Crazy Crumb Blocks
I took some time yesterday to make up a few blocks made entirely from my scrap pile. I use a 5-inch foundation fabric to start with. Then I pick a suitable starting fragment, and add scraps around it until the whole block is filled up. Then I trim it back to the 5-inches. I explained the process in this post about Scrap Management. I think I have over 80 blocks now! It may be time to start laying them out for a new quilt!
The beauty of these blocks is that I can tell you where else I used those bits of fabric. That is what makes a scrap quilt to satisfying, sentimental and nostalgic.
- The blue jean patch and the light blue calico were left over from The Midnight Blues Backpack
- The blue denim pinstripe was left over from a sling bag I made during the pandemic
- The hour glass centers were leftover from the Farmer's Wife Quilt
- The green plaid gingham was salvaged from a beloved jumper I wore a lot in the 1990s
- The apple blossom was leftover from potholders for France last year
- A couple bits are from the Morning Star Quilt
- The red-cream-green strip was leftover from the Rail Fence / Bookends quilt I made Mary Bayorgeon [See detail block at the end of this post.]
- The blue-lilac-green-blue sequence is leftover from the borders on the gi-normous quilt I finished from my parents a few years ago
- The oranges come from my sister's quilt
- There are a few scraps from projects you haven't even seen yet because they are not yet finished enough to post here!
I will admit that it doesn't really seem to make a dent in the scrap pile, because I am always adding more to it.
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