When traditional house quilt block patterns just won't do, try the Retro Cottage Quilt Block! This kitschy, colorful cottage looks like it came right out of the 50s or 60s. Use it give a special quirk to a more subdued house quilt.
This pretty quilted coaster tutorial uses machine reverse applique to show off scraps of printed fabric in a window surrounded by a plain linen background. Reverse Applique Quilted Coasters are impossibly easy to make and so adorable!
This free paper pieced quilt pattern is a classic string quilt pattern. The downloadable chart for the Ruby Strings Quilt is a diagram that shows how big your solid white strings should be and how big your print strings should be in each block in order to achieve the effect in the sample quilt.
After a while, all scrap quilt blocks start to look the same, but the Sands of Time Quilt Block is an exception! This free quilt block pattern is made with strip-pieced trapezoids for a shape that looks like an hourglass. A neutral background fabric really sets off the colorful fabric in the center of the block!
Versatile, simple patterns for scrap quilts can be hard to find, but this Scatter Sunshine Baby Quilt is the perfect quilt pattern for all of your smallest scraps. Intersperse strips of scraps with white strips to give this quilt a brighter feel.
This fun and easy quilted coaster tutorial is the ultimate way to use up the tiniest scraps! Scrap Collage Coasters are made by adhering scrap fabric to fusible web, cutting the fabric into small squares, and then fusing and quilting them to batting and backing fabric.
Piece together several of these Scrapbusting Strip Pieced Halloween Pillows to use up holiday fabric from other Halloween sewing patterns. These free patchwork pillow patterns will make it easy and inexpensive to decorate your house for Halloween!
Making quilted ornaments with scraps of Christmas quilting fabric is easy and adorable! These Scrappy Christmas Tree Ornaments are made with just a few pieces of fabric sewn to a square of felt and cut in the shape of an evergreen.
The Scrappy Ocean Waves quilt is a scrap quilt pattern you will want to display in the master bedroom! Hundreds of half-square triangles create the pieced lattice pattern, while solid blocks give this king quilt pattern a sophisticated monochromatic tone.
Quilted postcards are a wonderful way to use leftover fabric and batting. To make these Scrappy Quilted Postcards, you just need a few charm squares or fabric scrap, pretty scrapbook paper, and a postcard size batting scrap.
