you’re just starting out and don’t have a stash; everyone has to start somewhere.
Whether you’re a “little stasher” or a “big stasher” you’ll find a project that’s just perfect. You’ll love these all-new designs.
What kind of stasher am I? The photo below shows 3 of my 6 stacks of fabric organizers. I have lots to choose from. I know quilters with a lot bigger stashes, but I only allow myself to fill my space, not overflow. Whenever I get to the overflow stage I purge to get rid of the excess; a painful but necessary task. There are so many great charity quilt groups in need of fabric, so it makes me feel good to contribute.
Every so often, we have a fabric giveaway at C&T. We put all the unused extra fabric samples we’ve received on the table in the conference room. Our receptionist announces over the intercom, “the fabric giveaway has begun in the conference room.” Stand back or get trampled! It’s such fun to pick up new treasures. It’s a great way for the newbie C&T quilters to start or grow their stashes, and others to pick up those perfect fabrics to add to their stashes.
"Plumb in Scraps"
I loved being Emily’s developmental editor on this book. It gave me a chance to see the new designs as they developed. She would finish a few and send me photos. “What do you think?” she would say. The master of color was at it again. Just like her first book Quilt Remix, the fabrics and colors were amazing. She just has a way with color and pattern. You won’t want to miss this one.
One lucky person will win their very own copy of Scrap Republic! To enter, leave a comment at the end of this post telling us what kind of stasher YOU are.
Comments will be closed at 6:00 pm PST on Sunday, September 4th, 2011—the winner will be contacted via email and their name will be posted here on the blog next Monday.
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Congrats to Hilary whose name was drawn at random from the comments on last week’s post! Hilary won a copy of Inspirations in Design for the Creative Quilter by Katie Pasquini Masopust.
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I think that I’m bordering on large stasher…..
I like to sort my stash into particular size strips and/or squares; however, I seldom get a chance to do that so all my scraps are stuffed into a box. My stash is sorted into colors….. I can’t wait to get to work on a few scrap quilts…they are always my favorites!
I fill my stash mostly with 1/2 yard pieces of fabrics I see and like, although sometimes I know I need to make a quilt in say blues and tans and will purchase fabrics in those colors, but in differents size prints, and throw in a splash of an alternate color. My stash is mostly sorted by color, but things that were bought for a project or idea or stored together with any drawings or patterns that go with them. And then there are the SCRAP bins which keep breeding, so I would love to win this book.
I cut up my scraps into squares and bricks and use up the strings and little bits on little projects and block swaps. I find it harder to use up yardage than scraps. So I know I’d like the book.
I have a blog badge on my blog. thanks for another chance.
I’m a big stasher. I collect fabric and people give me fabric and I love almost every bit of it. I did recently let some go, I know I can’t use it all, but I’m trying.
My kind of stashing would nearly be explained as an addiction!! I love fabric in all it’s color and texture and possibilities!
I confess to being a ‘large’ stash person. I have plastic tubs for each colour group, and I buy fabric I love, just because I love it. Then I think about what to do with it later on! I typically buy 1/2 metre cuts, unless I really, really, REALLY love the fabric, and think I might want it for a border fabric, and then I’ll buy more. I collect music fabrics and calla lily fabrics, in 1/3 or 1/2 metre cuts. I keep some scraps, and have to get more organized about cutting them up and storing them properly. Sometimes, I donate all my scraps to others, because I don’t know what to do with them, so I’d love a project book to start using all those scraps up myself!
As someone who makes LOTS of scrap commuity quilts, I have a rather large stash that resides in 2 tall cabinets plus a rolling Iris cart for the very small pieces (I do minis too). I have great fun working with scraps, typically making 2 1/2″ strips from them or cutting 4″, 4 1/2″, 5″ or 6″ squares. Those all seem to be the most versatile.
thanks! Looks like an interesting book.
Unfortunately an uncontrollable stasher I know a bad habit.
Would love to win the book!
