Scrappy Random Rail Fence pattern from Pinterest
 

I am a scrappy quilter and have been quilting for a lot of years. Ten years ago, I joined a quilt ministry where my group makes baby quilts for the Special Care Nursery at Highland Hospital in Rochester, NY. I make about 40 baby quilts a year so needless to say I have boxes and bags of scraps everywhere in my quilt studio (left-over binding being the most plenniful).....and the scraps just keep piling up. Then I saw this post on Pinterest:
http://quispamsisquilter.blogspot.co...nce-block.html

The post has been on-line since 2011 but this is the first I've seen it. It interested me because it uses 2 1/2" strips.....and when you finish, you have a block measuring 12"X12".....you actually use up 2 yards of fabric strips to make one block. I've tried scrap buster patterns before but this is the only one that has made a very obvious dent in my scraps. I've been at it for a month....organizing my scraps by color and making blocks in colorways (blue, green, red, pink, purple, brown,turquois, yellow, etc.). I have about 100 blocks made (making the block is just straight sewing, so you can chain-piece) and when I get all my colorways done, I'm going to start assembling them into quilt tops. It should go quickly since the blocks are so large. Click on the link and see for yourself. It really is easy

I made a quilt using this pattern. I called it Scrap Vomit...lol. It's ready to be quilted and gifted to my very tall nephew!

What a great way to make a dent in your stash.

Now I can see how to use up those leftovers! Thanks for the info

Thank you, thank you, thank you. I have been trying to use up my scraps and they seem to be growing instead. I have a bunch of strips and I will have to get started sewing.

Mary

Definitely a post to my "favorites"... what a great, fun, easy block for charity quilts or a quick finish. Thank you for sharing the tutorial.

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto:)

I love this.....thanks for posting!

What another great way to stop scraps from overpowering the world! This one looks like fun! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks so much for this link. Her ideas are great--I have lots of scraps that need to be used up. This looks great to add some order to random or unrelated fabrics. Can't wait to try some! Thanks again!