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Scrap Therapy
Joan Ford: Quilters can be very frugal. We love fabric! We sew for hours and hours to create beautiful quilts, pillows, baby blankets and more. And we save the pieces that are left after the project is complete. In random clumps and sizes to be used later...
In bags, boxes, drawers, closets and car trunks...it's everywhere!
And we feel guilty as the scrap fabric stash grows. "Some day, I'm going to make a scrappy quilt with all this," you say. But where to begin. The task seems daunting.
Perhaps you need a plan. Perhaps you need Scrap Therapy!
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Chopped (Book)
by Joan Ford
Hummingbird Highway Pattern
Product Description: Quilt 58in x 74in, Table Runner 12in x 34in
A21051 $9.00
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Scraps Plus One! (Book)
by Joan Ford
Organize your scraps, fire up your creativity, and make the beautiful quilts you've always dreamt you could make. The pattern reveal how to use your leftover fabrics plus one new element - a focus print, a solid background, or a new technique - to inspire a fresh array of quilting ideas. Get organized, get a whole new perspective on your scrap stash, and get quilting!
Product Description: Soft cover, color photos, 200 pages.
A20766 $24.95
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Magic Carpet (Pattern)
Transform your scraps into an enchanting project. Runner 12" x 35", Toddler 36" x 56", Bed 72" x 92"
A19059 $9.00
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Quilt Your Stash! (Magazine)
March 2012. 10 irresistible projects you'll love making. Patterns for full size quilts range from whimsy like “Something Fishy” to traditional like “In the North Woods”. Each design is more eye-catching than the last, all wonderful examples of turning fabric leftovers into fabric art.
A16703 $6.99
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Common Sense (Pattern)
Use lots of 2" scraps for the blocks, sashing and borders. Piece it straight up, or use printed fusible interfacing for stress-free seam intersections and applique. It is a common sense solution for your scrap stash! 62" x 78".
A14274 $9.00
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Duck, Duck, Goose (Pattern)
Wing Clipper (#48109) strongly recommended. Finished size: place mats (two) 14" x 18", table runner 16" x 52".
A13033 $9.00
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Hot Cross Buns (Pattern)
Uses Creative Grids - 6-1/2in Square (#68161) and CGR312 - 3-1/2in x 12-1/2in ruler. 12" x 48" Table Runner & 14" x 20" Place Mats
A13245 $9.00
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Cut the Scraps!
by Joan Ford
All quilters know one thing for sure: a fabric stash is a living thing. It grows imperceptibly at first, but soon takes over your sewing room, and, if you're not careful, your life. Joan Ford is a quilt designer who recognized a need to clear the clutter among her fellow quilters and came up with a fun and effective way to deal with it. Enter ScrapTherapy, Ford's feel-good method for organizing the mounds of fabric - from yards and fat quarters to skinny scraps - and turning them into quilts and a wide array of accessories. In this innovative book, Ford offers step-by-step instructions for cutting a fabric stash down to size - quite literally - and provides 20 original patterns for quilts, pillows, table runners, and more. Innovative quilt designer JOAN FORD cleverly founded the ScrapTherapy program in 2006 as a way to help quilters get organized and cope with the clutter of fabric collected over the years. Ford travels around the country lecturing and teaching quilting classes and cutting workshops; she lives in Syracuse, New York.
Product Details: Soft Cover, 8 1/2" x 11", 112 pages.
A12375 $24.95
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In the Pocket (Pattern)
Super-sized flying geese ont he pockets help you soar through small scrap fabrics. As an option, add super-cool paint embellishments to personalize your project. Finished size: 16" x 12" x 3".
A11901 $9.00
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Strongly recommended by Joan Ford for Fly Away Pattern
Wing Clipper (Tool)
This tool is for trimming down flying geese units. It offers 10 sizes ranging from 1/2 by 1 inch to 5 by 10 inches. It also eliminates the need to cut the dreaded 7/8 of an inch utilizing only whole and half increments to construct this popular unit.
48109 $19.50
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Square Deal (Pattern)
Here's the deal: take your scraps, chop 'em, sew 'em, and have a great quilt in no time flat. Easy, fast, and fun. Scrap fabrics become fabulous! Yep, it's a great deal! Various sizes.
