Let's talk about scraps . . . We all know if you make quilts . . . you are going to make Scraps!!! So what to do with them all. Well, I like to sort them by color, but then they just seem to languish in my scrap buckets. Step in Emily Bailey's Scrap Quilts Book!!! Every piece must go with this practical guide to quilt making by using even the tiniest pieces of scrap fabric from your stash. The book includes 15 patterns from full size quilts to smaller quick makes like totes. And has a great zero waste guide to patchwork and quilting so you can actually get to turning your scraps into beautiful finished makes!!
This is one of my favorites from the book!!! It is called the Good Night Irene quilt and uses crazy patch piecing to make small scraps into larger scraps, and then A Hexagon Cut (which you can use your AccuQuilt Die, so smart of Emily!!) to make this fun Scrappy Grandmother's Garden quilt!!! So on my list to make!!!
And since Emily is a wonderful friend, and it is a wonderful time for giving . . . Emily has shared 2 copies of her Scrap Quilts books for me to share with my Happy Quilting readers!!!
To enter for your chance to win a Scrap Quilts book just simply leave me a comment on how big is your scrap stash?? That's it, super simple ;)
Good Luck and Happy (Scrappy) Quilting!!
I have an Under-the-bed bin filledwith scraps
ReplyDeleteI HAVE BINS OF SCRAPS ASSORTED BY COLOR. I’M AFRAID TO COUNT THEM. ACTUALLY I HAVE FABRIC IN 3 ROOMS IN MY HOUSE. IT MULTIPLIES DESPITE MY EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE PILE.
ReplyDeleteScraps, scraps and more scraps. I have more scraps than a jumbo bag of M&M’s. Seems like every time I use up a scrap stash, it multiples. I guess this is the unexpected fun part of being a quilter. I recently used scraps and orphan blocks to make adult bibs for Hospice. They were so cute and practical too.
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I have a couple of sets of plastic drawers that I have sorted by color and squares/strips, along with a few 12x12 ArtBin boxes with bigger scraps. Looking forward to using more of them this year!
ReplyDeletePlastic bin for each color, plus 2 boxes labeled "large chunks". Scraps everywhere!
ReplyDelete7 bins full and counting. 🫣 Lol!
ReplyDeleteI use 10 diaper boxes from 20 years ago. They are each labeled with a color.
ReplyDeleteMy tiny scraps are sorted dark, medium and light in three boxes. My larger scraps are sorted by color in bins. Overall, I probably have 10 bins of scrappy fabric, about 15% of my total fabric storage, as I also sew clothes.
ReplyDeleteI have 4 large totes full of scraps (anything smaller than a fat quarter). Yikes!
ReplyDeleteI have about 5 4-drawer stacks sorted by color or shape! too many...Pamela
ReplyDeleteI have lots but need more!
ReplyDeleteI have a few bins of scraps. I need this book! tljeo at yahoo dot com
ReplyDeleteI have 2 bins and recently gave away 2 bins.
ReplyDeleteDoes three brown grocery bags of scraps count? So not much right
ReplyDeleteLet's see, I have two large bins for strings, many containers by color for fat quarters and smaller, bins of strips and squares by size and then random bags of crumbs. And then there's the containers that need to be organized! I'm definitely scrap happy, lol!
ReplyDeleteLove that scrap quilt- so reminds me of being young and my Grandma making hexagons! Scraps- 🎵I have had a few, but then again 🎶
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DeleteVeronica B. @ quiltingmannequines@yahoo.com. I love scraps and my Accuquilt dies! I have a plastic bin for each color family. ❤️
ReplyDeleteI have scraps sorted by color in those plastic bins that interlock; reproduction scraps in another; cupboard filled with fat quarters by color; many bins under the cutting table more bins with half-finished projects (my priority this year!)and more.
ReplyDeleteHow much is too much? I might qualify!
ReplyDeleteScraps are cut into 2.5 x 2.5 or 2.5 x 5. Bigger pieces are kept with the FQs
ReplyDeleteI have several plastic drawers of scraps!
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