This is where they all start. It is under my cutting table and easy to just throw the scraps onto the top shelf. If it is a bigger piece, but less than 1/4 yard, it goes on the bottom shelf.
When that gets full, it is time to sort. Bigger pieces go in one bag, the smaller ones sorted by color and individually bagged go into the other.
Long strips, usually the generous clean up cut, go into this orange mesh cube. When it is too messy, I start sorting in there by warm (red, yellow, orange) and cool (blue, green, purple) and all black and whites are put in a plastic bag.
All of the smaller scraps eventually get sorted into color bins. These are what I work out of when I am making
this kind of block. I have 69 blocks so far but they are going to finish at 6 inches so I think I need a lot more. I may try some ideas, take pictures, and then take them down off the design wall.
When that gets full, it is time to sort. Bigger pieces go in one bag, the smaller ones sorted by color and individually bagged go into the other. Long strips, usually the generous clean up cut, go into this orange mesh cube. When it is too messy, I start sorting in there by warm (red, yellow, orange) and cool (blue, green, purple) and all black and whites are put in a plastic bag. All of the smaller scraps eventually get sorted into color bins. These are what I work out of when I am making this kind of block. I have 69 blocks so far but they are going to finish at 6 inches so I think I need a lot more. I may try some ideas, take pictures, and then take them down off the design wall.