Scrap Quilts & Projects

I discovered a box full of scraps that I had totally forgotten about since we moved into our current home 9 years ago!!! My original thought was to cut all these scraps up into 10" squares, 5" strips, 5" squares, 2 1/2" strips or 2 1/2" squares, in that order, as I usually do with scraps.

Then I ran across this video ⤵️ and changed my mind! I decided to try Tracy's method from The Sewing Channel and make a scrap quilt out of them!!!

Quilt Info #1:

Size: 61" x 80"

Batting: Quilters Dream "frankenbatting"

Thread: Glide--Tar Heel

Pantograph: Diamond Dance ⤵️ from The Quilting Mill

I tried out this quilting pattern in prep for another quilt coming to my longarm studio soon!⤵️ It's a neat open, modern quilting design!!!

Interesting Info: Working with these fabrics was like visiting with an old friend! I remember where I bought many of them and/or what quilt I used them in! If you're a quilter, you know!!!

I recently watched a video where a quilter described a "scrap quilt" as, "not random, not mayhem, but a collection of 12-15 fabrics that have a certain feel, color story and vibe." Okay, I think this quilt qualifies as "mayhem"!!! I used whatever came out of that box, although I tried to color coordinate within the blocks!

I pieced together a back for this scrappy quilt from leftover scraps of other quilt backs.⤵️

Finishing at 61" x 80" makes this quilt a good size for a charity. I hope whoever gets it looks past the "mayhem", and enjoys the beauty of the many fabrics!

Quilt Info #2 & #3:

Pattern: Bricks

Size: 38" x 48"

Batting: Quilters Dream 80/20

Thread: Glide--Pink & Graphite (Blue)

Pantograph: Flower Power's Cousin ⤵️ from My Creative Stitches

My typical method of acquiring new pantographs is, I see a quilt on Instagram, on a blog or in a newsletter that's quilted in a way that I love, and I look into that pantograph, maybe buying it. I first saw this one on the new Teddy Bear Paw Quilt Pattern from Holly Clark Design--the second photo in. Adorbs!!!

Interesting Info: There was a stack of pastel plaid strips ⤵️ in the above mentioned scrap box. I measured the smallest scrap and figured out the largest brick shape I could cut from it, and cut them all that size--4 1/2" x 8".

Being pastels, I decided to make these into 2 baby quilts, one with a pink backing and one with a blue backing.⤵️

I love how this pantograph looks on these two quilts! They're in the "to gift" stack now.

These name tags (two photos down ⤵️) did not come out of the above mentioned scrap box! But they are from the scrap heap--namely the selvage scrap heap! My quilt friend, Lynn, has made 120 charity quilt tops so far this year! She saves all the selvages for me--cut at 1" wide. I crochet them into rugs--see rug instructions here. I just finished rug #7!!!⤵️

I noticed on Instagram earlier this year that a lot of quilters were making selvage name tags to wear at Quilt Con. With that big heap of selvages, I decided to make one for myself and my closest quilt friends, even though we didn't go to Quilt Con! Halfsquarehannah, who started this craze, made an instruction reel on Instagram, here: halfsquarehannah.

I ran across another scrap activity on Linda's blog @ FlorishingPalms--fabric twine! This is a handy activity for skinny strips--I used 1" strips, and a great project for car rides! You can read more about it on Linda's blog. Start with two strips, and, basically: twist right, cross left. A great scrap project!!! I'll use my fabric twine for tying up packages, and just for decoration!!!

This is how I used up some of my scraps! They didn't all get used up, but what was left got passed along to my charity quilter friend, Lynn, who uses them as accent strips. Here's an example of a quilt top she made, with scrappy accent strips, for Lutheran World Relief:

Got some scraps? Try any one of these projects!!! Or all of them! Recommended!!!

Grace and peace!!! ~Nancy

Check out the quilt inspiration at: Patchwork & Quilts, Oh Scrap, Monday Makings, Sew & Tell, Design Wall Monday, Monday Musings, Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss, Needle & Thread Thursday.