Scrappy

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

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

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!

I added a row of the sunchip blocks and rearranged them. These are blocks I made as part of the Rainbow Scrappy Challenge. It already has plenty of light green blocks, so its time for assembly...unless I decide it needs to be bigger. Again. And as you can see I am still having problems with moving from Photoshop as my photo editor. I have affirmed that the problem stems from human error and not a problem with the new program. Sigh. Meanwhile, if you're like me, you can't quite believe you…

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

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

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…