Scrappy Quilts

There is something about taking a pile of scraps, left overs, old clothes, etc and making them into a lovely quilt that appeals to the thrifty artistic part of me. Below are a few scrappy quilts.

This Scrappy Crooked Squares was for a mystery class I taught at the local guild several years ago. Another easy and quick quilt and one you can use scraps or new fabrics for. This quilt was recently featured on the Stashbuster's home page, a Yahoo Group dedicated to using up their stash, well some of them. I am a member and as much as I use from my stash, it somehow seems to never go down! The pattern is for sale on my paterns page.

This bright quilt is a non-scrappy version of the crooked squares.

This quilt was made using the third block of the month on this web site, a nine patch variation
There is a pattern for this quilt also on my paterns page.

Here are my Purple Mountains, a quilt I made totally from my purple and white-on-white stash. It is a very easy pattern, and I've made several quilts from it. The pattern is at Quiltville.com This one was quilted by Jackie.

This scrappy bargello was made as a part of a Scrappy Happy quilt class. In that class I demonstrate how you can take scraps and make beautiful quilts from them. Honestly, I didn't like this quilt when I finished the top. I handed it over to my friend Jackie to quilt and told her do what pleased her, that most likely I would cut the quilt in half and make two charity quilts from it. Well Jackie worked magic with her long arm machine, and I got back from her a beautifully quilted piece. I loved it so much I gave it to my in-laws as a gift. That way I get to see it when ever I am visiting them, and since they live right around the corner, that's often! This pattern is also from Quiltville.com, Thanks Bonnie!

The blue bargello quilt was made as a class sample for a class. It was a fun class, and the ladies enjoyed the simple instructions and ease in putting this quilt together. This quilt was quilted by Kathy in Nebraska, and I was quite pleased with her creativity with it.

This is another quilt from the Scrappy Happy collection. This is a foundation pieced scrappy strings, made of all 1970s and later Holiday fabrics. Kathy in Nebraska also quilted this one. The back was pieced too, so she had a thick quilt to handle. Here is a picture of the pieced back. This quilt is in the private collection of Jamee Smith

This is a quilt from a 3 D Bow Tie Swap I hosted in 2001. The center blocks were the swapped ones, and I added the dark outside bow ties as the border, and used mostly scraps. This was quilted on a Featherweight, and given to my hubby for Christmas. He loves curling up under it to watch TV. detail

This was another one of Ann Smith's mystery projects, and when I started it I didn't have any idea what I was making. I chose black and white from my stash just to use it up. When I figured out what I was making, I was surprised and quite pleased. Meloney quilted this one, and I liked what she did with it.

This one was made from fabric scraps, and made with a class as I taught it at my local quilt guild. As I was teaching, I "borrowed" scraps from everyone in the class, which makes it quite special to me. There are also four non-scrappy stars in it, challenge stars from Retreat 1999.

This is one of my favorite quilts. It is made of hundreds of scraps that were given to me. They are a variety of fabrics, including blends and synthetics and of course, good old cotton. I used Kay Wood's bias tube method to make it.

I made almost matching sofa quilts for my boys, from homespuns and muslin, using a scrappy nine patch technique. This one is Michael's. A church group that I work with used this technique to make over two dozen charity quilts in one day. We cut, pieced, and machine quilted all in one sitting. It was fast and fun.

Updated July 15, 2008

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