scrap quilts

Doing some sewing from Repro Quilt Lover

It's finished! My little "Cheri" quilt was hand quilted by Bellwether last year but was left unbound until last weekend. Having hand quilted quilts - no matter how small - hanging around in that unbound state makes one feel a little guilty. And not in the guilty pleasure sort of way. So, finally, I cleaned out the sewing machine area and bound all 50" or so of this little cutie. I love this design Cheri provided for free and I copied shamelessly right down to her idea to sneak in some rouge colors. That mistake in the center left? Cheri ...

added by Taryn 2 days, 8 hours ago. under cheri payne , little quilts , red and green , scrap quilts

Clearing Out The Leftovers from The Snarky Quilter

When I grow up I want to work in quilt series. Until then, I’m happy to work in quilt leftovers. Maybe I should call my leftovers series so I can feel like a serious art quilter.

Here’s an example of what I mean. Quite often I cut off the corners of blocks to create snowball or other blocks with triangles in the corners. I follow Bonnie Hunter’s advice and sew a second seam on the part of the corner I’ll be cutting off. That way I get a little half square triangle when I make the ...

added by snarkyquilter 6 days, 12 hours ago. under commentary , inspiration , left over fabric , project ideas , scrap quilts (Comments)

New Starts ~ Celtic Solstice ~ 4-Patch Scrap Quilt from Life in the Scrapatch

My Celtic Solstice Fabrics!

I am working on the first installment of ...

... from Bonnie Hunter @ Quiltville

Today I am linking up with all the lovely quilts in progress at the

Monday Mystery Link Up Party, Part 1

I really like the colors Bonnie chose.

I had the yummy fabrics in yardage pictured above.

I did not have enough scraps in the right colors.

I do not buy fat quarters much anymore and most of my smaller stash scraps are earmarked for other projects in the works.

At first I was feeling like I should use smaller cuts for a Bonnie ...

added by Pat Broe 6 days, 23 hours ago. under 4-patch quilt , bonnie hunter , celtic solstice mystery pattern , mystery quilt patterns , quiltville , scrap quilts

Now What? from Life is a Stitch

Ooooooooold project - - stack n' whack four patches--the main fabric is cats on quilts--that were sitting in a bag and I felt compelled to make something usable out of it. The pale yellow print is an equally ooooooooooold Cranston VIP print of tone on tone roses. (You know you've got some in your very oldest stash, so no snickering allowed.)

I don't know what to do with it now. It's really quite unattractive. And I mean that in the kindest way possible.

added by Nancy-Rose 1 week, 2 days ago. under scrap quilts

Ah, Sweet Mystery from Just Sayin' Sew

Hi. Remember me? I think I’m back. With a vengeance.

I have many things to share. Starting with this mystery. A Bonnie Hunter Mystery. And I absolutely had to participate because I have a stash. Too big of a stash. And I want it depleted. I need it depleted.

I’ve always loved scrap quilts. And Bonnie is the Queen of Scrap Quilts. Yet I’ve made very few. Thus I have a stash. Aren’t scrap quilts what a stash is for?

Ah, Sweet Mystery (6) So I went through my stash and picked colors that looked like Bonnie’s stash. And ...

added by Barb 1 week, 3 days ago. under bonnie hunter , cats , celtic solstice , fabric , inklingo , mystery quilt , pappy , quilting , quilts , scrap quilts (Comments)

DWM: shop your stash, six of one, and solstice beginnings from With Strings Attached

Our four-day weekend was great. Thankgiving dinner at the home of friends, with some leftovers to take home. (Our contribution was Mama Stamberg's Cranberry Relish, which you can read more about here . It was new to our hosts, and they liked it.) We drove home about 6 p.m. and passed Wal-Mart where the parking lot was full, even the spaces along the road and around the corner by the auto service center.

