Scrappy

I have been playing around with these 6" foundation paper pieced half-square triangles for a while and they are So. Much. Fun. I have ...

The vortex quilt project was a great scrap buster. I got 2 quilts out of that project. But for some reason, after all the mess all over my sewing room, and working several months on those vortex quilts, I still had a huge pile of scraps!! They just seemed to multiply!!! So I decided to try scrap strips instead to see if I could lesson my scrap mountain. I put my scraps into piles strips that were about the same length. I had 6 or 7 piles of different lengths. I pulled two from the first pile…

Scrappy Happy Rainbow Quilt

This simple step HST scrap trick will save you time in the sewing/quilting process and make your HST scraps a breeze! Quilt faster and use up those scraps!

Someone cue the marching band: another UFO (unfinished object) is complete. Behold the the long-time-WIP (work in progress) Scrappy-Trip-along is finished! This quilt was started over two years ago. I finally got serious about finishing it this past January when I became determined to start tracking and finishing all those (many, many…many) WIPS. This is...Read More

Hi, all! Hard to believe it, but it's already Wednesday! But I've been a good girl this week, playing with my scraps, and I've got some pretties to share with you - some of my own, and some inspiration! First up, I want to share the finished version of some scrappy sewing I shared back in September... These are the two pillow covers I made with the scraps from my major Artisan projects! I embellished them with some big stitching in perle cotton, and I just LOVE them! And also, this week I…

This zip pouch is made with scraps sewn together to form panels, then some quilting lines are added to create a nice sturdy pouch. DIY Sew Tutorial

Have you noticed the half square triangle trend in quilting? Part of the popularity of the half square triangle block is the versatility and endless design possibilities with this block. We'll show you a few different quilts made with half square triangles and share some easy tutorials! … More

I can't tell you how good it feels to finally finish another quilt! It's.been.forever. Probably close to three years since I've completed a quilt. But a few months back, I found myself stalking Pinterest again in search of a fun challenge. And what I stumbled upon was Red Pepper Quilts' tutorial for a Checkerboard Quilt.