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Are you looking to get creative with your fabric stash this September? I’m sharing my favorite FREE scrap quilt patterns for Scrappy September this year. Using fabric scraps cuts down on waste, saves money and amps up creativity with different color combinations and designs. Read on to see the ones I love most!

My Favorite Scrap Quilt Patterns

When looking for the perfect pattern for my leftover fabrics, I usually want a quilt that calls for almost entirely small pieces in the fabric requirements or cutting guide. Some advice for you, consider the size of your scrap stash and ...

Seashore Treasures
June 2023

I made this Simply Serene quilt using scraps from my scraps bins and scraps that I had received from Jocelyn over at Happy Cottage Quilter. While I missed the cutoff to include this quilt in this year’s Hands2Help Challenge, hosted by Sarah over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, I plan to include this with the other three quilts I’ll be sending to Little Lambs Foundation in Utah. Little Lambs Foundation provides backpacks full of comfort items for children from newborn to 17 who are transitioning into foster care, emergency shelters, or hospitalization. This ...

Here we are at Springhouse Retreat! What a fantastic house, and while we are 12 - the house is very roomy, and we are not on top of each other. There is a beautiful bank of cupboards in the pantry area, so all our crap is nicely contained, and with two fridges, we have loads of room. 

I confess that I did NOT get much done yesterday. I arrived at 10:01 and got some of my stuff into the house. But then we spent a lot of time catching up, which is what retreats are all about. But I did ...

Download this easy scrappy quilt PDF pattern today and make a masterpiece using your own fabrics or your favorite collection.

Here and There quilt pattern

Introducing my latest pattern: Here and There. It is easy, fast, and perfect for beginner quilters. The quilt measures 53″ x 67″ – the blocks finish at 6″. You will make half-square triangles and Stitch and Flip squares onto rectangles. That’s it!

I chose batiks from the Tonga Mariposa collection by Timeless Treasures because I loved its palette! However, this stash-buster pattern will make a good dent in your fabric ‘collection’. This fabric line is ...

In 2019 I stumbled upon this HST triangle quilt on Instagram and I fell for it hard. Handmade MyrthI have a healthy collection of low volume prints and this is the perfect way to showcase them, but I'd be lying if I said I still didn't bring them home from time to time I intended to make this a long term leader-ender project, but once I sewed a few, I simply could not stop. I had so much fun

10 Quilts ~ 10 Days ~ Day 5

This is my

 Pink Scrappy Stripes & Curves Quilt

I started this quilt with a pile of scrap fat quarters, smaller scraps and leftover yardage from other quilts.

Scrappy Fan Blade Block ~ Curves Challenge

In order to duplicate the original blocks,

I made my own templates to cut the curves for the rest of my blocks.

I used fabrics from my stash.

The background whites are scrappy, too.

There are pieces of four ...

I have a new finish to share. Meet Paroma.  Although the quilt was completed in August 2022
(hence the lush green backdrop), I had to sit tight till now. 

Paroma. 56" by 68"

Paroma is a Fat quarter friendly quilt published in Quilt Patterns - Fun Fat Quarter Quilts for Spring (anniescatalog.com)  With 22 FQ projects for just under $10, this is a steal.

In process

20 FQs make 20 stars and yield enough fabric to make a scrappy happy border.  Paroma finished at 56" by 68" and it just sparkles ...

Scrap quilts are one of the most fun and creative ways to use your fabric stash! A scrap quilt is a style of patchwork quilt, usually pieced, made from many pieces of fabric in varying sizes and patterns. With endless possibilities, it is the perfect way to show off your unique style.

There is a lot of nostalgia associated with quilting and the romantic notion that quilts were made because families couldn’t afford to buy fabrics expressly for the purpose of making a quilt. Many think of scrap quilts as the result of a quilter fondly using leftover fabrics ...

As quilters, one thing we never run out of is scraps. The leftover fabric from our projects piles up in our stashes and deciding how to use it all can be challenging. The FREE Star Streams Scrap Quilt Pattern is a great way to use leftover fabrics from your quilt projects to make a new quilt!

