scrap quilt question
#11
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#12
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.
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.
#13
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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.
The first one I showed here is a foundation one which starts with orphan blocks and bits that didn't work elsewhere.
Last edited by QM; 12-20-2013 at 08:07 PM.
#14
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 !
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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 !
#17
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.
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.
#20
Here are a few from Quiltmaker's Pinterest board on Scrap Quilts http://www.pinterest.com/quiltmakermag/scrap-quilts/
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