Modern scrap quilts ideas

With the rising cost of living, there has never been a better time to shop from your own stash. Here are 21 modern scrap quilt patterns to inspire you to pull out your fabric scrap baskets and make a quilt! Scrap quilts patterns leftover fabric; modern scrap quilt patterns; Zero-waste sewing patterns; Craft work with waste material

This winter I'm in a bit of a sewing slump. I've decided instead of buying more fabric--I want to use what I have on hand, but use it differently. I don't have lots of solids, but I do have lots of fabric. Research: I've been gathering photo ideas to build Modern Scrappy Quilts this year. I'm looking for random--unexpected color combinations and simple construction. Here are some quilt photos from Pinterest that caught my eye. This first one I like. Its simple, simple construction. Take an…

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

52 of my favorite modern quilts from QuiltCon 2024.

An emerald green Up and Away quilt with rainbow accents. This modern quilt pattern is quick and easy to sew up and comes with instructions for five sizes: baby, throw, twin, queen and king. The pattern can be used with all fat quarters, all yardage or with a mix of both so that you can make the most of your stash. A great way to use up left over fabric! Pattern available at Bonjour Quilts.

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…

Last Saturday I was honored to be asked to be the guest speaker at the MMQG Super Saturday Sewing event. Why is it super? Well for starters, they gather from 9am to 9pm for 12 hours of non-stop stitching!!!! That's pretty super in my books. It was a lovely day with nice company, good food and great stitching. The event happens upstairs at GJs fabrics so there's always great shopping available too! :-) It's a great space for sewing with loads of natural light!! There were many wonderful…

Schools out and the sun is out. I’ve selected my seven favorite easy quilt patterns that you can sew up while enjoying the summer to its fullest too!

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It’s happened to you too, I’m sure. You’re happily sewing, your mind relaxed, contented and open. Suddenly it strikes you that the scraps of your current work-in-progress are positively perfect fodder for a new idea, and you feel instinctively that it must be.