I throw scraps in a huge basket….thinking I should make baskets by color
Sounds like an interesting book. What could be more fun than to use your scraps in a creative way.
Large stasher, for sure, but very organized. I purchase mostly 1 yd cuts and everything is neatly stored in chests of drawers and plastic tubs by color, some collections. Glad I did it when the prices were lower. With the cotton rising, I’ll be buying less. Loved Emily’s first book and looking forward to another.
I guess my stash is medium in size. I know some of my friends have much larger stashes and some have much smaller. I have it sorted by color, with batiks in a separate by color section.
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I am a stasher who cannot throw anything away, so I have lots of fabric and scraps! I have a double-fold door linen closet that has boxes with most of my fabric, but also have boxes under my cutting table and in the closet in the bedroom that is my sewing room. I have them arranged by color, mainly, but have separate boxes for themes, like sewing, food, holiday.
I’m an overwhelmed by my stash quilter–my stash will soon take over the house!
I admit I am an out of control stasher. How can you throw out any little scrap that you just MIGHT NEED some day??? Sigh.
I used to be a stasher who buys fabrics whenever I see something that I liked. Nowadays I try to stash fabrics by going thorugh the existing stash and analyzing which colours are in the minority (empahsis on the word try!).
I had a huge stash for the size of the apartment I lived in before I inherited my mom’s stash, as well! She was, at least, organized. Well organized! By color and tone! I generally am attracted to large patterns and bright colors, so I’m lucky to have her stash to even out my collection!
I love fabric and can’t bear to throw out any of the little bits…. makes me a huge stasher!
I think I am a small stasher. My quilting friends have ceiling to floor cabinets stuff with fabrics. When I go on a bus trip or to a show I come home with a couple small bags full and they come home with huge bags full that have to go under the bus. I like to know what I am going to do before I buy, but there are times when there is something I must have.:o)
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I have a stash I call manageable so I guess that makes me a manageable stasher!
Afraid I’m save anything stash scraper! I keep thinking, “I’ll save that, I could use it in a quilt some day!”
I have a large scrap stash & am always looking for ideas to use them!!! This book looks like an answer to my prayers.
I go big. Not only do I have a large stash, I buy large quantities of each fabric. And I have been quilting long enough that I have a large scrap collection too.
Love my stash and make lots of quilts for charity. I sort by color and cut small scrapes into blocks and strips to be grabbed quickly. Works for me.
I’m a baby stasher, generally have fabric that is what I need for projects at hand. My mother has decades of leftover fabrics and scraps as she always bought yardage pre-rotary! I have her “stash” of scraps sorted by colors just the way she likes.
I already subscribe to your e-newsletter
I’m a color stasher because color is what grabs my attention. It’s all about the color baby!!!
I am a half organized, half messy stasher. I just need to find some good patterns like this book to use some up so I don’t have so much to organize. Kathie L in Allentown
I’ve just subscribed to your youtube channel. How did I not hear of this before!! Kathie L in Allentown
I have a somewhat organized stash because I just love to be able to look and see all the different colors lined up. My stash is quite large since I have not only my own stash but I also have my Mom’s stash too. I’m working on some charity quilts right now to start moving some of the fabric out. I figure there is also some organization that is looking for quilts. Thanks for the chance to win this book, it looks like it has some interesting ways to use up the stash.
I am a “little” stasher. USUALLY I only buy fabric when I have a plan for it. In the past several months that I’ve been blogging, I have started to buy occasional ‘just because’ fabrics – it’s so helpful with the bees & swaps I’ve joined. I do really get a kick out of using fabric from my stash, though, and I would love a copy of Emily’s book!
I have Emily’s first book and would love a copy of this one. I am a huge fat quarter stash builder. I guess I like controlled scrappy but will also purchase larger quantities if that is what is needed.
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My stash is on the small side. I’ve just begun to purchase fabric just for the purpose of building my stash.
I am a huge stasher. I got plastic carry baskets from the dollar store and separated my scraps by color. It works well for me, I keep them under my desk and sit on the floor to play with them when I need to.
