Did you see my Christmas Quilt tour yesterday? If you missed go watch at https://youtu.be/n7ivodPOrzM
I have new designs in my Merch store and the entire month of December a Percentage of sales is going to charity, I hope you join me!
- Charity fundraiser for World Central Kitchen
- Download our December Calendar so you don't miss out!
- Scrappy Book giveaway!
- Watch my Daily Video today's fun chat!
- Share your photos of your Sew along blocks at the end!
Gregg and I are partnering with our wonderful friends, Kate & Pete Spain, to host a fundraiser for World Central Kitchen. They were on the ground feeding everyone when a disaster hits. My brother in Asheville, NC, experienced their help firsthand when they were helping his community. He was so impressed by their kindness. We want to support this fantastic group and all the hard work they do to help others.
- 25% of the net proceeds of all Sloan Zone https://kdspain.com/sloanzone items sold this month on kdspain.com will be donated to, World Central Kitchen/ We thank you so much for helping us support their good work!
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When I saw the title of Patty's book I knew i would love it! In the video today I tell you about 'my year of sewing my scraps'. Here is my article with my video about that year https://patsloanquilts.com/what-did-i-learn-from-a-year-of-sewing-scraps/
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- To enter to win a Digital copy tell me by 6pm Eastern Time Sunday Dec 8, "Your favorite Scrap Quilt you have made or own"
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248 Responses
I love making scrappy Quilts, I also like watching your show. Your decorating is beautiful. Thank you
I enjoyed your review of the book. My favourite quilt made using scraps is not technically a quilt, it is repurposed pieces of sweatsuit fabric sewn by strips cross grain on the back of de Iâm strips sewn together. The sewn lines are not exposed so it makes a clean edge fabric. The seams on the inside are anywhere from 6 to 9 inches wide and provide what I feel, a batting of sorts. So I consider quilts because of that, they are heavy and my children and grandchildren use them as weighted blankets, so they do not need the extra weight or depth of batting. I made one for each of our kids when they were teens. Theyâre in their thirties now and still use the continuously on sofas and beds. Theyâre well loved and they wear well. I would enjoy winning a digital copy of the book. I live in Canada and do not often qualify for prizes because of the shipping. Thanks for the opportunity.
Love love love using what I have. This book would help me with ideas. Thank you Pat for all you do.
This may be one of the best scrap quilting books out there! The blocks are all easy, fast & pretty.
I decided early on in my quilting journey that I loved how scrappy quilts made something out of [nearly] nothing. The very first block I made when I took up quilting seriously was a scrappy star, which was the beginning of my âSummer Starsâ quilt. I challenged myself to try out lots of different star block patternsâwonky, Ohio, star within a star, Lemoyne, etc., and I used lots of upcycled fabric from thrift store clothes. It took a year of accumulating star blocks and a few months to figure out how to put all the randomness together. The resulting queen sized quilt has 114 stars of all sizes in it and I love it! The Patty Murphy book looks right up my alley.
I love making scrappy quilts. I struggle with uniform or one fabric line quilts. The scrappier the happier I am đ
You have my attention with the scrap book!!
Goal for this year is to make small things (plus QALs!).
So, this book is definitely an inspiration!
Thank you, also for inspiring me.
So May projects, so little time!
Love you, Pat!!
My first truly scrappy quilt was a leader Ender pattern by Bonnie Hunter a few years ago. Barely dented my scraps so many more to come. I have done about 4 and except for that first one they get donated to a local charity at this time of year for needy families. Thanks to you I have great idea ideas now with the FQS books.
My scrap quilt is one I made using 12″ newspaper squares I cut out and sewed my strips to it. It turned out to be a very pretty quilt.
I haven’t made a scrappy quilt, but this book could inspire me to start one!
Love love love scrappy block making! Going to try to put all the blocks I have made into a top then the leftovers use a fabric that is bigger to cut out animal shapes to highlight the scraps. And continue using center color surrounded by border 3 inch blocks.
Iâm in the process of putting together the Lori Holt 64 2.5 squares. It was fun to use as leaders and Enders. Would love a copy of this book. Thanks
My favorite scrap quilt was a little wall-hanging I made from the cut-off triangles from a black, white and turquoise Lonestar class. I ended up with 2 sizes of half-square triangles and really love the image it made!
I took a class from Pat in Shipshewanna, IN before Covid. I used her scrap method to make a table topper. I use it every fall. My next on the favorite list is a crazy quilt from the 1920’s given to me for a dear friend who I’ve known since 1st grade!
My favorite scrap quilt that I have made is a modified Irish chain with 2 1/2â squares. Iâm currently going through my fabric and cleaning out the scraps to make another scrappy quilt. Love to use the scraps for leaders and Enders.
I love the look of scrappy quilts but struggle to make one! I have plenty of scraps but fear using them!
I have so many scraps that this book would be perfect to own. Thank you for always inspiring me with your videos. Your house looks great with all the Christmas quilts you put up.
My favorite scrap quilt that I have made is my â Great Granny Squaredâ following Lori Holts pattern! I save all my scraps but scrap quilts are not my favorite. Iâm more of a controlled scrap person but my color choices are all over the place so they donât all play nicely togetherđ
My favorite is a small quilt for a footstool made for my sister out of the little dog scarves that she would get every time she was groomed.
I took inspiration from your aqua squares quilt and used all the two and a half inch blocks I had been saving to make three scrappy quilts for project Linus. One was mostly pink and purple, one was all blues and the last one was yellows and greens. Loved making these and have more in the works.
