Scrappy Quilts

Tutorial on how to use scraps of fabrics to make a magic quilt that sews itself as you are making another quilt.

I taught a series of classes in Atlanta that used Kaffe Fassett fabrics. As you can imagine, we had leftovers! After about 5 workshops I dev...

The week between Christmas and New Year's I pin basted four quilts, preparing them for machine quilting. Today I am sharing the third finish of the four. I made this quilt from rectangles I found in a box of scraps from a quilt I made a number of years ago. There were a lot more rectangles than I remembered, so I started randomly placing them on my design wall and created this top. This was pure mindless sewing, which is needed on occasion! The machine quilting was purely mindless, too. I…

[lengthy blog post warning] In my "studio" this week it has been all about small patchwork piecing, small scale prints and those much loved retro / 30's fabrics that I have been collecting so enthusi

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My self-imposed ban on blog reading and posting is over as Lent ends tonight. I was only posting finishes on my blog, since this is m...

Holy cow, I like this one from Pinterest (Russian sewist). Do you save photos of quilts you'd like to try? This one would be great for reducing my scrap bin overflow. 95% of my scraps are 2.5" wide strips. Smaller strips I give to my friend Jerry, the rug guy. This Russian artist's quilt I like the variety of color and pattern, "fits me to a T". (Where did that expression come from, I'd like to know). The Light and dark cornerstones are deliberate--and that is something that peaks my…

Hello Everyone, It has been a little while since I wrote this blog post about my scrappy quilt and bet that some of you are wondering where I am at on that quilt? Well, I have definitely made a ton of

I'm all about saving time and money. When I first heard of chain-piecing, I really latched onto it. I discovered that not only did it prevent the little bird's nest knot on the underside of the fabric when starting and that it saved thread, (Have you ever noticed how much thread is thrown away as you sew? You could stuff a doll with it!), but it also kept a whole line of pieces together so I didn't have to get up and down as much as I was sewing. I could get into my groove and go. I then…

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