stitchengramie

I need some ideas and patterns on what to make using fabric scraps ranging from 1/4" to 1 7/8" please. I just do not want to toss them in the trash. They are all in different shapes.

stitchengramie

I just came across this article titled "Scrap User's System" that I thought was very interesting. I thought it would be very helpful since we work and store a lot of scraps.

http://quiltville.com/scrapusersystem.shtml

Nanny's dollface

Found babylock....look at the first vertical row on the left.

oksewglad

Give me a little time and I will share some of the things I have done.

Rhonda

The reason that was a problem was because when it posted one row was left off. if you can't find it that is why. It was because of the pdf printer I used. I went back and reposted it later on so go look for the second version.

Rhonda

Mary I have seen where they have used those scraps and placed them on a piece of fabric and covered them with a light mesh then sewn over it to quilt it down. It is an interesting treatment.

You could sew them together into a crumbs pattern. I don't use a backing but you can. I just sew them together and trim where needed. Just keep adding them together any way you like til you have a bigger piece of fabric

Here is my tutorial on my confusion method(similar to the crumb version) -http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...on-t30920.html

3" by 5"
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about 2 1/2" by 3 1/2"
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2" by 7"
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oksewglad

I knew you'd come through Rhonda!

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Rhonda

Of course if you want to you can also use my shortcut blocks. when you cut out a half square or Boston or Star Point you can use whatever scrap has enough size to it to make a 1 1/4" boston. only takes enough for 1/4th of the Boston for a scrap. We make them 1" 1 1/4" or 1 1/2". the size scraps you ahve to use would work fine for this. Maybe not the 1/4" scrap pieces LOL but the larger ones would.

To use my methods you sew the scraps together and then cut out a square with a template so it is easy to do. These below use Boston Blocks HSTs and Kansas Dugout blocks.

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Foxflower

Oksewglad, I like your courthouse steps. If they are made of crumbs they could be called "Crumbling Courthouse Steps." Our county court house is beautiful, but some of the masonry is crumbling around the edges. We are also in a succession pro county, so the liberated courthouses make sense around here too. You definitely got my mind going.

oksewglad

Thanks foxflower. Crumbling CH Steps--perfect! Generally the liberated quilting leans toward modern quilt fabric, but what a surprise for me to see these country fabrics adapt to this style. Will definitely use this technique again when I'm not in an "anal" mood!