I have a problem with crumbs… and not the kind found in your kitchen 🙂 These little packs of 2½” squares (called crumbs) are sent to me whenever new fabric lines come out. I love looking at them, but then I feel guilty if I don’t find a way to use them! So, this week I grabbed a couple of complementary packs, one solid and one floral print. I paired them up in four patches with two solids and two printed squares in each. In the end, I got (20) four patches out of the two cru

…With your scrap pile, of course :) This week, I was playing with a new block idea that could use up more scraps! You’ll need at least three 2½” strips… or, several scrap length 2½” strips if you don’t have selvage to selvage length. I chose two red strips and one red and white gingham strip. Sew these strips together and press the long seams open. This strip set should measure 6½” across once sewn. Cut the strip set into rectangles 6½” x 4⅝”. You’ll need (9) pieced rectang

Your background will make or break a quilt. Boy, did I learn that lesson this week! I was teaching a class recently, and while discussing her flower color choices, I asked one of the students what her background was. She paused briefly, then replied, "Nursing". We both howled with laughter as she realized I was asking for her background fabric color! Haha! I guess I should have been more specific as to what background I was asking about. This week, I was tinkering with a new

I've been digging through my scrap piles, pulling out every useful piece. I swear these piles grow in the dark! So far I've made three new scrap baby quilts, and I have two more lap-size quilts in the works… and I haven’t bought a thing! I thought I'd share my process for turning unused scraps into simple, useful quilts. There really is no scrap left behind… I made a video showing my process and talk a bit about sewing with bias and using a shorter stitch length to get the be