Scrap patchwork quilts

Transform your fabric scraps into beautiful new scrappy quilts by making string quilts. A tutorial from NewQuilters.com #stringquilts #stringquilttutorial #stringquiltsideas

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…

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...

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…

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

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 …

Crumb fabric? It's made using small fabric scraps of all sizes and shapes to make new fabric for quilting. See how it's done and what it looks like. Brother Innov-is BQ3050. Free Pattern.

Are you all done with your one a day blocks? It's time to assemble your quilt top. Before jumping in, I think it's necessary to state that t...

When I blogged about my scrappy improv blocks , I had several people mention that they were afraid to try it with their own scraps, since th...

From fabric hamburger.... to rainbow sandwiches..... to Scrappy Sandwich blocks! Here's how I make them..... ...