Love your energy!!! Thank you for breaking down how; 1. to break down the pattern; 2. how to use your scraps. Looking forward to the next go around. I also subscribed.
This is the first time I happen onto your site and I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thank you very much for the inspiration. I have an illness but I love to quilt, so I need easy patterns that are achievable and ways to use up my fabric. 😊
A friend is helping me tame my stash by cutting 5” squares and 2.5” strips. I’m horrified at how many 5” squares I already have and the stash is still not tamed! Thanks for presenting great patterns for 5” squares.
Have you tried using a larger centre square and framing it with 2 1/2" strips or squares? Have you seen potato chip blocks? Have you seen 5"×10" blocks/patches and patterns? How about log cabin? Or 1/4 log cabin, courthouse steps. Have you done trip around the world blocks, or irish chain. You can do railfence with 2 bars or 3 from jelly roll strips, or more, or cut large triangles from strip sets. Do you think about leaders and enders for bonus quilts and thread saving? So many beauties, traditional, modern, free patterns or not. How many small gifts do you need to give away, for riends?, that can use up bits and pieces. How about dark and light contrasts in 4 patches, to add together for bigger pieces to use in whatever. Put ×4, 4 patches into a square 8×8, ×4, do that again with the larger pieces and you may have a baby quilt, 16 × 16 or so, on the bonus side? Placemats, mug rugs, bowl covers, bags and boxes in a variety of sizes, pincushions, try 6 equal squares, 2 1/2" or 3", ×10, 5" squares plus interfacing/stiffener make a good bits bowl or threads bin? use odd shapes for baby toys? Do a big quilt, then a few little things to keep the satisfaction of getting things Done! going. If the big project gets tedious or annoying, do a small thing to get sewing again, then get on with it. Or just do a few blocks per day? Do you have design boards, like Lori Holt? Use batting and strip stash to make some, with thick cardboard or craft board, to stack cut pieces on, ready to sew? If you need a design wall? Tack up a piece of batting, or put it over a spare curtain rod, then take it down with the blocks on it, or sewn into a top for it to be used in. Batting that is too big can have bits cut off for smaller things. Do you havea wip wednesday. Or another day? Have FUN, you don't have to do everything at once. I's not rocket science, if you lop off a few points, nobody will die.
These are some great stash buster ideas. I have been de-stash and trying not to buy fabric unless it is for a project. I just had to buy a background to do a baby quilt.
Did you know, if you put triangles on opposite sides of a hexagon, you get straignt seams to sew together at an angle. You can make straight strips with them and sew straight seams across for a top, either cut off the ends straight or put in half hexies or half diamonds with one triangle to finish. How's that for an interesting quilt, yes you can absolutely not use card or paper at all and sew by machine. You could franken, put little bits together for crumb hexies too? Not got a big piece. Add diamonds and triangles to make hexies. Or do halves. Use one colour of fabric or 6? Add 2 background triangles, for stars. Fussy cut or not, I spy or whatever you like. Ty a tiny one to see if you like the idea. Templates do make it easier, not really necessary though, easy to cut from strips too. Marti Mitchell has a set to cut from 2 1/2" strips. Larger pieces is easier done though. Make sure to add seam allowances for inside seams on hexies, if needed.
Great video! Love those Villa Rosa patterns for stash busting . Can’t wait to see your ideas for using 2 1/2 inch strips.
Thank you!
Love your energy!!! Thank you for breaking down how; 1. to break down the pattern; 2. how to use your scraps. Looking forward to the next go around. I also subscribed.
Thank you!
Green is also my favorite color
This is the first time I happen onto your site and I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Thank you very much for the inspiration. I have an illness but I love to quilt, so I need easy patterns that are achievable and ways to use up my fabric. 😊
Glad you found us!
A friend is helping me tame my stash by cutting 5” squares and 2.5” strips. I’m horrified at how many 5” squares I already have and the stash is still not tamed! Thanks for presenting great patterns for 5” squares.
Have you tried using a larger centre square and framing it with 2 1/2" strips or squares? Have you seen potato chip blocks? Have you seen 5"×10" blocks/patches and patterns? How about log cabin? Or 1/4 log cabin, courthouse steps. Have you done trip around the world blocks, or irish chain. You can do railfence with 2 bars or 3 from jelly roll strips, or more, or cut large triangles from strip sets. Do you think about leaders and enders for bonus quilts and thread saving? So many beauties, traditional, modern, free patterns or not. How many small gifts do you need to give away, for riends?, that can use up bits and pieces. How about dark and light contrasts in 4 patches, to add together for bigger pieces to use in whatever. Put ×4, 4 patches into a square 8×8, ×4, do that again with the larger pieces and you may have a baby quilt, 16 × 16 or so, on the bonus side? Placemats, mug rugs, bowl covers, bags and boxes in a variety of sizes, pincushions, try 6 equal squares, 2 1/2" or 3", ×10, 5" squares plus interfacing/stiffener make a good bits bowl or threads bin? use odd shapes for baby toys? Do a big quilt, then a few little things to keep the satisfaction of getting things Done! going. If the big project gets tedious or annoying, do a small thing to get sewing again, then get on with it. Or just do a few blocks per day? Do you have design boards, like Lori Holt? Use batting and strip stash to make some, with thick cardboard or craft board, to stack cut pieces on, ready to sew? If you need a design wall? Tack up a piece of batting, or put it over a spare curtain rod, then take it down with the blocks on it, or sewn into a top for it to be used in. Batting that is too big can have bits cut off for smaller things. Do you havea wip wednesday. Or another day? Have FUN, you don't have to do everything at once. I's not rocket science, if you lop off a few points, nobody will die.
You're so welcome, have fun!
I like Pam's "input"!
Thankyou , so many clever ideas ,
Glad you enjoyed it!
❤ your ideas, thanks
You're welcome!
Absolutely love this video. !! I have WAY too much stash and need to get busy cutting squares . I also love Villa Rosa patterns.
Great, glad you enjoyed it!
These are some great stash buster ideas. I have been de-stash and trying not to buy fabric unless it is for a project. I just had to buy a background to do a baby quilt.
Lots of great ideas! ❤ Thanks!
You're welcome!
Did you know, if you put triangles on opposite sides of a hexagon, you get straignt seams to sew together at an angle. You can make straight strips with them and sew straight seams across for a top, either cut off the ends straight or put in half hexies or half diamonds with one triangle to finish. How's that for an interesting quilt, yes you can absolutely not use card or paper at all and sew by machine. You could franken, put little bits together for crumb hexies too? Not got a big piece. Add diamonds and triangles to make hexies. Or do halves. Use one colour of fabric or 6? Add 2 background triangles, for stars. Fussy cut or not, I spy or whatever you like. Ty a tiny one to see if you like the idea. Templates do make it easier, not really necessary though, easy to cut from strips too. Marti Mitchell has a set to cut from 2 1/2" strips. Larger pieces is easier done though. Make sure to add seam allowances for inside seams on hexies, if needed.
I too am unwieldy