We didn't go shopping either Thursday or Friday. We did, however, go to see the Friday matinee performance of the movie Nebraska . It was excellent ...

added by Nann 1 week, 3 days ago. under celtic solstice , design wall monday , mystery quilt , scrap quilts

DWM: almost finished from With Strings Attached

Here's the Framed 9-Patch, all set except the borders. The coral setting triangles are a Jinny Beyer blender that I got at a sale this past summer. Unfortunately I didn't get enough for the border. I'm still auditioning border fabric. This one seems to have the best combination of light-but-not-too-light with some tan and some coral. (Now that I look at it, I'm thinking about a skinny border of the print and a wider dark brown border.....)
[Can you spot my piecing errors? I found them Monday evening when I started to trim the setting triangles ...

added by Nann 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under postage stamp quilt , scrap quilts

English Paper Piecing from Erica's Craft & Sewing Center

Tree Skirt Display

We started bringing our Christmas ornaments out of storage at home this past week and there were a few things I just couldn’t find. I haven’t figured out yet if they’re packed away someplace odd or if I gave away some things without remembering. One thing we actually haven’t used in a couple of years is a tree skirt because I just haven’t really found one that I liked. It may be time to make one for myself.

The skirt in the display above is made using English Paper Piecing. We’ve talked before about ...

added by Jennifer Crutchfield 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under applique , books , charm pack , christmas , english paper piecing , holidays , quilt , scrap quilts , tips (Comments)

Update: framed nine-patch from With Strings Attached

Two evenings without meetings provided me with time to sew!

I appreciate the comments about my sashing and setting choices for the framed nine-patch blocks. I decided to go scrappy, as you can see.

Rather than piecing long rows of sashing, I've added sashes to two sides of each block. Here is an expanded view.

I have a particular print in mind for the setting triangles and another one for the borders.

added by Nann 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under postage stamp quilt , scrap quilts

Scrappy Goodness from Inside Quilters Newsletter

I just unpacked a box containing a quilt that will be in Best Scrap Quilts, one of our 2014 special issues that we’re about to start working on. I’m pretty excited about the idea of this issue — as much as I love coordinated fabric collections, there’s just nothing like a good scrappy quilt. Sort of like the one I found about a month or two ago.

I had gone to our local thrift store looking for a couple of items in particular and timed it so my kids were napping and I could go by myself. Thrift ...

added by Mary Kate Karr-Petras 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under 1940s fabric , hand quilting , mary kate karr-petras , patchwork , qn coming soon , quilts , scrap quilts , scraps , thrift shop , vintage quilts (Comments)

Design Wall Monday–November 18, 2013 from Creations by Melinda

Today on my design wall is my Scrappy Trips blocks. I have made 64 of them and have started sewing them into 2’s. I think I am really going to like this quit when it is finished.

I used batiks for this quilt – any and all batiks. There are some duplications but I don’t think more than 2 or 3 of each strip. Once I get them sewn into 2’s, I will put them into 4’s and then I need to find space to lay them out. I am not going to worry about it until ...

added by Melinda 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under bonnie hunter , scrap quilts

Progress on Scrappy Trips–Blocks Done!!!!! from Creations by Melinda

Here are the last four blocks for my queen sized Scrappy Trips.

Here is the whole stack of 64 blocks.

I am mixing them up and sewing them into sets of 2. Once I get that done, I will make blocks of 4 and so on. Hopefully it won’t take too long. I am just starting sewing them together.

Of course I made more bowties while working on the scrappy trips.

Looks like I need to press them a little better. I now have 260 blocks that will finish at 3 inches.

Melinda

added by Melinda 3 weeks, 4 days ago. under bonnie hunter , scrap quilts

USING UP MY STASH from Quilt Finishes

Just today on one of the sites I frequent - a quilting fabric site - surprise. The question was asked.

If your family and friends had to describe you and your relationship to fabric, what would they say?

There is no doubt.

