Scraps, Part 2

Since my last post was about the Scrap Bag I had just purchased, and I had by pure coincidence been cutting up the previous scrap bag while watching the Olympics, I thought I'd show you the before and after pictures so you can see just how much fabric is in one of these bags.  Seeing how much usable fabric I actually get from one of these bags is new to me too as usually the contents of a scrap bag just get added to my big bags of these strips, but they were full, so I decided to deal with the last bag as it came in.  The strips have all been pressed since November when I got the bag, but I hadn't gotten very far on the cutting part.  I finished all of the cutting of that previous bag this past week, which was about the extent of my quilting activities.  I've been working all weekend, with a few select breaks for the Olympics and a much needed haircut, but nothing at all done on the quilting, stitching, or crocheting front.

Here's the before picture from my previous post.  And here's what one of these bags looks like all cut up.  From left to right and then to the front are the following stacks: batiks of all sizes, light strings, dark strings, 1 1/2 inch light strips, 1 1/2 in dark strips, 2 inch light strips, 2 inch dark strips, 2 1/2 inch light strips, 2 1/2 in dark strips, and finally, a few 3 inch strips. 

I'm a little burnt out on cutting now, so as soon as I get some quilting time, I will probably do some piecing or get back to my bindings that need sewn down.