For the past few years, I’ve challenged myself to reduce fabric waste by using scraps from my quilts. Last year, I made the Brick House Quilt.

This new quilt along is sew scrappy! Join us for the Sew Scrappy Spools Quilt Along in 2023, designed by Lori Holt, with 14 scrappy blocks and one spool-worthy quilt setting. Keep reading for details about the Sew Scrappy Spools Quilt, and this new quilt along coming soon!

Every month throughout the year, we’ll be sewing different blocks from the pattern. To join the year-long Sew Scrappy Spools Quilt Along, gather your scraps and supplies so you’re ready to start on January 12.

The Sew Scrappy Spools Quilt is 72.5″ x 90.5″ finished. Be sure to ...

Shark!
September 2022

Back in July, when Jocelyn over at Happy Cottage Quilter sent the baby quilt tops that I finished into Polka Party 1-4, she also sent a box stuffed full of scrap fabrics and remnant pieces. One of the remnant pieces was the shark fabric, which I thought was too cute to fussy cut, so I used it as bands at the top and bottom. I also used some blue scrap fabrics she had sent, and pulled a bunch of scappy blues from my scraps box to create the center section. The pieces to create the rows were ...

Where Pink Happens
September 2022

Did you know that scientists question the existence of the color pink? I hadn’t really been looking for information on the topic of the color pink’s existence, but the internet seems to have many rabbit holes for one to fall into! It is actually quite a fascinating topic – one to tuck away for a potential conversation starter. My take away from the Scientific American article is that I’m quite happy that our brains provide us with the sensation of color, as pink has always been a favorite of mine. When my sisters ...

1. Topsy Turvy is now available as a stand alone pattern in my Etsy Store.

Topsy Turvy in Honeycomb Fabrics

I first made Topsy Turvy using the scraps left over from the Island Batik "Make it Modern" Blog Hop and Challenge.  Many refinements later, making it suitable for 2.5" precut strips, writing and rewriting and then correcting the pattern, Topsy Turvy is now available as a standalone pattern.   

Here are a few more pictures.

Basting and Ironing

This Scrappy September, we want you to raid your fabric stash and sew up something beautiful with all that’s left from your other projects. We quilters end up with lots of leftover fabrics, and that inspired us to get scrappy with our September sewing! This September, why not make a new quilt entirely from scraps?

Kimberly chose some scrap-friendly patterns to work on this year, and we gathered a few more to inspire you. When looking for the perfect pattern to use your leftover fabrics, you’ll want a quilt that calls for small pieces in the fabric requirements ...

Join us for the Scrappiness is Happiness Quilt Along, inspired by Lori Holt’s new book, Scrappiness is Happiness! This quilt along is a little “extra,” as in using your extra fabric to make a scrappy sampler quilt! 

To join the 32-week Scrappiness is Happiness Quilt Along, gather your supplies, organize your scraps, and get ready to start on October 31. Each week we’ll be sewing a block from the book.

Also, be sure to tune in on Friday, August 12, to the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel for a special Livestream and trunk show with guest Lori Holt ...

Bloom
March 2022

This quilt will be donated as part of this year’s Hands2Help Challenge. This year, the challenge is being hosted by Mari over at The Academic Quilter. She will begin the sign-up process soon, so if you’re interested in joining this year’s challenge, check out her blog.

The backing fabric, shown here, is a Mary Engelbreit design from 2001, and has been living in my stash for about ten years now. I think the fabric is super cute, but every time I considered using it in a quilt, I was not sure how to cut ...

Scooter & Tod

I have donated these two recently finished scrappy quilts to my grandkids elementary school for a silent auction that will raise money for school programs. If you are interested in bidding on either of these baby quilts, you can bid on Scooter (airplane) here, and Tod (fox) here.

Each quilt measures 40″x40″ and is made from 100% cotton outer, with 80/20 cotton/poly batting, machine pieced and quilted.

The auction is open from March 11-19, 2022.