Holy crap, how did I get to be 49 years old? Â And where did these 6 children come from?? Â I have pretty clear memories of Kindergarten almost yesterday – I RULED at playing Post office and now I am a grandmother… what a crazy ride this has been!
And yet here we are so we might has well celebrate the holy hell out of it! Â So here is how it is going to work.
The whole party will be held on this post and each day you can check back here to see what has been added and then you add another comment! So not only is there a new prize each day for 10 days your chances increase each  day you stop by and make a comment! ( Only 1 comment per day please!)  The winner of each day’s  post will be announced that evening at 9 pm in the Speakeasy on Facebook as well as being noted here.
On my birthday I am going to be giving away not 1 but 2 Instant Pots! Â The cool thing is that one will be ONLY given away HERE on this private post for Speakeasy members only. Â That means you have a MUCH better chance at winning! – The other pot will be given away in the public BAQS space and you are more than welcome to comment there when that post goes live as well on my birthday- the 23rd.
 Party Day 1
Every Last Piece by Lynn Harris  – Winner – Deanna Small!
Got scraps but not a plan?  Lynn is your woman! Make the most of your stash  of every size, from scraps to yardage, in “Every Last Piece.”  Fresh takes on string-pieced blocks, mini star blocks, applique, sawtooth borders and more!
To Win – Leave a comment answering the question – How do you organize your scraps?
Winner – Deanna Small!
Day 2! Â Red Bandana Machine Lights – Winner Jacki Willard
Whooooo hoooo!  This prize is going to be great for those with a machine they love that just does not give off enough light! (and as I age that seems to be a lot of them!) I added this to my older Bernina as well as my Juki straight stitch machine and now both of them are as lit up as a runway!!!  You are going to love this!  Check them out  HERE or join their Facebook page for even more details!
Leave a comment for a chance to win! Â Do you need more light these days when sewing?
Day 3 – Magnetic Invisible Quilt Hangers  – WINNER -Cynthia Wischoff
Imagine hanging your quilts with no wall damage, easy to do yourself and easy to change! Â How cool would that be?…. well this the way to go. From wall hangings to big quilts you can have them up on the wall in no time at all!!
Learn more about the product HERE – I love it and think you will as well. Â So leave a comment to win… Â Do you have quilts you have not hung up yet due to the bother of it all??
Day 4 Pattern Trio by Hunter’s Design Studio – Â Winner –Brooke Witsberger
So, are you having fun yet?  I know that I am!  Today’s prize is one that I know you will get a lot of use out of.  Patterns by Sam Hunter were fast sellers at my store. Her easy to accomplish patterns can be used by those who lover bright fabrics as well as those who love a more quiet look. Learn more about her patterns  HERE
If you would like to win – Tell me which patterns you are using the most these days. Are you all over the map of do you stay loyal to a particular quilt designer? Or maybe you are like me and never use patterns! Â Tell me more!
Day 5 – Villa Rosa Patterns – Nancy Batty you are our winner!
Day five brings us yet another wonderful pattern set! Â This time from the great people at Villa Rosa Designs. Â These patterns are addictive, they are the potato chip of the pattern world…. you can’t have just one! Â Â Which is why we have 12+ patterns just for you.
Have you use Villa Rosa Patterns yet?? Comment to win!
Day 6 DOT DOT DASH charm pack – Winner Carolyn Boatner
This charm pack is so dang happy… wouldn’t you be happy to have it in your stash? Â Ready for a quick quilt anytime!
Are you buying more pre-cuts or yardage these days??? – Answer for your chance to win!
Day 7 Â Fluff and Stuff with Paula Reid – Jo Richards – winner
Ever wonder how to quilt a big quilt with a small machine? Â You can totally do it and Paula is the lady to help you. Â This is a class in box and you will learn so much on how to use your domestic sewing machine to quilt even the largest of quilts in way less time and with less effort than you thought. Â You CAN do this! Â Learn more about Paula and her live and video class here at Batts in the Attic .com
Are you quilting your own quilts, or are you more inclined to send them out to be quilted?
Day 8 and 9 – Birthday weekend Goodies! –Â Barbara Dearman winner!
I hope that everyone had a great weekend. Â Enjoy a nice package of fun for the weekend and let me know what you did! Â Our weekend winner will enjoy a gift pack of thread from the folks at Mettler as well as a three pack of adorable vintage notebooks perfect for sketching quilt ideas or goodness forbid making a grocery shopping list! Â Top that off with a perfect little bag from the people at Yazzii. This little bag is just right with it’s trio of inner pockets for keeping small notions at hand- perfect for taking to classes and retreats!
We will draw for this weekend package on Sunday evening.
I love these light kits. I have one on my machine and it makes a world of difference. You are the bomb Maddie giving us all the chance to win these fabulous prizes!
Have a beautiful day.
Well duh…wrong post…But yeah…I need all the EN- lightening I can get!! Lol ??
I need a scrap plan like a stinky dog needs a bath??Right now I have two big tubs of leftover quilt scraps I’m trying to figure the best way to sort scraps. I had started sorting the colors when I began quilting…in clear shoeboxes…soooo way past that size now. But as they say, Where’s there a will, there’s a way!! This too shall pass!! Sooo happy to be here!! You guys ROCk!!
Sounds like an enlightened plan!
Lights, lights, lights! How cool! Especially love the red bandana logo!
Oh my god yes! My Middle aged eyes need all the light they can get!
Lights! Would love to use this. how “brilliant”!
Nice I didn’t know they made these♡
Love to have he help of these lights !!!
Those lights look great. Eyes need all the help they can get.
I always need more light.
