Scrap Quilt Celebration 24 Fantastic Projects from Quilters' Best-Loved Patterns

by Bolesta, Karen

• ISBN13: 9781579545550
• ISBN10: 1579545556
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-25
• Publisher: Rodale Books

Summary

Quilters, here's a reason to celebrate! We'll help you find a home for your fabric scraps-- in dozens of beautiful quilts. You'll find new scraps, old scraps, and swapped scraps in these eye-catching traditional patterns and exciting contemporary quilts. Whether you have a bin of small scraps or stacks of neatly folded yardage, you'll find 24 wonderful quilts in Scrap Quilt Celebration to inspire you to dig into your stash of gorgeous fabrics. Use your creativity to combine plaid, batik, hand-dyed, and floral fabrics with exciting, popular block patterns. Take a simple Nine Patch into new territory by combining dozens of scrap fabrics with simple black and white triangle squares in an Oklahoma Nine Patch quilt. Make a humble Schoolhouse block really zing with a bright mix of madras plaids, country homespuns, and dazzling brights, and a zippy diagonally pieced border. Create an unforgettable Log Cabin quilt by gathering dozens and dozens of fabric scraps in just two colors-- you'll be guaranteed peaceful dreams when you sleep under your paper-pieced Summer Night quilt. This collection of quilt patterns is a treasure trove of inspiration, no matter how you cut and sew your scraps. And if you're on a never-ending quest to use up your scrap fabrics, you'll discover many fabulous new variations on traditional scrap quilt patterns inScrap Quilt Celebration.

Table of Contents

Introduction	v
Reflections	2	(10)
Memories of SS #3	12	(8)
Logs Hexagonal	20	(12)
Sparkle Plenty	32	(8)
House Medallion	40	(10)
Feathered World Without End	50	(14)
Is This Wedded Bliss?	64	(6)
Oklahoma Nine Patch	70	(8)
Summer Night	78	(8)
Antique Indigo Schoolhouses	86	(12)
Crazy Wedding Ring	98	(8)
Summer's End	106	(8)
My Stars!...They're Plaid!	114	(10)
Chinese Coins Variation	124	(8)
Straight Furrows	132	(8)
Sister's Choice	140	(10)
Feed Sack Wedding Ring	150	(6)
81 Patch	156	(8)
My Cabin Made of Logs	164	(10)
Scrap Baskets with Nine-Patch Sashing	174	(8)
Scrap Half Log Cabin	182	(10)
Job's Tears	192	(10)
Sunshine and Shadow	202	(10)
Dots and Dashes	212	(8)
Quiltmaking Basics	220	(27)
Acknowledgments	247	(2)
Index	249