Scrappy patchwork

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…

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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...

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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 still trying to work through my scraps. I know I've mentioned it before, but I am trying to get rid of all my scraps. Haha, sounds ambitious-- and it is! This is one of the fastest and easiest ways to work through strips of scraps. I made a blue one a couple years ago and like it so much I make a colorful one. (I explained my method in this post, or send me an email and I'll try to help). There's minimal quilting in this one. I sewed in the ditch along each row horizontally and then…

So having finished my latest Dropcloth sampler, and with no quilts to bind, I needed a handwork project to work on during QuiltCon lectur...

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