kyrose

I have been doing several scrappy quilts this year. The first time is when my guild wanted to do a jelly roll race. I had more than enough 2.5 strips to choose from and was happy to find a use for them. I was left with a lot of 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 inch strips. Since then I have made 2 full size scrappy quilts. Since they are scrappy, I kept them, but since then I have had some people asking if I could make them one. To make the scrappy quilts, I sew the strips end to end. I find using a tote bag that will stand up great for collecting the sewed strips. I have one for each size. Then measure the top of the bed, add overhang width to the sides and one end. If you plan to add borders. subtract the border width you plan to use. This will give you the size of the top minus the border. Cut one strip the width you just calculated. Sew the strip to the strip you have in your tote. Cut when you reach the end. Pull the sewn strip toward you until you reach the beginning and repeat. I find it easier to do this in 12 inch sections and then sew the sections together. Since I didn't have enough of one size strip for the second quilt, I alternated the 1.2, 2, 2.5 inch strips. I am currently making a scrappy log cabin. I divided my 1.5 inch strips into dark, medium, light and red. I am using the red for the center block. I put the medium color aside and just use the dark and light. So far I have like what I have sewn. In the picture you can see that I used various lengths of strips (2 inches and up). I find that sewing scrappy strips is relaxing since it's just straight sewing.