Well I got the pinwheels done – can’t say they are perfect but they are done. Some how I can never piece a perfect block, trimming always has to be done and then sometimes in order to be square a point will be chopped off. Well I guess I could always make a couple new ones and toss the bad ones out, but I don’t.
How do you all handle your scraps? Do you keep them like I do or do you toss them? I have heard of a lot of people tossing their scraps 
– anything 1 1/2 inches or bigger I normally save. Here is my cutting table.
Right underneath it is a box – that is where the scraps get tossed. When it gets full it gets reorganized a little bit so they are fairly nice and neat – the lid gets put on it and it gets put on a shelf. This box is almost to that point and will be when I get done with this top. Then I will need to get another one. Right now I have 9 boxes full – this makes #10 so I guess I better start using some of these pieces pretty soon. That plastic bag right next to it – full of scraps too – I ran out of boxes!
My 15 pinwheels for this top.
Next up is more 15 blocks – they are kind of done in a log cabin type of design except the center of each of the blocks is a 4 patch, then you wrap around like a log cabin for the next 2 rows – the outside of those blocks is white matching up to the white in the pinwheels.
One day I really will organize my scraps and cut them into useable pieces so I can just sit and sew – most likely just a patchwork of color – one day
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I think your pinwheels are looking great. I sometimes think we can be too fussy about exact points on everything. That’s my excuse because I can never get all of them perfect when I do something.
Like you, I just collect my scraps. Then try to think of something to use them in. I am not as good as a friend who regularly cuts hers into strips and squares of certain sizes. I find that if I don’t have a plan to make something I can’t see the point in cutting unless I know the right sizes.
I love the pinwheels I hate going to the dentist.
Karen your pinwheels look amazing. Can I ask what size they are?
I save all my scraps 1 1/2 inch and over. My entire Log cabin will be made with scraps because of saving. I have a box to throw scraps in too and then I sort them into lights, mediums and darks.
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Love your pinwheels! I seem to use a lot of pinwheels in my quilts, never tire of them. They go with any design, either by themselves or as a fill in.
Love the pinwheels, Mom.
Love the pinwheels. Sounds like you are going to have to make a scrap quilt in the future.
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Love your pinwheels! Scraps… no way I toss scraps, even scraps are too precious for that!
Usually I cut scraps into 1.5″ strips, and then bigger pieces into 2″ and 2.5″ squares. What is smaller than 1.5″ goes into a huge bag and so far I have used it has pillow filling (pillow to sit on – do you call them anything specific?) I have made 5 big pillows that way and per today I think I have enough filling for the 6th pillow.
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