scrap quilt question
 

I've made over 300 quilts and only about 4 scrappy. I LOVE scrappy and you must guess I have ALOT of scraps.
what's the easiest, and nice looking pattern.
what's your favorite pattern.
what sizes do you use most (cut up that is)
thanks for all your help

Bonnie Hunter is the "queen" of scrappy quilts. This is a link to her scrap users system....check it out~ http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/...rs-system.html

I like 4-patches. You can do a lot with them. I also like 9-patches.

I like 9 patches, 2.5 " squares. I feel like 9 patch blocks have so much potential for variety in the layouts, or with the addition of some hst in strategic places of the 9 patch.

I also like using scraps in log cabins, and I use fairly thin logs, under 2" there. I've been known to piece my logs in a log cabin, making it even more scrappy.

Snow balls can use up some small scraps too. I just used the 2"off cuts from another project to snowball a bunch of 4 inch solid squares, and alternated them with traditional 9 patches, for a real scrap buster.

I really like the Boxy stars pattern. Have a look here http://quiltville.blogspot.ca/2005/06/boxy-stars.html

I like "string" scrap quilts. No set pattern, just sewing strips or varying widths together, cut to block size and arrange in pattern that suits you.

Anita

Log cabins. Lots of ways to arrange the blocks. I cut my strips 1.5" for a 1" finished log. The smaller the pieces, the better they all blend together.

I like Jacobs ladder, simple Irish chain, and string quilts

The first Bonnie Hunter quilt I did was Bricks and Stepping Stones. I love that pattern. I just realized that the first 3 patterns listed on Bonnie's website are the three mentioned here. :-)

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/bricks-stepping-stones.html

I agree .. Log cabin is my "go to " for scrappy with 1.5 cut strips .

I love Bonnie Hunter's "Star Struck." It is one of the few patterns I have made more than once.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2005/06/star-struck.html

I'm also a huge fan of Judy Martin, but I think Bonnie Hunter's designs are more strip-friendly.

I like most scrappy quilts. The patterns I have made most often are Vestibule, which I prefer to call corner star, and a form of scrappy in which I begin each block with a foundation (usually a batting scrap) and a fussy cut theme print, such as an animal print, then add to that with the sew 'n flip method. For Corner Star, I generally use muslin squares to make the star points.

The first one I showed here is a foundation one which starts with orphan blocks and bits that didn't work elsewhere.

I did a few scrappy quilts this year that I love the results of.
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Snowballs and 9 patches with applique dresses for niece # 1
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Snowballs and HST 4 patch with butterfly applique for niece #2

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Eye Fooler for me !

Slightlyoff-- I love all 3 you pictured here. Very fun scrap quilts.

thanks everyone. will go ckout the sites now. love those scrappy quilts that you took the time to show me, much appreciated. off to see what i'm going to do.

Lately I've been doing string piecing. I've worked on 2, one with batiks, one with non-batiks. Doing the first block, I was piecing diagonally on a foundation fabric. It stretched, so I'm adding left over phone book pages to the bottom of the block to keep them from stretching.

I've seen others work on string piecing a star on a foundation. The corner that becomes the star is all the same size and fabric,then the rest is just string pieced. And others working on a block with string piecing on the straight of grain (don't need foundation fabric for this), then place 2 pieces with right sides together, with stripes going perpendicular to each other, sew around the outside, then cut on both diagonals. Arrange the blocks as you wish.

I also have a bunch of bonus half square triangles left over from making snow ball blocks. Don't know the size of them. And I was cutting some scraps into equilateral triangles to use in a border.

I think most people use 2" or 2.5" strips/blocks, but I prefer making larger blocks,so I often do 3.5" strips or blocks.

thanks for the heads up on the stretching. lesson learned for me by you.
love all the quilts everyone is showing

Depending on the pattern you choose, a half square triangle border looks great scrappy. Especially if you choose to mix light and dark variations of the same color.

Here are a few from Quiltmaker's Pinterest board on Scrap Quilts http://www.pinterest.com/quiltmakermag/scrap-quilts/

Me too!! Looks beautiful when done.

My fav to use up scraps is the bento box pattern. I cut up all unused left overs from projects into 2 1/2" strips.

Look up Jacobs Ladder, Hunters Star, Path Through the woods, Ocean Waves, Triple Irish Chain, Ohio Star, just to name a few.

When starting a scrappy, I pull all my largest scraps between 5" up to a FQ and find a pattern that uses a large block that use a big square or HST in it. From the left overs, smaller bits and strips or leaders and enders, make small HSTs or 4P. Put them together in what ever fashion you want.

My main objective is to start with the larger scraps and work down to smaller on ones.

Path Through the Woods
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Have fun searching for patterns right here on the QB and keep us up updated on what you choose to do first.
peace

EDIT: To Slightlyoffquilter, Post#14: Great quilts!

QM, post #13: Also great scrappy quilts, Love the star sashing!

ditto to Dunster. We have made TONS of scrappy Log Cabins (quilts and tops) in all sizes, they look great.

Here is one. Logs start out 1" wide before sewing on this one. Sorry the colors are off in the photo.

I'm going to suggest Bonnie Hunter also. Love the Scrappy Trips on her site. I've done several and they are such fun to do. I am doing Ocean Waves now and it is tiny hst and I love it! Also love log cabins and strings. I do my strings on doodle pads from the $ store. Pulpy and breaks right off.

A good way to get rid of scraps (and if you like English Paper Piecing) are several of Sue Daleys designs. Pie and Tarts uses hundreds of scraps. I've also always wanted to try a picture quilt ...I've never done one, but I think you take a favorite picture, then I would blow it up to about 1/2 the size of the finished quilt, put 1/2" grid on it, and then take each of those grid colors and find a corresponding fabric to match it (fabrics cut at 1 1/2" for a 1" finished quilt). I think this type of quilt would take 1000s of different fabrics!

Be sure to come and join us on Quilt Boards own thread on scrap quilts, over 1800 posts.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/member-...b-t207686.html

scrap quilt question
 

I cut scraps of batting and squares of backing and make quilt as you go string quilts. Sew sashing between blocks. Sashing is made with 1 inch strips on back and 2 inch folded strips on front. This way everything is done on machine

ube quilting - I like that idea - very nice! :-)

Marysewfun

I also like nine patch. I use a solved sudoku puzzle to help with the layout of each block.

I made Cascade Quilts's "Carpenter Star". It is a great tutorial and turns out great. They show a quilt on their site that uses scraps.

I'm confused. I wish I had more light fabs, then i'd do a log cabin or a rail fence. mot of my fabs are all medium values. i'm going to go look at some of the sites you mentioned, thank you

I like the bonnie hunter bricks and stepping stones. Comes out beautiful.

A Log Cabin with mediums vs. darks would look fabulous IMO.

I have 2 that I go back to Old English tile By Klaudeen Hansen and Wonder Blocks by Terry Martin in the wonder blocks your pieces can go as small as one and a half in.

I don't want toworkwith super tiny pcs. i'm also making a crumb quilt.
I kinda want to keep with the strips lengths I have. trying to make this easy and enjoyable. last night took the strips that were less than 2 1/2" and made fabric of them for a third scrap quilt. when i'm done, i'll have a crumb, string and 2 1/2" strip quilt. I hope.

Another idea if you like to do string quilts is a Spiderweb. Every width strip you can find can be used and just pick one great fabric in your favorite color for the background. This is one of the easiest quilts I ever made and was fun as I watched it grow.
peace

You had me at 300 quilts! What was the question, now? Wow!!

sandy

I like a Log Cabin with lots of scraps.