Bonnie Hunter wrote in her “Scrap User’s System” article that our scraps are worth just as much as new yardage from the quilt shop. For me in England, that’s £9.60 per metre, or approximately $14.25 per yard in US dollars. That’s way too much value to toss into the waste basket, and it really gave [...]
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Respecting the Scraps
Posted in Quilting, tagged Bonnie Hunter, crumb blocks, Crumb chaos, Mary Johnson, Mile a Minute blocks, Quilting, Quiltville, Scrap quilting, Sewing on August 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Gran’s Flower Garden on the Design Wall
Posted in Design Wall Monday, Gran's Flower Garden, tagged Design Wall Monday, English paper piecing, Gran's Flower Garden, Quilting, Scrap quilting, Sewing on August 2, 2010 | 6 Comments »
I worked on my Grandmother’s Flower Garden for 15 minutes this morning, according to my new plan. I am feeling very enthusiastic and decided not to wait until 2011! Some of these fabrics are so precious to me. I feel very sentimental about the scraps that bring back lovely memories. ..a blouse that I made [...]
Puss in the Corner blocks for Design Wall Monday
Posted in Design Wall Monday, tagged 5-inch squares, Design Wall Monday, free patterns, HeartStrings Quilt Project, Puss in the Corner block, Quilting, Quilting Arts Forum, Quiltzine, Scrap quilting, Sewing on January 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Last week, I cut lots of 5-inch squares from stash fabrics. I also found a box full of 5-inch charms that I started collecting years ago. This week I am sewing them into Puss in the Corner blocks, which is a quick and easy pattern. Each block uses four 5-inch squares. Since I am using [...]
Plans for the Turquoise (Week 52 Stash Report)
Posted in Stash Reports 2009, tagged Quilting, Scrap quilting, Sewing, stash report on December 27, 2009 | 8 Comments »
This turquoise quilt is going to be a present for my older daughter’s 19th birthday in March. When she was a little girl, this was her favourite colour, and several of these cotton fabrics are scraps from sundresses and shorts outfits that I made for her. I hope it will bring her many happy memories. [...]
Design Wall Turquoise Again
Posted in Design Wall Monday, tagged Design Wall Monday, Quilting, Scrap quilting, Sewing on December 21, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve got eight little Turquoise scraps blocks stitched together now. They are just laid out here on my impromptu design wall. My sewing room is not “accessible” at the moment. Too messy! I’m downsizing a larger pattern (Note: Link updated 30-8-11) and discovered that my maths are wrong, so the blocks are not square. [...]
How to make your own Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilt
Posted in Gran's Flower Garden, Sewing, tagged Gran's Flower Garden, quilt pattern, Quilting and Sewing, Scrap quilting, Sewing on November 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I found some excellent and informative links today with historical background and instructions for Grandmother’s Flower Garden quilts and wanted to share with those quilters who would like to try this technique. It’s a great way to use up small pieces of scrap fabric. As shown in these links, there are several different methods of [...]
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