Can always put lighting to good use!
Oh, yes, need more light!
I always need more light! These look fantastic.
Hello BadAssQuilters! Happy birthday to all having a birthday this month. Hey that’s me too, next week?! Happy quilting to all?
Scraps… I have a basket I use. I have organized the strip ones by color. Now to use my Accuquilt to cut smaller precuts into posible future projects. Sounds great, right? Let’s see what reality brings to the table…lol!
I’m always feeling I need more light. But, maybe I can’t see as well as I used to. No, that can’t be it. It’s gotta be the lighting, yes?
Ahhhh yes. The aging process definitely makes the need for light an ongoing issue.
Those lights look great & helpful!!
I definitely need more light when I’m sewing. I have an Ott lite with a bendy arm and I try to position it just right, but it always casts a shadow or gets in the way with my embroidery machine.
I never seem to have enough light when sewing.
the more light the better… the strips look great!
I do find myself seeking out light. I have two desk lamps on my sewing table plus the overhead and sometimes I wish I had more. ?
I do need more light these days! I’m lucky in that I can take my glasses off and see really close, but good lighting always helps!
Congratulations!!!
I have them sorted mainly by color in gallon bagS
The not so fun part of being dysfunctional is lack of organization. I am half way there! But scraps are just in a container with no organization at this point.
My true bitty scraps are just in a basket. The remainder of my stash-fat quarter and larger is arranged in rainbow order in clear plastic tubs.
10 years ago I cut anything smaller than a FQ or 1/4 yard into 2 1/2″ strips, 2″ strips, and 5″ squares, then I brought a quilt store and everything since then one big mess. I just closed the store, so now I am looking to find a way to get it all organized and used.
I have clear plastic containers and zip lock bags. I cut my scraps into 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.5, 4, 5 inch strips, squares and triangles. I love scrap quilts!
I stuff them all into a bag that I have to root through every time I want something 😉
I try to organize them by color, but if the bin they should go in is full…they get tossed in the bin next to it. It’s a mess.
Organize scraps? Oh, hell no! I’m too busy working on my latest project to worry about what I am finished with. Large scraps go into a bin marked “Fabric with no plan”. All the small stuff is jammed into a large clear plastic bin.
I started a system of 1 1/2 squares, 2 1/2 and 3 1/2. I have made some tops but now i cut the widest strip pissible and save it for later. The cutting is tedious. Im also considering 1 inch squares….help me i cant stop! Then using on point fusable to creat fabric for projects.
I don’t. I’m a complete disaster.
I keep all my scraps in a plastic tote and about once a year I donate them to someone who loves working with scraps.
I organize by color and general size (no pre-cuts as I work intuitively).
If the scraps are big enough, I cut them into charm squares and sort them by color in drawers. If they’re strips, they go into a different drawer. If they’re oddly shaped, but usable for crazy quilt type blocks, they get thrown into bins.
Happy… Happy… Birthday Week!
I have some clear boxes for the little bit larger scrapes and clear bags for the smaller pieces.
It seems when you are working with your scrapes they tend to populate during the night so when you return to using them they have doubled. I tread on trying to keep up with scrappy population.
I have a 9 cube storage unit. The cube colors and the scraps in them match. Now I just need to decide what sizes to cut them. And that’s where I’m stuck.
I cut anything smaller than a fat quarter into the largest strip I can. Then the strips are in plastic shoe boxes by width. I’m thinking of sorting them by color instead because I end up digging through all the sizes to find the color I need. The larger pieces are folded and placed in larger boxes, that are a mess right now, but are supposed to be sorted by color.
Scraps are sorted by color and kept in lg clear plastic totes. I drilled holes along the sides so the fabric has air flow. I have a rack the the totes fit on perfectly. Batiks, flannels, etc… are kept in separate totes. 10 days of partying sounds good too me Maddie.
I keep all my scraps from each project. Put it all in a zip lock bag. If there are bigger pcs will combine with other like size pieces. Then every few projects, I’ll go through the bags and seperate unable vs toss. (Because I keep it all in the beginning) a scrappy memory block happens when I get enough usable scraps, I might even make a memory quilt of all my quilts when I have enough.
I have hinged clear plastic boxes that are organized by color. They stack in my closet. But then there is the disorganized pile overflowing from several small baskets. Every now and then I just want to toss them all!
I have a rolling cart with rainbow colored drawers. Each drawer gets it’s color scrap. As there are 2 drawers of each color I have my second red designated to whites/creams, second blue to teals, my second purple to multi-color, etc. I find it works well and gives me the ability to sort quickly.
I have clear drawstring bags that i stuff small scraps into – if they are bigger pieces I stack them in the cabinet with other fabrics. (Of course now they are all in boxes in storage until we find a home to buy).
I love the idea of the birthday count down! I have long joked that my birthday is a month long celebration in August, for one day is simply not enough!! Viva le Maddie’s birthday month! =)
Well, my scraps are not organized at all. They are all thrown into one GIANT basket that I bought at Target. No organization at all–other than to save them. Had all sorts of idea at first about color sorting or cutting them into 2-inch squares with my Accuquilt cutter, but that lasted a couple of days. I agree with Paula. I need a class on organization.
I’m not good with scraps so I save them for a friend and she uses them in her quilts.
I have three baskets that I put my scraps in. They are split up by batiks, larger cotton scraps, and smaller cotton scraps. It is not a good system. :-/ I tried doing Scrap Therapy once, so I have a whole bin of scraps I cut into squares, but I’m not happy with how my scrappy stuff comes out, so I gave up on that. I could really use a class on managing my stash…..it’s not a gigantic stash but it is out of control.