What is your favorite pattern when using scraps?
 

This year I want to use up some of my scraps. I'm interested in knowing what is your go to pattern using scraps or a scrappy quilt on your bucket list. Thanks for your ideas.

Log cabin is a good one that I like, or a string quilt. Four patch, or nine patch are also ones I've made scrappy.

I am in agreement ... Log cabin is by far my favorite for scraps.

I love making string quilts--low stress, great results.

I make a bunch of half square triangles (one side darker than the other or a single light with scrappy darks) and then play with them. There are soooo many patterns for HST that I can play -- Carpenters Star, stars in general, ribbon borders or ribbon stripes,.....

Irregular and small cuts make great crumb blocks.

Some great suggestions!

Mystery quilt ninth is scrappy and starts on Sat. On this board.

Hexagons! Fell in love with hexagons after seeing La Passion quilt.

I'm making a quilt with my scraps using the pattern where nine patches form interlocking rings. I think it's called "Jack's Chain".

I usually don't make the same ones. I go to Bonnie Hunter's site and look thru her free patterns for scrappy quilts. Pattern list is on the right, scroll down a bit:
http://www.quiltville.com/
Or Mary Quilts. Her list is on the left:
http://www.maryquilts.com/

Check out Bonnie Hunters site for free patterns. Her books are good to. I make a lot of scrappies by sewing varying width strips diagonally on paper (muslin) squares and then make up patterns with the finished blocks.

I'm in love with the triple Irish Chain. Nine patches and the other block is a simple design.

Thanks to each of you for your help. Now to the quilt room to decide which one is calling my name.

Log Cabin is my favorite, but..... I have made one "Oh My Gosh" quilt, and would love to make another. I really enjoyed making that quilt!!

Oh my gosh is on my bucket list!

I like log cabins too...quick, easy and you can get very creative with the values. The Oh My Gosh quilt looks like a, "crazy lady challenge," that I may just take on one day...LOL. The other one like that is, Postage Due.

~ Cindy

Quilter's World magazine Spring 2015 just came out with a scrappy spring looking triple irish chain. Would be great using up all those scraps. I tend to lean toward Bonnie Hunter's patterns when it comes to scrappy though.

My very favorite is "sew and flip" for children, using a focus fabric. I go through my scraps and select the colors that I think will go with the focus fabric.

I call this Four Patch Surrounded. The squares can be any size you like.

I just did 5 log cabins all made out of scraps - 4 blocks x 4 and backed them with flannel. They will be used at a retirement home.

This is beautiful.

I really like Patches and Pinwheels by Bonnie Hunter. It uses a tone of little pieces. I hate to waste fabric because it's so expensive. With this pattern you use pieces down to 2 inch squares.

Thank you Paper Princess for the maryquilts site.

Log Cabin is my all time #1 Favorite - closely followed by Bonnie Hunter's Smith Mountain Morning....

I made the Hunter's Star pattern and it was great using my scraps. There are no limits!

I agree....

Anything out of half square triangles. I also love Drunkards Path, particularly if I have some fabrics with quilters gold or very sumptuous pattern.

Shorebird: Where do I locate Smith Mountain Morning pattern by Bonnie Hunter? It is gorgeous and our son lives in VA near the Blue Mountains. They would love it.

It's in one of her books. It is the next book I want to get. ;)

Here:
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2011/...trunkshow.html

Burgoyne Surround in scrappy, I loved making this one!! It was done with solids. Perhaps I should say controlled scrappy, she picked the colors, I cut the squares, shook them into a paper bag and whatever I pulled out, I sewed!
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Strings for me. I keep a basket for the "droppings" and when I get quite a few, I sit down and sew....Mindless and relaxing. I buy the foundation papers at Costco.....the waxed sandwich liners. Cheap and always handy.......I usually make piles of 10 and then pull the papers off in the evenings, watching TV. Doesn't take long and again is mindless and kind of fun!

Scrappy quilt favorites
 

As many members have already stated, I think the Log Cabin is striking when done in scraps. This morning I watched a Missouri Star Quilt Co. video showing how to make a scrappy crazy patch block. That is on my next 'to do' list. I love it. There are many wonderful ideas out there and the only problem is making time to do all the ones I would love to do.

Thanks for the MaryQuilts.com site. Great patterns and ideas. I can't wait to start in on my scraps!

I love making string quilts from my scraps!

I like Log Cabin, String star,Friendship star.... I like to make scrap quilts. This quilt is 9 patch and churn dash blocks. I make quilts for wounded soldiers from Fort Hood army base in Killeen,TX.
Sharon in Texas

I think this one is called the Road to Arkansas I have been saving scraps to make this one for a while.

I am sorry, I saved the picture from a board member and for got to note who made it.

I like Bonnie Hunter's Blue Ridge Beauty quilt. I believe it is in her "Adventures with Leaders & Enders Book. I made mine off center.

Just ordered the MSQC template for crazy quilt and really going to use up some stash there.

I love scrappy quilts! I spent all of 2013 making scrappy quilts. I made 9 of them to give to kids and grandkids for Christmas presents :) Some of the patterns I did included Road to Arkansas, Disappearing nine patch, Log Cabin, X's and O's, a snowball square combined with a nine patch.