They would say that I’m a mess. I love my fabric. I keep every bit and every piece. I spend hours organizing, pressing, admiring. I use it like an art medium. The more I have, the more fun I have…..so I’m organized. Why then would my friends and family say I’m a mess ( and they frequently ...

added by Sandra White 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under scrap quilts

» Quilt Finishes


Flowers for Emma Pattern created in EQ

Fish for Maddie. Pattern created in EQ

Quilts promised to Granddaughters

The lap/cuddle quilts promised to my grandchildren are now finished. Grandchildren picked their own fabrics from my stash. I'll be making a pillow envelopes for each lap quilt.

added by Sandra White 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under scrap quilts

Calendar Quilt from Quilt Finishes

Hand Quilted Calendar Quilt

April

July


September

Normally I love to make wall quilts. This is my first and most likely my only hand quilted bed quilt. Time will tell. I love to hand quilt and enjoyed making this one. Each plain block represents a month of the year. The quilting designs are my own. The color blocks were done by stacking blocks of fabric, cutting and sewing different colors together...stack and slash..sort of. It took many months to make this quilt. The top was done quickly, but the hand quilting took many months. Finished for my son ...

added by Sandra White 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under hand piecing , hand quilting , scrap quilts , ufo's

SMALL TABLE TOPPER from Quilt Finishes

QUILT AS YOU GO BLOCK

In 2001 I took a class to learn the quilt as you go technique. I made this little block and put it away. When I was organizing my sewing room, I discovered this little project. I decided to bind it and went into my stash of blue scraps. I cut out strips and put them together and last night put the binding on. I'm using it as a table topper for the end table next to my chair. It fits perfectly and fits a mug a co ...

added by Sandra White 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under court house steps , scrap quilts , ufo's , using my stash

Four Patch top finished. from Quilt Finishes

4 patch from stash scraps

I have an obsession. I mean really. I just can't, can't throw away my scraps. I have another obsession...using up my considerable stash of fabric and fabric scraps. So putting these two obsessions to work, I decided to make a 4 patch quilt. Some time ago, (like over a year ago) I squared some of the bigger pieces into 4 inch squares. This year, I've committed myself to putting those patches into a quilt top. I have so many UFO's...therefore the subject of this blog. This was one of ...

added by Sandra White 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under four patch quilt , scrap quilts , ufo's

It has a name and more progress from Field Trips in Fiber

Before I started Red Center last week I worked a little more on the Fractured leftovers.

I added a spiky border to the top and that's where I have been stuck. As I cut off the little bits I've been making some crumb blocks too thinking that I might use them in the quilt in some way. I got stuck here so I took it all down for a few days.

The time away must have helped because I now know what I'm going to do next and I've also give the quilt a name......Fractured ...

added by Vicki Welsh 4 weeks ago. under fractured qal , hand dyed fabric , quilt , quilting , scrap quilts , vicki welsh

More Progress on Scrappy Trips from Creations by Melinda

I am now at 50 blocks finished and only 14 more to go. Here are blocks 41-50.

As I am sewing, I am working on my leader/ender project – bowties. Here are 10 bowties and I now have 240 done, only about 600 more until I can start making a quilt!

I work on them until I have 10 on the mini design wall and when I get 10 done, I pin them together. When I get 5 sets of 10, I put them in a sandwich bag. So far I have 4 sandwich bags plus 4 sets of 10 ...

added by Melinda 4 weeks ago. under bonnie hunter , leaders and enders , scrap quilts

Postage Stamp Stars! from With Strings Attached

Here it is! I appreciate the advice and encouragement about the borders. I found the checked fabric at Joann's. It has the balance of red and tan that I wanted. The triangle units in the border fit perfectly. (72 x 72; 5-5/8 yards used.)

I stopped at two thrift shops on Saturday. This long piece was $3.00. It's cotton lawn from India, lighter than quilting fabric. http://sitaratextile.fm.alibaba.com/product/11050900-10741048/Sitara_Supreme_Lawn.html It is hemmed at both ends but the selvedges are unfinished. I'm not an art quilter, but I sometimes I ...

added by Nann 1 month ago. under design wall monday , postage stamp quilt , scrap quilts

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Quilts promised to Granddaughters

The lap/cuddle quilts promised to my grandchildren are now finished. Grandchildren picked their own fabrics from my stash. I'll be making a pillow envelopes for each lap quilt.