Austinite

So I've made scrappy before, it's one of my all time favorites but never "crazy" always 6" blocks or D9P or breadcrumb. I have tons of scraps from making quilts for special little ones in my life and this particular fabric was very expensive so I want to use every scrap I can to make a quilt for my son. I've got little triangles that are 2", up to larger nearly fat quarters size but oddly shaped, even some strings. Is the best way to go about it to do the "sew to a sheet" method or just start stitching together randomly? Out of my element here and a bit excited but nervous lol. .

KalamaQuilts

maybe you'd like crumb quilting? Fabric good to the last stith?
http://quiltville.com/crumbspf.html

some crumb quilt images
https://www.google.com/search?q=crum...w=1366&bih=638

because of all the fabric that will go into a block, I'd use phone book paper, or tissue, something I could take off once the block was made and trimmed to size. To reduce weight.

quiltsRfun

Here are some of my random scrappy blocks. I just start sewing pieces together. Then press and trim so all sides are straight. Sew some more, press and trim until they're a bit bigger than the size block I want. Then trim to size. My blocks are 8-1/2 inches because I have a ruler that size which makes for easy squaring up. One thing I've learned with this technique - starch is your best friend. With all those random seams going every which way it really helps.

Austinite

Thanks to both of you! I was thinking I had to get an old bedsheet and start stitching onto it, for some silly reason it didn't occur to me that I could make blocks and use all my little pieces in them . That makes less bulk to shift around while piecing.

lynnie

i did a crumb quilt 4" blocks. most had about 5-7 pieces. one had 16. i used every bit of a favorite fabric.

Austinite

That's great lynnie, I love the idea of wasting almost nothing

sewbizgirl

You could make crumb blocks and alternate them with the same size blocks cut from some of the FQs.

Jane Quilter

I make crumb blocks on wash away stabilizer, then soak in water to remove. Crumb blocks are so busy with all those little pieces, that I alternate these blocks with some simple blocks like a snowball block of muslin, or just plain muslin.

Sandygirl

Creative Grids rulers have 2 "scrap crazy" rulers.
sandy

rryder

I make crumb blocks by just sewing together bits an straightening edges as needed in order to add more crumbs. Then I trim them to whatever size I need or whatever size gives me the most interesting block. I tend to put them into modern settings using solid fabrics for fill strips and that way I don't have to make my crumb blocks all the same size.

Rob