Sewing Saturday – Flying Geese Scrap Quilt Since it is a cold and slightly snowy Saturday here, my sewing room is calling. The Scrappy Flying Geese Quilt pattern is the focus for today. February’s scrap quilt hopefully will be all set for you at the beginning of the month. Sewing the quilt goes much faster than creating the directions. You have some choices to make with this scrap quilt pattern. You can go all scrappy…
February’s Scrap Quilt – Flying Geese This quilt design has been rattling around in my head for a while. This past weekend, I finally pulled out my pen and paper and started playing with the design. I thought I had the design all set until I put it into the software. NOPE, so back to the drawing board. Flying Geese, at first glance, isn’t very exciting, not until you play with the layout and placement.…
Greek Squares – Scrap Quilt Pattern for January 2024 For January, I am sharing the Greek Squares Block for the scrappy quilt pattern. At first, I shied away from this pattern because of all the Half Square Triangles (HSTs) needed to make a quilt. In my directions, you will create oversized HSTs that must be trimmed to size for the quilt. I find I get the best results this way. Check out this website to…
January 2024: Row by Row Sampler Welcome to the 2024 Row by Row Sampler. This scrap quilt provides a different way to participate in a block of the month. This month we will be completing the log cabin blocks. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and look for the January Link. I look forward to seeing the colors and patterns you choose for your log cabin row. In picture #1, I have all…
Coming in January: Row by Row Sampler 2024 A new sampler will be available starting in January. The Row By Row Sampler is a bit of a different take on the Block of the Month. In addition to directions for each row, you will also have ideas for using that block alone in a quilt. This sampler lends itself to going scrappy. I will work on fabric requirements in case you want to limit the…
Scrappy Hearts – Scrap Quilt Pattern Here is the newest scrap quilt pattern – Scrappy Hearts. I am in the process of creating my own, but this could take a while. I am using leftover fabrics from my projects to create the heart blocks. For the background, I am utilizing a natural muslin, which is leftover from the machine quilting. I love the old-fashioned look muslin gives the quilt. The scrappy fabrics are indeed very…
Disappearing 9-Patch Variation Scrap Quilt We’ve all seen the rage about the disappearing 9-patch. As a scrap quilt, I love the look, but I wanted to create it with my scraps, focusing on only 2 1/2″ squares, 4 1/2″ squares, and 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangles. I did not cut things into quarters; I just wanted to sit at my sewing machine and mindlessly sew the needed units. Utilizing a light background allowed the…
Squares Create an Easy Scrap Quilt I doubted this pattern until I saw the finished results, and it is an easy scrap quilt. Mine happens to be done in Blue, but there are endless possibilities with this one. Reproduction fabrics, plaids, novelty prints, baby colors, and any color of the rainbow will work with the pattern. For me, the more variety, the better, but I can see this also works well for a limited palette.…
Free Scrap Quilt Pattern Welcome to this month’s Free Scrap Quilt Pattern – X’s & O’s. This pattern is perfect for pulling from your scrap bin. The block is simple and can be sewn from leftovers you have from whatever project you just completed. You need 2 1/2″ squares and 4 1/2″ squares. This pattern looks deceivingly simple, but the result, the sparkle happens when you put all the blocks together. Cutting Directions You can…