I’m a subscriber the Newsletter.
I am a subscriber to the You Tube videos.
I’m a ceiling to floor bookshelf full stasher.
I am a hoarder of scraps! I save everything and I’ve begun to seperate my scraps into strings, crumbs, triangles and strips and squares. Now to use them up…this book sounds like it would help me out. I am not very good at color, but love scraps!
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I don’t have alot of scraps. I see these beautiful projects, and I wish I could recreate them, but I need to work on a dozen more projects to get all the right scraps!
My stash is huge….I’m bordering on becoming a hoarder, lol!
I don’t have 100lbs+ of scraps, but it’s my goal!
I have a medium sized stash but I am definitely a hoarder! I have so many little pieces that I could never sew into anything but I can’t let them go. I usually buy a fat quarter – half yard of fabric that I like so I have a lot of variety and not too many big pieces.
I’m an equal opportunity stasher. Cute print? Done. Nice solid? Sure. Fat quarters, yardage, whatever strikes me makes the cut :) I LOVE Emily’s quilts and would flip to have this book!
I have an I-like-it-I-buy-it stash. This book looks fantastic. Thanks!
im a complete nutty scrap saver. i have probably every scrap i have ever made. its insane really.
I’m a can’t-help-myself stasher–especially when it comes to batiks!
Thanks for the giveaway! I just started quilting a few months ago and am starting to get a sizeable stash. I just sorted all my scraps into gallon ziploc bags according to color recently. I can’t imagine EVER becoming a purger… I love fabric way too much!
I tweeted the giveaway! @mrscarlajane
I’m definitely a large stasher, but I tend to (*gasp!*) toss my scraps. Maybe a book like this would make me change my ways! :)
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I ‘m a real hoarder of scraps of fabric! I have them sorted in all sorts of ways by color, by size, etc. Thank you for giving away a very neat book.
HAPPY QUILTING!
I’m a swapping stasher. I can’t help but join in the swaps for I-Spy fabric and rainbow colorways.
I sort my small pieces into a shoebox for tfc’s and atc’s, then I iron and hang the longer leftovers by colors, easily seen–like paint! The others are in crates by color…I have string blocks made up, by using the long srips I cut from other sewing projects, so I try real hard to organize it all…and I do donate some. Thanks.
I try to keep my stash under control, but haven’t been doing too well at that lately! It is so hard to resist all the beautiful fabric out there :)
My stash is fairly large with all sizes from fat quarters to six yard cuts and in need of re-organization to see it all.
I would call myself a moderate stasher. Definitely not a hoarder. I believe fabric is there to be used, and, boy do I have fun using it! This book looks lovely. Scraps are so much fun!
I’m a big stasher, but have begun weeding through my stash. Fabric I loved once but no longer is getting passed along. I was thrilled to discover “Iraqi Bundles of Love”–feeling great about the recipients makes it easier to let go of treasures from my stash.
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Thank you, Liz!!! Can’t wait to read Katie’s book!
I’m not a huge stasher–if I have so much fabric that I can’t use it all, I like to destash and give some away!
I’m a newbie, so my stash is quite small. :) So far… ;)
I think I’m a medium stasher. I started with bins, but mostly I have piles. I’m not sure how to sort/store the bits.
I moved several years ago, and brought with me only my very favorite fabrics! I donated all of the rest to a local church group for their quilting activities. In my new, smaller workspace I have 3 floor-to-ceiling shelves for fabric storage. Like you, I will only keep what I have room for — no avalanches of falling fabric for me!
I would love to own this book! I am a BIG stasher! And I’m afraid it is in disarray right now. But my goal is to get it all sorted by color and then put it in a place where I can see it and use it!
I am a member of the Creative Troupe.
I subscribe to the CTPub YouTube videos.
I subscribe to the email newsletter.
I have your badge on my blog.
Oh! Scraps – I’m getting more of those….
I have small and medium size stash, I will used it for patchwork project.
