Over at Stitched in Color, Rachel has declared a scrap manifesto: Use Them!
I think that’s a brilliant idea; she’s culled a lot of ideas using scraps to make quilts and has a challenge going to use up our scraps (see her website for more details). I think the idea, really, is to stash-bust, using up all those bits of fabrics leftover from our projects (or a too-ambitious buying spree). I’ve been looking for a few of my own ideas on how to use up the stash. Here’s one, a free pattern from Lila Ashberry, titled Summer House, and you can find the download *here.*
I’m looking for patterns that have a complexity to them, and will use lots of fabric and be quickly put together.
Or how about Mayra Dubrawky’s Sticks and Bricks pattern? There would be a LOT less angles/triangles in this one, although it doesn’t have that complexity of the other.
Here’s one idea I’ve had in my files for a long time: a scrappy log cabin.
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Yay, a new project! Just what I thought we needed 😀
It’s funny then that I, too, have started scrap busting and churning out hexies like a mad woman! I’ll have to check out Rachel’s post and determine her reequirements for size, these things take a while.
I love the summer house pattern. LOVE it.
Is it possible to use up all our scraps. I don’t think so. From my experience scraps always multiply even when I’m working with scraps. Scraps are limitless! Seems like a tough challenge.
I love the sticks and bricks quilt that I made, it is one of my all time favourites. And I have so much fun making scrappy roygbiv log cabins this fall. I also love those hexagons, so I think that all of them are great choices for using up those lovely left over bits.