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I got a huge box....I mean huge box of leftover fabric from a lady that was making masks. There are hundreds of rectangles that measure 10 x 7.5 inches. The patterns run the 10 inch wide direction. This was the size that the masks would have been made from. I took the fabric in the hopes of making quilts for our local DSS-Foster Care. I have made one quilt--a quilt as you go pattern out of some yardage panels, and 2.5 strips that were in the box.

I want to take the 10 x 7.5 rectangles and do something similar with them. The other blocks were 18 inch prior to assembly of the quilt as you go quilt. The quilt then was 3 blocks wide by 4 blocks long and was about a twin size quilt when completed. The quilt as you go blocks come together quickly--but how do I use these without creating more scraps?

How would you use these rectangles??

I would sew the rectangles together to make a big rectangle block and quilt as you go using the big blocks.

How about laying them out as bricks. You may want to cut them to 5.5 or so by 10.

I was thinking bricks too. Not too much brain work that way and cute.

Someone here put this pattern up the other day and I saved it to my "bucket list" file. It would work for your scraps with the addition of a background.

Watson

if you use the brick layout like shown above, I would cut them at 5x10 and use the 2.5 leftovers for a scrappy binding. or cut them into 7.5" squares and again, you have scrappy binding leftover. could be an easy nine patch.

Watson had the same idea that I had - https://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f...e-t315574.html and instructions can be found at https://www.rachelmhayes.com/single-...-Quilt-Pattern. A couple of other ideas https://decaturish.com/2020/08/avond...atur-hospital/ and http://alyciaquilts.blogspot.com/202...-finished.html

Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.
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Easy Brick Quilt 40 by 52

Here is the link to a free pattern that uses rectangles. The size is up to you!

Do you want easy? Or do you want a French braid? I'm working on my first one, using it as a border. My instructions had me cut 2.5" by 7", but any rectangles will do. I found this pic on Google images.