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Medium stasher – under beds and on shelves.
I signed up for the email newsletters!
I am a medium stasher. I have a little of this and a little of that. The only thing I have a lot of are scraps. I have a mountain of scraps. I need to win this book.
I shared a link to this giveaway on my Facebook wall and I tagged your fan page.
I loved Emily’s first book and have been looking forward to this one! I tend to stash more by project than by creating a general stash. Any general stash tends to be project leftovers and unused extra choices rounded out by neutrals and blenders.
I’m a moderate “scrapper.” I TRY to purchase fabric for specific projects, but sometimes I overbuy:)
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What kind of stasher am I? I have a hard time throwing away even the smallest of pieces, because I know I can use them in something – applique or snippet quilts or postcards, etc. I have stopped buying fabric just for collecting, though and buying just what I am using. There is enough leftover for the scrap stash.
I need this book! My scraps are slowly taking over my sewing studio!
I am a pretty new quilter and a little stasher (at least right now!) thanks for the chance to win this book!
i subscribe by email also!
Ahhhh, love my stash! I store fabric in separate bins by designer. Smaller collections are stored by ‘design’, i.e. stripes, dots, etc. I do keep all of my solids together in a big, large bin (I love solids).
My scraps are sorted first by either a print or a solid. Then the larger scraps (either print or solid) are put into the appropriate bins, and the smaller prints or solids are put into their bins.
Makes it easy for me to find just the right piece I need for my scrap projects.
Great giveaway!
I am a new quilter, but I have been keeping every bit of scrap. I have no idea what I will do with them, but maybe if I win this book I will!
I posted this on my FB and I commented (does that mean tag?) on your wall. I feel so old when I don’t know the lingo….
Oh, I hate to admit this but I am such a horrible stasher it is bordering on hoarding I’m thinking. I have fabric that when I bought it I had great intentions of making a beautiful quilt, snort, I can’t make myself cut into it, I am still in the fondling phase and some of my fabric is nearing on to being vintage like me!!! I am a “Horrible but Adorable Stasher”
I have 2 0r 3 of your badges on my blog. :)
I am subscribed to your you-tube channel
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I tweeted your giveaway @jeannegwin
Shared your giveaway on my facebook http://facebook.com/jeannegwin
I am already a Creative Trouper!!! So proud of that title.
I am without doubt an out-of-control stasher! I could really use some modern ideas for using up my well-aged fabrics.
i just tweeted a link to this post!
In the past I haven’t been much of a stasher. I know, crazy right? I use to just buy whatever I needed to make a particular pattern. Now I’ve started buying fabric just because I like it and want to have it in my stash! I’m a stasher now – not an organized one though.
Let me put it this way. When the recent earthquake hit the east coast, my first thought was, darn, what pile of boxes has fallen over now? Seriously. My stash is a delightfully diverse collection of many, many different types of art supplies, including many boxes of cloth, tucked into every corner of the house. It awaits both better organization and channeling into satisfying finished projects. I need inspiration and directions.
I love the surprises of scrap quilting. I have an assortment of larger (one half to one yard) fabric pieces, chosen mostly because the fabric resonated with me in some way. I also have several small containers of scraps, ranging from fat eighth size to 1 by 4 inch pieces. And yes, I used those little pieces to make borders on 2 quilts.
I store my stash based on genre…Civil War, 1930′s, novelty, Christmas, etc.
I buy per project, so I don’t have a “stash”. I do have a large “Tub ‘O Scraps” however. Right now it’s overflowing the top by a good 15″- it’s a mound of strips, leftover cut shapes, leftover little chunks and so on. Last year I made a lap quilt with a $3 scrap bag from a local store and leftovers from The Tub. I guess you could call it a Leftovers Stash.
I’m a large stash quilter but when it comes to scraps I’m completely unorganized. Then I go on a scrap quilt binge. Whatever gets pulled out of the box is what gets used. You can see several on my web site. Thanks for offering the book. It looks to be one worth getting.
maggie
I recently purchased similar wire baskets from IKEA. I love how the baskets have helped me to organize my stash in my craft closet. I can finally see what I’ve got :-) Thanks for the book giveaway. It looks awesome!
