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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

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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.

French braid, log cabin, Irish chain, etc. can be made. You may have to add lots of background fabrics. Is the fabric prints? Is it pretty or not?? Good luck.

I was thinking about trying a braid.

The fabrics are prints--but things like Frozen themed, Emoji faces, unicorns, rainbows, and other medium to large prints where I don't really want to be cutting characters heads off type of thing. I am thinking that the block quilt would be the best idea--it would maintain the fussy cuts that it appears this person did, and use them as is with minimal trimming. I would just have to find a couple coordinating fabrics to add.

Great idea --I think this will be the best idea to use them. I will need to find some coordinating fabric, but I can use a solid. As I posted to another--they are medium prints with things like Frozen themed with Elsa, Anna, Olaf....then some unicorns, rainbows, Emoji fabric---so I really don't want to be cutting off characters heads.