Scrappy Random Rail Fence pattern from Pinterest
 

I am a scrappy quilter and have been quilting for a lot of years. Ten years ago, I joined a quilt ministry where my group makes baby quilts for the Special Care Nursery at Highland Hospital in Rochester, NY. I make about 40 baby quilts a year so needless to say I have boxes and bags of scraps everywhere in my quilt studio (left-over binding being the most plenniful).....and the scraps just keep piling up. Then I saw this post on Pinterest:
http://quispamsisquilter.blogspot.co...nce-block.html

The post has been on-line since 2011 but this is the first I've seen it. It interested me because it uses 2 1/2" strips.....and when you finish, you have a block measuring 12"X12".....you actually use up 2 yards of fabric strips to make one block. I've tried scrap buster patterns before but this is the only one that has made a very obvious dent in my scraps. I've been at it for a month....organizing my scraps by color and making blocks in colorways (blue, green, red, pink, purple, brown,turquois, yellow, etc.). I have about 100 blocks made (making the block is just straight sewing, so you can chain-piece) and when I get all my colorways done, I'm going to start assembling them into quilt tops. It should go quickly since the blocks are so large. Click on the link and see for yourself. It really is easy

I made a quilt using this pattern. I called it Scrap Vomit...lol. It's ready to be quilted and gifted to my very tall nephew!

What a great way to make a dent in your stash.

Now I can see how to use up those leftovers! Thanks for the info

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been trying to use up my scraps and they seem to be growing instead. I have a bunch of strips and I will have to get started sewing.

Mary

Definitely a post to my "favorites"... what a great, fun, easy block for charity quilts or a quick finish. Thank you for sharing the tutorial.

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto:)

I love this.....thanks for posting!

What another great way to stop scraps from overpowering the world! This one looks like fun! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much for this link. Her ideas are great--I have lots of scraps that need to be used up. This looks great to add some order to random or unrelated fabrics. Can't wait to try some! Thanks again!

This makes more sense about random. thanks for sharing the link.

Thank you for this info. That is a great way to use up scraps without making more scraps. I see several scrappy quilts in my future! It is a project you can relax & do without much thought too. After some projects that is what we need. Some mindless sewing! Sounds fun!

I keep all little scraps of strips under 6 inches long, separated by size, in the top drawer of my sewing desk, and when I need to relax, I sew and roll them like a honey bun. I use them to create fabric for small projects. I make the fabric using the "1600 quilt style". Looks like I worked hard with the pieceing, and makes instant crazy patches. Best of all, the rolls can just keep growing until I need it. You could even do them as "leaders and enders".

I also just found this pattern in the last couple of weeks and have started to sew my scraps together.

What a great tut. Thanks for sharing

Great idea:thumbup:

Great idea! Thanks for passing on the info. What i'd really like is to see a picture of one of your quilts. Please! :)

Thanks for the link - looks great

Thank you for posting this for us, it's just what I needed to start taming my scraps!