Scrap strip quilts

I have a collection of skinny strips of leftover batting, and I know I am not alone. At about 2 inches wide they are too small individual...

Looking for scrappy strip quilt patterns? Here ya go! The first question would be - got scraps?! I bet you do!

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

Hi, all! May! The lovely month of May has arrived, with beautiful springtime weather to enjoy and the end of this year's Hands2Help Chall...

Welcome to "part 2" of the current scrapbusting project. I started this while sick, thinking that the mindless chain-piecing of the scr...

I'm all about saving time and money. When I first heard of chain-piecing, I really latched onto it. I discovered that not only did it prevent the little bird's nest knot on the underside of the fabric when starting and that it saved thread, (Have you ever noticed how much thread is thrown away as you sew? You could stuff a doll with it!), but it also kept a whole line of pieces together so I didn't have to get up and down as much as I was sewing. I could get into my groove and go. I then…

From fabric hamburger.... to rainbow sandwiches..... to Scrappy Sandwich blocks! Here's how I make them..... STEP 1: Making the scrappy strips The scrappy strips are made from a variety of scraps.... Each scrap is at least 3 and 1/2" long, and any width from 3/4" to about 2". Try for a variety of widths to give the blocks interest. Continue adding strips until each set is 3 and 1/2" in width and 10 and 1/2 " in length, trimming if necessary. Then. white strips- 1 and 1/2" by 10 1/2" are sewn…

Scrappy Broken Dishes Quilt – Antique Inspired Hello Dear Friends and Readers, Reflecting on antique Dutch quilts, I will immediately think of stars, hourglass, tumbling blocks and broken dishes in the quilt designs. Of course there are others too, but this is what comes to mind for me. The appeal is timeless and the beauty of … Continue reading Scrappy Broken Dishes Quilt – Antique Inspired →

Hello hello! I've been lucky enough to have had the chance to play with Tilda's new fabric range Harvest over the past few weeks. It's such a pretty collection of colours and prints and today's the day I get to share what I've been making as part of the Blog Hop 2 Green

(Edited to add: see the finished quilts HERE) Back in January I cut my string scraps that were less than 2.5" down to a uniform width of 1.5". Since then they've been aging in a couple of large ziploc bags. This weekend I decided the time had come to do something with those scraps! As many scrap quilts have made I remain amazed by how many quilts can hide in a scrap bin. Scraps are irresistible to me. Much more so than yardage. I had an idea in my head for what I wanted to do with these…

Strip piecing quilts can save time and money. Top US blogger Amy Smart shares tips to accurately cut and piece fabric for fast quilt blocks.

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Perfect for scrap quilts and themed quilting projects, string quilts can be made using an easy, freehand version of foundation piecing.

Let's make a Strata Quilt! Cut strips 1.25" wide from interesting fabrics in your stash. Sew the ends together so you have 55" lengths. Then sew these strips together. Make a block about 6" x 55." Enter your name in the drawing once for each block entered. Helpful tip: After sewing a long seam, press before opening. This "sets the seam" and makes it easy to keep the seam straight when you press it open. Otherwise it can get a little curvy. This quilt was made by readers of the Selvage Blog…

Learn how to make a string quilt using leftover strips from your stash. If you have strips of fabric that are either from a collection (think jelly roll) or from scraps, the string quilt is

Here is another quick and easy to make 'quilt as you go' block and it is the second in our series of QAYG blocks. (You can find the first QAYG block here.) I really love playing around with my scrap fabric to see what I can make. You can make an assortment of different types and sew them all together into a quilt or you can sew them into table runners and cushion covers. But whatever you decide to do, these quilt blocks will help you to use up your fabric stash, and that's always a plus. And…

We are on the last part of the Grand Canal Scrap quilt tutorials - the border. The only thing you need is for your mind to be flexible - you can make those scraps work! These pixs show different fabric but it is exactly how I make these scrap borders. Time to gather your scraps. I like the width of 2.5" since I have a ruler that size. I have done this method with a 1.5" measurement as well. Pick a width that works best with your size scraps. Lay your fabric any which way until you can cut…