My Quilt Place
Inspiring Quilters, Stitch by Stitch
Scrappy Quilts
Information
Discussion Forum
are you a hoarder if.....
Started by the rogue quilter. Last reply by the rogue quilter May 7. 22 Replies 3 Likes
sharing some scrap thoughts with susan on another discussion. occurred to me that i have a lot...i mean a lot of scraps.so....are you a hoarder if your scrap fabric stash pile is higher than your…Continue
Patterns for Scrappy Quilts
Started by Jo Fifield. Last reply by Evelyn Boundy Apr 30. 50 Replies 3 Likes
What is your favorite pattern to use when making scrappy quilts?
Can't decide on how to lay out my blocks...how do you do it?
Started by QuilterBridget. Last reply by Judy in lower Eastern Michigan Apr 6. 47 Replies 3 Likes
It seems like so many quilters love scrap quilts. I do love them as well, but I have a hard time making them. They seem harder than a planned quilt. I recently made a bunch of 4" fence rail blocks…Continue
My newest scrappy quilt.
Started by Willie Shepherd. Last reply by Scrap Quilter Nov 9, 2012. 6 Replies 5 Likes
Comment Wall
Comment
-
Comment by Sandi Schadt on May 7, 2013 at 6:28am
-
You are very welcome rouge. I love it too. Enjoy!
-
Comment by the rogue quilter on May 6, 2013 at 3:11pm -
catching up here after weekend trip. i went to pat's page, i am a long time fan of pat sloan. printing up this pattern today! i love this. will be a great idea for my growing collection of scraps via mil church group donations :)) so...thank you sandi for posting this!
-
-
Just printed this great scrappy quilt pattern. http://patsloan.typepad.com/files/pat-sloan-2013-traffic-jam-patter...
-
Comment by Evelyn Boundy on April 30, 2013 at 9:18am -
That's a great idea Cheri. They would make cute gifts and be quite different.
-
Comment by Cheri Foster on April 29, 2013 at 5:05pm -
My mom has some in her motorhome. This way I do not care if they get lost or stained.
-
Comment by Cheri Foster on April 29, 2013 at 4:54pm
-
Hi Evelyn, I have sewn them like a string quilt onto a muslim back and then made pot holders out of them for camping.
-
Comment by Evelyn Boundy on April 29, 2013 at 4:46pm
-
thanks Joy I will check out the QW site. I am such a scrapaholic and can't let anything go to waste. Evelyn
-
Comment by Diane Hunter on April 29, 2013 at 4:29pm -
Joy, thanks for that idea--I'm going to play around with it on graph paper and will let you know what I finally decide. Thanks again
-
Comment by Joy Sleeman on April 29, 2013 at 3:59pm -
Sorry, forgot to say who the last comment was for, the QW site is in reply to the selvedge quilt post.
Diane, have you considered scattering an applique shape randomly over your quilt to tie everything together. I've seen a 1600 quilt with butterflies on. I myself used a Frangipani type shape from Accuquilt to tie together this swap block quilt.
-
Comment by Joy Sleeman on April 29, 2013 at 3:46pm
-
Chris Dahl from Quilting Weekly has a lovely pattern for a quilt, I think she might also have a bag pattern, they are online classes, I just haven't had the time to do it.
Welcome Quilters!
MyQuiltPlace.com is brought to you entirely free as a service of the American Quilter's Society. We hope you enjoy meeting one another and sharing your experience and expertise. Enjoy!
Groups
Badge
© 2013 Created by American Quilter's Society.
You need to be a member of Scrappy Quilts to add comments!