Yes that's right — I am still playing catchup on quiltalong projects. This is the pink and purple Carly Quilt that I made during the Carly Quiltalong. Purple is my favorite color and there aren't nearly enough purple prints out there, so using up this much of them was a little painful but I think it was worth it.
For the colors, I tried to get a range of pink-ish purples and slightly more blue-ish purples plus a good dose of purple-y pinks. This range of colors is really my happy place.
I like to collect backing fabrics. Whenever there is a fabric that I really love or when I see a fabric sale for some great prints, I will pick up yardage to use for backing fabric. This is true for all kinds of quilting projects (not just scrappy ones) but scrap quilts are a great opportunity to have a little fun with your backing choice.
If you are looking for general help on stocking up on backing fabrics, you can check out this previous post about building a stash of backing fabrics. If you are looking for more information specific to scrap quilts, I have broken down my favorite types of scrap quilt backings into the categories below.
When I saw that Art Gallery Fabrics had a new Spooky/Sweet line from this collection available, I thought "didn't I just make that Spooky 'n Sweeter quilt?" But alas, it was a year ago. The new collection is called Sweet 'n Spookier and it is just too cute.
For fun, I mocked up the Judy Quilt since that was the quilt I made with the Spooky 'n Sweeter collection, and then I added in some other mockups.
If you are like me, you have a bin of scraps. They could make a beautiful quilt, but there is so much sorting and deciding and sorting involved that it can be a little daunting. I've got a few tips to help get you started.
Recently, I have been enjoying making rainbow scrap versions of some of my patterns. They are fun projects for me personally, but they are also practical because they motivate me to start digging through the scrap bin. Since I most recently shared this scrappy, rainbow Luna quilt, I am going to reference that once in this post, but you can apply these same ideas to your own project.
One advantage of writing jelly roll patterns is that these patterns lend themselves very nicely to scrap quilts. You end up with lots of small-ish leftover pieces — whether from binding strips, jelly rolls, or just scraps from larger cuts of fabric — so I have been loving that I can make a scrappy rainbow quilt for most of these patterns. The Luna Quilt pattern is perfect for scraps.
My scrap bins overfloweth (shocking, I know) so I had lots of colors on hand when starting this quilt. I decided to go rainbow-y and made an effort not to re-use any of the color fabrics (and I also tried to just use prints, no solids). I tried for variety with the background fabric but they aren't all unique and about half of them are solids.
Hi, my name is Erica and I love to make quilts! Click the photo to read a little more about me and how I started my quilting journey.
