Scrap patterns requested please
 

In two days, I spent a total of 20 hours Reorganizing my yardage. Of course, found odd pieces and some "new to me" fabric{?}

Next step is to tackle scraps that are hiding in various containers. I know how I'm going to store them...trim to 2.5, 5, 10-inch squares.

Problem is patterns. Could you guys please send me links to scrap patterns or images of patterns you've used to attack your scrap pile?

Finish my coffee, change the blade, and get back to work. OH, and turn on Downton Abby.

When I first started quilting, I did not appreciate scrappy projects. Often because they were indeed scraps and you made what you could with what you had and design sense didn't make much difference.

When the book Scrap Quilts by Judy Martin came out, it really changed my view and began to define what it is I do in quilting. This was back in the days of templates, even for things like log cabin quilts. But it showed me what was possible by fabric selection. Why use one blue when you can use 6?
https://www.amazon.com/Scrap-Quilts-.../dp/096029709X

You can be wild and free, or very organized and controlled and still be scrappy. One of the easier ways is to make the same blocks but with different fabrics and/or color placements.

A lot of us have albums associated with our profiles, it has been awhile since I updated mine, but you can look, especially in my "unfinished" album. But lots of scrappy projects. I think really that I work more with "collections" than scraps.
https://www.quiltingboard.com/member...bums20314.html
(you have to be logged in to see the albums)

Bonnie Hunter has a very busy scrappy style, you either love or hate. My big thing is I don't think a queen sized project needs anything smaller than 2" finished -- and Bonnie goes under that -- which might be perfect for your scraps! You can spend days wandering through the various sections of her website. Here's one place to start:
https://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/free-patterns.html

Each year on the boards here we have a thread on the Bonnie Hunter Mystery -- I have volunteered to start up the thread again if no one else wants to. She gives out backstory and color sections/yardage on Halloween, the mystery itself runs from Black Friday (day after Thanksgiving) to about mid-January. Is a busy time for many, but I like having something to do in the dark days of winter even if I moan and groan while doing it. Is so much fun having other people to share the ups and downs.

There are 5 albums of scrappy quilts in the board's gallery. Here's a link to the menu that you can use to get to all the albums:
https://www.quiltingboard.com/pictur...z-t309139.html

Love the scrap gallery...TSM!!!

Check https://maryquilts.com/. She has a lot of patterns for scrap quilts.
They are a lot easier than Bonnie's quilts if you want to go that way.

TU to all the info you guys provided. . I now have lots of quilts to look at and now decide which one will be the first to make.

@Julienm1 Recommendation! ... Before you start cutting ....
... find a pattern that you want to make. If you have a humongous bunch of scraps, then choose two or three patterns. Ideally, all of the patterns need the same size of pieces, so that what you don't use in one, it's ready for the next!

There's no sense in cutting into 2.5" squares if your pattern(s) calls for 3"HSTs.
Or the pattern calls for 2.5" strips.
.... and so on for other shapes/sizes.

Good Luck! We'll all be looking forward to your creation!

Don't forget to check the tutorial section here on the board. There are many scrappy patterns for quilts in there that might fit the bill for you.

Also check out Bonnie Hunters blog and 'Quiltville.com". I think all of her quilts are scrappy, and lots of free patterns.

I bought a great book a few years ago - The Big Book of Scrap Quilts. It has the "potato chip" block quilt (by another name) and many other nice quilts, some easy, some harder.

Quilted Twins has a lot of free quilt patterns and I just finished one called Trail Mix though I don't think that pattern is still on their website. Then there is always Bonnie Hunter's site as she's all about scraps and how to deal with them.

I also have a top called Rick Rack but don't know where I found that pattern but used a bunch of my scraps for that one also.

Good luck on using your scraps.

I have these scrappy quilt patterns on my to-do list:

1. https://patchwork-quilting.co.uk/202...allenge-quilt/
2. https://www.devotedquilter.com/2019/...-tutorial.html
3. https://cluckclucksew.com/2013/06/fi...d-pattern.html

I love the scrap gallery, too. I've made several quilts from pics there. The one I'm working on now is based on MSQC's Connected Stars. It's really fun!

I'm sorry, but while I've made a lot of scrappy quilts I don't have any patterns. Mine are mostly made from pics.

I just finished this St Louis 16 patch found on My Last Homely House YouTube channel. It was fun, fast and made completely from scrap 2 1/2” strips. I need to make a lot more to whittle down that scrap pile though.

Hey scrap quilting folks, remember the thread Grammy Dwynne (I think that was her name) started? I think it was called Scrappy Quilt Show Right Here Right Now or something like that? I got piles of ideas off of that thread.

Before I get all about zen and the art of quilting -- I want to take a moment to appreciate our fellow quilters. I get so much energy and ideas from you all that I don't even buy any magazines for the most part. A very talented group of people, and I enjoy seeing the current projects and trends from your pictures and work!

TL;DR -- For my projects or others, we can help you with the names/patterns or construction techniques once you pick something you like and want to do. Sometimes (depending on the scraps) it can be easy to follow a pattern. Other times, not so much.

Or, if you want, you can take pictures of what you have and see if that tickles a "what would I do with that" response.

It can be a hard/big step for modern quilters to break away from following a pattern or design or class, much less making significant changes to the fabric selections -- just changing from says 30s prints to batiks can really change something. From going from the model of "I need 3 yards of this and half a yard of that" to "this is what I have" and "this is what I want to achieve". And then when you add in the amount of Chaos scraps can bring in -- it can be really hard to let yourself go and just put stuff together. Or to not do that and carefully control your results.

Do you have a guild or a couple of either local or postal friends where you can do a block exchange of some sort? That can be a good way to work into scrappy projects.

Some of my projects can be harder to appreciate than others -- but that's ok, I'm enjoying myself and sometimes I'm teaching myself things, or I'm using unwanted things to make something wanted. I feel art should be able to stand alone, but some things need back story -- and a lot of my quilts have story. That's all part of quilting for me.

What she said! LOL

I have found that I love scrappy quilt making! It takes the guilt out of purchasing pretty fabric that has no current use planned! I am a "controlled" scrappy quilter, but I am getting better!! I Love Lena's quilt!