A11989 $9.00
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Runaway Thread (Pattern)
Easy as can be, this quilt full of brightly colored thread spools appears almost magically from your organized scrap fabrics! Finished size: 66" x 78".
A10064 $9.00
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Charming Buds (Pattern)
This easy lap-sized quilt goes together in a hurry. Your scraps never looked so good! Finished size: Approximately 55"x70". Including Charm Pack Bonus! Make a small version (inset, 39"x53") of Charming Buds with a charm pack!
A10062 $9.00
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Scrappy Trails (Pattern)
A classic! It's hard to believe this elegant lap-sized quilt is made with left over fabric scraps! Finished size: approximately 64" x 64".
A10065 $9.00
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Our Table Stripes Store Models
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Table Stripes (Pattern)
Leftovers again?! You bet! Leftover fabric scraps make this cheery table runner complete. Finished size: approximately 15" x 42".
A10002 $9.00
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Darleen and Erica with our Star Light, Star Bright Store Model.
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Star Light, Star Bright (Pattern)
This lap size quilt will certainly make all your evening star wishes come true! Make this beautiful quilt many times over in every possible colorway. The irresistibly are fun and easy to make. Use up lots of mid-size scraps to put together this cozy beauty. Finished size: approximately 60" x 72 1/2".
A10001 $9.00
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This is the Something Fishy quilt that Cathy Y. made for her grandson. Erica did a beautiful job quilting the piece. Lucky boy!
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Something Fishy (Pattern)
Find the most interesting fishy characters swimming happily in your fabric scraps! Finished size: approximately 39" x 51". Pattern suggests using the Star Singles, #A11689.
A10066 $9.00
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Strongly recommended for the Something Fishy quilt. Thangles will not work for this quilt.
Star Singles 1 1/2" Half Square Triangles
One Star Single sheet plus two squares of fabric equals eight half-square triangle blocks! Easy to sew and cut to get plenty of blocks for scrappy quilts. Also references to use in Scrap Therapy. There are 125 sheets of triangle paper in a bag - enough for 1,000 1.5" blocks. Used with Something Fishy, #A10066.
A11689 $10.00
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These are the tools Erica and Cathy recommend in their Scrap Therapy Workshop.
Erica (mother) recommends So Fine Thread.
Cathy (daughter) recommends Masterpiece Thread.
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One of the sizes you cut in Scrap Therapy.
Creative Grids Quilting Ruler 3 1/2in Square
Easy-to-read black & white markings. 1in grid with 1/8in and 1/4in increments. Includes 90 degree angle. Turn a Round feature. Embedded Gripper Dots hold fabric while cutting. Exceptional quality. Exclusive line. Independents Only. Made in the USA.
A10042 $7.95
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Cathy's pick for cutting all 3 sizes of scraps in Scrap Therapy.
6" Bias Square
6" bias square with markings every 1/4".
67293 $15.99
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Cathy's pick for cutting long strips. She says, "the 24" are so long to deal with".
Cut for the Cure 7" x 14" Rectangle Ruler
Cut strips up to 7" wide and 14" long. Designed by Kaye England, this series of rulers will work together as a compatible set. These rulers read right to left and left to right and have perfect sight lines. But perhaps most important of all, a portion of the proceeds from each ruler goes to The Chicagoland Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
A10006 $14.69
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Cutting Edge
The Cutting Edge tool is great! You put it on the underside of the ruler to mark where you want to cut, and butt the edge of the fabric against it! One of those "why didn't I think of that?!" kinds of tools.
Directions: Apply to under side of ruler at desired rule line. Line up Cutting Edge with trimmed edge of fabric. Check other alignments if necessary, then cut. Store on ruler for future use. (10) 3/8" x 3 3/4" strips.
85083 $7.95
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Erica uses this to get her perfect scant 1/4" before placing her Sewing Edge on her machine.
Easy TrimTM 60
from Alicia's Attic
Allows you to trim 60º points to match your 1/4" seam allowance.
82443 $7.95
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Recommended by Erica.
Sewing Edge
From the makers of the Cutting Edge comes the repositionable Sewing Edge! 5 Repositionalbe sewing stops that fit all sewing machines to guide your fabric for consistent seams. No sticky residue!
29853 $7.95
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