Quilt Blocks Made From Scraps Story

Quilt Blocks Made From Scraps

These are especially good for making after you’ve made any kind of intricate quilt block, like a foundation paper pieced block with lots of small shaped pieces that mean you end up with very odd shaped scraps!

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Pick a Size for Your Scrappy Blocks

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What can you use Scrappy Blocks for?

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Decide if you are going to go totally Scrappy or ‘Frame’ them.

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Totally Scrappy or Colour Themed?

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Really I suppose I am just trying not to think about it too much as I’m doing it, except for reaching for my whites or blacks to finish it off at the end.

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I start with two pieces not necessarily exactly the same size, but relatively small – crumbs essentially.

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SWIPE UP TO READ THE FULL TUTORIAL!

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