Scrap quilts

Hi friends! Today I have a really special (long) post for you! Today I want to share a quilt that took me two years and about 85 hours to...

Transform your fabric scraps into stunning quilts with our easy course! Learn string piecing, master machine appliqué, and create colorful foundation pieced blocks. Perfect for beginners and those looking to experiment with fresh techniques. Your scrap bag will become your best friend!

This Scrappy September, we want you to raid your fabric stash and sew up something beautiful with all that's left of your other projects. We knew that quilters end up with lots of leftover fabrics and that inspired us to get scrappy with our September sewing! This September, we are challenging you to make a new quilt entirely from your scrap stash. Are you up for it?

My self-imposed ban on blog reading and posting is over as Lent ends tonight. I was only posting finishes on my blog, since this is my way of keeping track of what I've done and, more importantly, when. I missed reading about everyone's quilting adventures, but it was good for me to stop for a bit. As with most of us, the mask making continues. In between making masks, I worked on this scrappy quilt using 2 1/2" squares. As those who follow me know, I do not enjoy making scrappy quilts and…

Tutorial on how to use scraps of fabrics to make a magic quilt that sews itself as you are making another quilt.

A little bit about the Clippings quilt and different versions to inspire you.

Make cute Scrappy Quilt Blocks from the leftover fabric you end up with from traditional quilt patterns. PIck a colour theme or go totally scrap happy! Making these mini quilt blocks from your fabric scraps is a great scrapbuster practice and you'll end up with lots of extra blocks to make baby quilts, table runners or even just coasters. Easy Quilt Project | Scrap Bin Sewing Ideas | Improv Quilt Blocks

I'm all about saving time and money. When I first heard of chain-piecing, I really latched onto it. I discovered that not only did it p...

The week between Christmas and New Year's I pin basted four quilts, preparing them for machine quilting. Today I am sharing the third finish of the four. I made this quilt from rectangles I found in a box of scraps from a quilt I made a number of years ago. There were a lot more rectangles than I remembered, so I started randomly placing them on my design wall and created this top. This was pure mindless sewing, which is needed on occasion! The machine quilting was purely mindless, too. I…

Make these fast and fun scrap quilts with these free scrap quilt patterns. Read our best tips for creating a cohesive modern scrap quilt.

Scrappy Broken Dishes Quilt – Antique Inspired Hello Dear Friends and Readers, Reflecting on antique Dutch quilts, I will immediately think of stars, hourglass, tumbling blocks and broken dishes in the quilt designs. Of course there are others too, but this is what comes to mind for me. The appeal is timeless and the beauty of … Continue reading Scrappy Broken Dishes Quilt – Antique Inspired →

Wrap Around free quilt pattern and quilt tutorial for jelly roll strips or charm squares with free pattern download baby crib quilt idea

Learn how to make a string quilt using leftover strips from your stash. If you have strips of fabric that are either from a collection (think jelly roll) or from scraps, the string quilt is

Check out these beautiful modern quilts made with scrap fabric you have from other quilts and sewing projects! If you want to learn how to quilt or simply looking for a new patchwork design then this is a perfect way to use up those scraps you have sitting around. Learn how to make these beautiful scrap quilts using these great step by step tutorials. Yep, Ladies it's time to do some fabric scrap recycling! {snicker} Today I'm featuring square patchwork, quilting in diagonal rows, things to…

Emily Dennis of quiltylove.com made this scrappy and happy string quilt using leftover fabric strips from various projects. It's such a great way to use up fabric and the quilt turned out amazing! #quilts #scrappyquilt #quilting

For a couple of months now, I have been trying to land on a block design for my next Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt. There were some types of fabric scraps I really wanted to focus on so I needed a block that had spaces for them. I wanted to clean out some scraps with multiple colors and low volumes that had a lot of color in them. I finally found a block that was going to work perfectly for what I wanted (thanks to Cathy and Diann). My blocks look very different than theirs because they are…

A collection of 12 scrap quilt ideas from top quilt designers featured in the book Scrap School, published by Martingale + Lissa Alexander.

The crumb quilt project was a great scrap buster. I got 2 quilts out of that project. But for some reason, after all the mess all over my sewing room, and working several months on those crumb quilts, I still had a huge pile of scraps!! They just seemed to multiply!!! So I decided to try scrap strips instead to see if I could lesson my scrap mountain. I put my scraps into piles strips that were about the same length. I had 6 or 7 piles of different lengths. I pulled two from the first pile…

Good morning to you!!! My 4-H friend from years ago made a layer cake out of some of her fabrics and challenged me to make something. This is how I am using her fabrics. It seems like 1930's to me, so I am adding my 1930's prints to the mix. It seems old fashioned and just soft and lovely to me. I got a bug to make some blue blocks, and so I did. These are 12 inches finished, so large ones for me. I have taken this project out of the quilt vault (closet) and have actually added another row…

A few years ago I fell in love with scrap quilting, mostly because I hate waste. My issue though was my obsession with making things match. As I have progressed in the world of quilting, the ability to let go in scrap quilts and allow them to form has become easier. I have had to learn to separate my quilting into two forms, the beautiful matching blended creation and the random scrap quilt. Since one of my goals AGAIN this year is to use up my ever building pile of scraps, the Project…