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I have a limited amount of space so I try not to go overboard with my stash but I do love my sracps. Thanks for sharing a copy of what looks like a fun book :)
I like to think I am a organized stasher but my scraps quickly get away from me. It seems like no matter how many projects I use them on they never decrease!
I am a member of the Creative Troupe!
I store my stash on shelves by colour – mostly!!!!
I’m on the email list!
I’m a CT member!
i am an obsessively organized by color and size stasher, but i feel as though it will get soon out of hand!
I am subscribed on youtube!
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I think I’m a “I’ll take whatever you’re giving” kind of stasher – it’s all good to me!
I thought I had only a little stash until I recently pulled everything out to reorganize it. I have caught the bug and cannot resist buying a piece or two of fabric whenever I visit a quilt store, even if I went in to just buy a spool of thread.
Until last month I didn’t have a clue how much fabric I actually had! I finally organized everything into colors and stacked it on shelves. Right now I’m feeling I should never buy another piece of fabric! Although there’s always another cute design or color that I have to have. I have always stored my fabric in those huge plastic totes and I would paw through them to find something I needed. Now I can just scan the shelf and I know exactly what I have and because it’s also color graded I can find other fabrics that complement so much easier. My scraps aren’t so organized but I don’t have as much of those so they are easier to keep track of.
I subscribed to email.
I’m an out-of-control stasher. A whole wall of fabric, plus stacks of boxes, plus stacking up in front of the shelves! Help!
I am a stashaholic, I have all sizes of fabrics and even keep tiny pieces. This book with more ideas on how to use all of my stash would be a welcome tool.
I try to keep it in control but I could fill one tub with quilting fabric, one with clothing fabric, one with unfinished projects, and one with scraps..
uhh hmmm, I do need that book!
I’m a secret stasher. Don’t tell!
I subscribe to your emails!
I tweeted @Lealee33 http://twitter.com/#!/Lealee33/status/109085254299561984
Shared on Facebook under Debra Rodkey Lee and tagged your page!
I added a badge to my blog! http://itsmelealee.blogspot.com/
My stash is wonderful, it is too fun and too big a treasure to purge anything. I am a definite fabric horder. Now I am doing strip stash and triangle stash, I will need to move to a bigger house.
I’m totally a messy stasher :x I have a 6ft tall cabinet from Lowe’s filled (stuffed to the gills) with yardage, a large tote with most of my flannel stash, another with fleece, 18 photoboxes filled with cut projects, the infamous large basket of ziploc’d UFOs, 2 medium totes of strings…I also have tons of books & magazines. I’m sure I can find a place for Emily’s book though ;)
I’m a little stasher. I don’t really have that many fabrics that are pretty.
I tweeted as Glenys133.
I have so much fabric it has spilled into other rooms, my friends say I have my own fabric store, but to me it’s never enough. Like you when I find a fabric that is no longer of use I donate it to others for their charity work. How much fabric do I have? I lost track at over 1500 yards. I am definitely a fabricholic, I just love it and they keep coming out with more that I can’t live without.
I am a member of U-tube n I get emails from you n I also subscribe to your blog n newsletter. Hope I win, Iam always looking for ways to use up even the tiniest of fabric
I am an overzealous stasher – keep thinking I have moooorrrrreeeee than enough, but, then, a beautiful fabric catches my eye and I cannot resist. Sigh.
I think this is an awesome book. I have more scraps than I can count along with bolts of fabric. I think a fiber addiction is cheaper than bail!! LOL I would love to win!! Good Luck Everyone!!
Wish my stash were as color-organized!
I’m a small stasher…I haven’t built up an admirable collection yet but I’m trying!
OH! I am sew disappointed. I just found your blog and missed the giveaway. I want to learn to quilt and have quite a stash of fabric (: I like your blog!
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