Scrap patchwork quilts

And finally I am back to blog about my second patchwork quilt that I talked about in my last post. We’ll gloss over the time-delay for now, as I want to get on with explaining how I made all …

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…

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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…

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?

Go crazy with these free crazy quilt and crazy patchwork quilt patterns and projects!

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...

Most quilters can’t bear to part with scraps of favorite fabrics and tend to keep them in little bins and boxes for future use. Crumb quilting, although not a new idea, is enjoying a resurgence now as we try to use up all those bits of fabric we’ve been saving.…

Discover the timeless charm of Granny Squares, a free quilt pattern by Darlene Zimmerman for Robert Kaufman, showcasing her beloved Darlene's Favorites fabric collection. Perfect for beginners, this quilt project welcomes you into the world

Today I’m sharing a free pattern – The scrappy Granny Squares quilt pattern! This free quilt pattern has been available in the past but I recently updated it so it’s little more user friendly. I love classic blocks like this granny square block. This version uses scraps or a leftover jelly roll. I didn’t actually […]

5 Tips for making your patchwork quilts more interesting including using precut charm squares and pulling fabric (including Blenders) from your stash

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

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