I need a better system for storing my scraps - currently they all reside in a 20 gallon tote. Impossible to do anything with them!

I store my scraps by size in a rubber maid tote. Your quilt is awesome as is the other one too.

I haven't really sorted scraps but I do have a box of folded corner leftovers that I'm saving for some reason. Since they finish up at 1.5 to 2 inches, it will be quite a while before I have enough to do something with.

I shove all my scraps in a plastic bag my bedspread came in. Not a hint or idea that is of use for anyone. Shame on me...not organized; however, I would love this book!

I love other quilter's use of tiny scraps, but I'm much too impatient to be able to be that organized and disciplined! I usually sort by color, not size, in various size plastic bins.
I'll definitely be looking for those Moda stripes, they're gorgeous.

I have my scraps sorted by color in small bins. I'm a new quilter so I don't have a big collection yet, but I know what I have is just going to grow! Haha! Thanks for the chance to win!

I've just started saving scraps and so far, they are organized by color in a drawer of a rolling cart. If I needed a particular color for a quilt, I'd need to cut the scrap to size required. My quilts have not been too scrappy yet. Thanks for a chance in the giveaway. I enjoyed reading your post.

I have my scraps sorted by color in bins in a drawer. I don't cut them until I use them.

Can't wait to see this new book. Sorting scraps? I've yet to begin!

What a beautiful quilt, Tammy! I love all those little nine patches!! I am sure that is a book I am going to need!

Love this quilt! I sort and store strips and squares by size in plastic storage boxes, shoe box size. I write on a recipe card and put it in the end of the box facing out so I can see at a glance what size is stored in the box. Whatever did we do without these storage containers?

I have several methods. I have "good" fabric that is sorted by color. Since it is mostly from fat quarters or smaller, I don't have a lot of big pieces. Then I have loads of "Joann type". Since I have been sewing for hundreds of years, I have plenty of scraps that are cut in 5",4" 3", and smaller strips. Each size had its own tote but my grand kids have been making sew as you go bags this summer and they pulled their color choices without regard to size of strip. I needed to resort anyway so that's a project for a boring evening. Love your new "old" quilt. Thanks.

I sort my scraps by color and any size goes!! But instead of bins , I use giant storage size zipploc bags, as I find they do not need as much room as bins. Thank you for the chance to win!!

I've got a small collection of old quilts too! And also love 9-patches. I sort my scraps by color in gallon plastic bags. When things get too full, I make some Quilts for Kids to give away.

I love both of the quilts! :)

I used to sort my scraps by color and throw them in plastic bags. That got out of hand fast so I started the strip system and found I used mostly 2 1/2" and 1 1/2" the most so now I stick to that and 5" squares. I store them in Art Bins. I love scrappy quilts and your Old Nine quilt is something that would be quite fun to make!

Both your nine patch quilts are wonderful. Nine patches never get old. I sort my scraps by color and have just started cutting into squares and I store those by size

Love your quilt, I'm working on a 9-patch right now, As for as scraps I don't sort they just go into a laundry basket when it's full into a bigger tote, So I'm always working on a scrap quilt.

What an inspiring article! I have storage boxes filled with squares and strips of Civil War fabric and yet I rarely get around to using it in a project. I share your love of antique quilts: this would be a wonderful use of my scraps. I really like your choice of Moda Wovens for the alternate blocks and borders. I'll have to search my LQS for it.

I love your nine patch quilt--it's a classic! I have made one very similar--the alternate blocks are all scrappy. I think it's my favorite of all the quilts I have made!

Love 9 patches! ❤️

I have never saved my scraps but I am going to start now! I love this nine-patch quilt!! I shall sort and save mine in plastic containers. Thanks for sharing your quilt!

I too have a collection of old quilts! 4 were made by my grandmother (one is a friendship quilt with a date ~ 1920!!)... I also have a couple I've purchased. One is from the estate of a Holocost survivor. I treasure that one especially! Another was an old quilt my friend gave me... with one end badly torn. I trimmed off the torn part, gave it a new binding and it's now a well loved quilt I use when watching TV. Another "rescue" is a gorgeous vintage triangle quilt... probably 40s and 50s fabrics. It was tied with yarn and backed with a floral sheet from the 70s, I'd guess. I've taken it apart, and will give it a new back and binding using reproduction fabrics. I plan to have my friend longarm quilt it for me - it will be one I use often!

I loved seeing your old and new 9 patch quilts! It showed me what to do with the 120 hand pieced 3" sized vintage 9 patch squares I purchased at the same flea market where I got my triangle quilt!! They're sitting in a basket right now... I want to make a table runner from some of them. It never occurred to me to alternate them with a solid fabric... I'm thinking maybe a darker tea dyed muslin would work nicely! Thank you for sharing your ideas and book with us!

Scraps?? I don't have many - bigger pieces are squished into a plastic drawer in a rolling bin thingy... smaller pieces are thrown into a pillowcase lined waste basket. When the pillowcase is full, I sew up the ends and donate the pillow to Power of the Paw, pet rescue!!

I have been quilting for only 4 years and don't have much of a scrap collection although "scrappy" quilts are my favorite. Would love to have a copy of the book!!! Thanks for the opportunity:)

Congratulations Tammy. Your quilt is absolutely fabulous.

I love nine patch blocks. Love your reproduction- it's beautiful.

i agree, you have to be organized with your scraps, but who wants to stop to take the time? Woe is me, I have a big job ahead. I would love the book to spur me on.

Love the quilt and the book. I sort scraps by type - batik, print and solid - and then by color.

I've been making little 3 inch nine patches with my scraps for years. I've just recently begun setting them with plain blocks, just like you. I have shoe boxes of scraps that I'll never use up in my lifetime!

I love nine patches...it surprising how many different looks a simple block like a nine patch can have. I fold my scraps back in with the fabric it was cut from.