I love to make scrap quilts with leftovers from other quilts. Sometimes they are some of my favorite quilts. Fabric is so expensive and this makes my quilty budget stretch further. Thank you for sharing this awesome book!
Your winter fun quilt i made from scraps. I use this quilt on my couch everyday and i love it.
A scrappy double 4 patch of 100 blocks!
I love all scrappy quilts. Would love to be able to make an organized color scrappy quilt. Don’t think it is my nature.
My favorite scrap quilt is my Summer Solstice quilt. I had just started following Pat and had no idea what I was getting myself into. I made it with my stash.
My first quilt I made.
I’ve never completed a scrap quilt. Last winter I started sewing strips to old phone book pages(was delighted to see I’m not the only person doing that). Reading these posts gives me ideas and inspiration on how to sew them into a quilt. My eye needs controlled scrappy!!
my favorite scrappy is one I call Dementia. I made it while living away from home caring for my mother with advanced dementia. I had my husband bring all my red and neutral scraps and I just mindlessly stitched. There is no time to concentrate on anything with a dementia patient đ I thought I’d probably associate it with bad/hard times, but I do love it, (made in 2010-ish) and this year started a similar one in blacks and neutrals. I wish I could add a photo. But then I’m a scrappy quilter, if a pattern calls for red I use all my reds so all my quilts are scrappy!
I love making scrap pillow covers using up my scraps from my projects. I made scrap Christmas and valentines pillow covers last year. The grandchildren love to point out the different fabrics and tell me which fabrics were in their quilt or skirt or bag!
The cover quilt of Patty Murphyâs book is stunning. I have not made a scrappy quilt yet. I do save scraps. I want to make a postage stamp quilt in two colors. Similar to the lemon chiffon quilt you are working on. I am curious how you organize scraps? Currently I have a small plastic organizer with three separate bins.
I haven’t made a totally scrappy quilt but I do pull from my scraps regularly for my projects. I did make a “Block a day” quilt with Pat during Covid that used novelty fabric in each square that did use up some scraps is a controlled way. I don’t have a large “stash” but mostly buy as needed. But I would love this book to use up more of my fabric.
My favorite scrap quilt is called two Patch from a Martingale book. I have made a light and a dark version. All 2.5″ squares, no two the same. Lots of fun matching like fabric patches together. I would love this book as I always ask for my friends scraps and am so lucky they give them to me
My favorite scrap quilt is the jean cathedral windows quilt….uses scraps and recycles jeans!
own lots of extra scraps floating around my studio…this book looks very helpful.
I have cut up scraps. But I don’t keep anything less than 2 inches. I haven’t done anything with them. The book might inspire me to sit down and do something with them.
My favorite scrap quilt I think would be the crumb blocks. Only thing is, I can’t keep up with it.
My favorite go to scrap quilt is string quilts
My favorite scrap quilt is the StringBean quilt from your sew along. I made it extra long for my tall son-in-law. He loved it. I am now starting to make a string quilt. Iâm making one 8 1/2â block from each quilt that I make. Next December I will sew them together. This book would really help me clear up my scraps.
My favorite scrap quilt I made with friend was a red and white big star quilt for QOV. It turned out beautiful. Saving my reds and creams so I can make another one and donate to QOV . Bless all our veterans.
Beautiful book
One scrap quilt I did was foundation pieced on 12 blocks of old sheets, sashed with 3inch teal fabric and was about 80×90 inches. The time consuming part was hand-embroidering herringbone stitch on every seam of the scraps in each block. I donated it to our school to be put up on tickets. I was very pleased that one of the graduates of that year won it, so it went to a home where hand made items were uncommon!! It was a feel good moment for sure!!
Looks like a great book, Pat!!
The string quilt I am finishing now! It has my scraps, my mom’s scraps (inherited) and even some from friends!
My favorite scrap project is simply taking the small scraps and making a “new fabric” of the various shades or hues of one color. For example, my current project is using yellow scraps and making ten-inch blocks. It creates depth and interest in the block that I would not having just using one fabric.
I like to take all sizes of scrap fabrics and sew them together and see what design I get.
It is so fun to see what the quilts look like.
A love / hate relationship…scraps, scraps, scraps…never ending. I was making and saving scrappy star blocks , all with yellow centers. One of my son’s best friends announced they were having twins, so out came the blocks and the result was two similar but different baby quilts. PLUS I still have more scrappy star blocks.
I love the idea of making blocks from scraps after finishing a project. The closest thing I have to a scrappy quilt is a table runner I made with scraps from my Christmas quilt this year.
My favorite scrap quilt is a string quilt made with scrap batik fabric!
My favorite scrap quilt is the first quilt I ever made. It was actually a crumb quilt. I was going through chemotherapy and a friend gave me a huge bag of scraps from her charity bear project to help me pass the time. I trimmed those scraps into squares and rectangles, with my smallest square 1âx1â. I separated the colors, sewed the crumbs into strips, and sewed the strips into log cabin style blocks. I then arranged the blocks by color and sewed it all together to make my Crumbling Rainbow quilt.
My favorite Scrappy quilt so far is a lig cabin. I did stick to three colors of blue, yellow and white but the pieces are scrappy.
Most of my quilts are somehow scrapquilts. One absolute favourite is PatÂŽs pattern Traffic Jam. I have made two. One is given away and one is for keep.