Scrap Organization

Scrap Basket Mess
Scrap Basket Mess

I saw an episode of Quilt Out Loud yesterday (?, Saturday maybe) where the Door Knock artist had her scraps divided by color.

Others are thinking about this, too. SherriD wrote a post about this very subject recently. Don’t you love the way she colored some of her words? Very clever!

Mine are all heaped into a, now, overflowing pile. This situation has been getting on my nerves lately, so that one shot was just what the doctor ordered! The basket is too small, does not fit my decorating scheme and it is not working for me at all. I am thinking of changing systems. I need something to keep them in, though.

My brain was on overdrive while I slept last night. I figured out a work problem, my sleeping mind worked on the quilt I sewed on all weekend, and I got an idea for a new scrap organization system. What a nice night’s work! Not sure how rested I was, but you can’t have everything. 😉

I went on to Amazon and they have these:

Rainbow Cart Small - 16 x 8.5 x 36 inches
Rainbow Cart Small - 16 x 8.5 x 36 inches

and

Rainbow Cart - 15.2 x 0.1 x 37.5 inches
Rainbow Cart - 15.2 x 0.1 x 37.5 inches

These aren’t very different in height, but after measuring my sewing table, the smaller one would fit better and add to the usable horizontal surface total in my workroom. One problem is that the purple drawer is so big. I wish that were for red, though I suppose I could just put the red scraps in the purple drawer. There isn’t a law or anything! I like the colored drawers as that means pre-coded color coding.

Finally, I saw this version:

Rainbow Cart Double - 16 x 10.8 x 26.5 inches
Rainbow Cart Double - 16 x 10.8 x 26.5 inches

I can’t imagine how these dimensions could be correct, but if they are, this piece would be optimal, I think. Moving it in would require some moving of stuff around, but would give me a place for scraps, remnants, chunks, etc, as TFQ said.