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Scrap Quilts From Crumbs, Strips and Strings: Use up every last piece with 15 scrap quilt patterns
By Emily Bailey
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Every piece must go with this practical guide to quilt making by using even the tiniest pieces of scrap fabric from your stash.
No piece is too small when you follow author Emily Bailey's advice on how to turn all your fabric crumbs, strips and string scraps into beautiful patchwork quilts and quilted projects.
- Includes step-by-step instructions for how to turn fabric scraps into pieces of patch-worked fabric to use in quilted projects.
- Author Emily Bailey explains how to use modern cutting techniques like the AccuQuilt cutter to make scrap quilting quicker and easier.
- Includes 15 patterns for quilted projects including full-size bed quilts, through to smaller projects for quicker makes.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDavid & Charles
Release dateOct 14, 2025
ISBN9781446315286
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Scrap Quilts From Crumbs, Strips and Strings - Emily Bailey
“A flat lay photo showing small scraps and larger folded pieces of fabric in different designs and colours, with a cutting mat, spools of orange and yellow thread.”
CREATING THE BASICS
Discover the joy of scrap quilting with strips and crumbs. It’s earth friendly and creatively stimulating. Sewing tiny scraps into crumb fabric or strips into sets gives you a colourful way to spice up your quilt projects.
MAKING CRUMB FABRIC
1 Find two similar-sized scraps. If they don’t have a straight edge, cut one. Place the scraps right sides together and sew along straight edge. Open out and press.
2 Straighten up edges as needed.
3 For odd-shaped pieces, line up straight edges on the lines on your mat so the pieces create a 90-degree angle and angled pieces overlap slightly.
4 Cut through the overlapped pieces so the angles match.
5 I like to place triangular-shaped scraps in a pile. When I find two of a similar size, angle and shape, I sew them together.
6 Chain four or five of these units through your machine (see General Techniques, Piecing).
7 Press your two-piece unit then find a scrap that will fit along one edge. Place right sides together and sew to
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