Well...I just completed my first ever quilt. I used things I already had, not all of it was so much scraps, but finds. Like from garage sales, leftover yardage from clothes for the girls, the back I used yardage I got at a garage sale for 50 cents (like 8 yards for 50 cents.) The hand embroidery was done with leftover candlewicking thread. The yarn I used to tie was leftover from my youngest daughter's afghan. The actual squares of embroidery were another garage sale find. I bought a box of craft stuff (huge box) for $1. An elderly lady had decided to teach herself to embroider and was doing so by hot iron transfer on an old sheet she had. She had passed away before she had gotten all of them done. I took her work out of a couple of them, so I could do them all in redwork. The floral fabric, scraps from a summer dress for one of the girls. For the batting I used one of Alicia's flannel baby blankets. The eyelet around the edge also a garage sale find...10 yards for $2. I did it smallish because I plan to donate it to the NICU preemie ward at a local hospital. Its my thank you to the Power's that be for blessing me with healthy children and supplying me with the things I need to care for them, and the skill to make them the things I can't afford to buy them.
Remember, this is my firstest completed quilt ever, so I'm kinda glad my camera is a little fuzzy LOL