"Strip-scrap" Quilt.

Making  scrap quilts, or even just going through your scraps , is  like taking a  sentimental tour back into "quilt time". 
"Remember this one..." , " I forgot about this one..." ,  "This was a great fabric..." , "Maro gave me this one", "This was a swap" ,   "I got this one when..." , " I can't believe I actually liked this..." 

When I make a scrap quilt I always start out with the intention to stay true to the 'pure concept of scrap'. This is a venture that sounds much easier than it really is - at least for me.

With this quilt I knew I wanted a  random look.  I started out by closing my eyes and putting my hand into the basket of scraps and swore that I would use whatever came out .  Needless to say that was a bit ambitious... I plunked my hand as least  5-10  times before  I was happy with the "random look" . There were even a few times that I had to stop myself from grabbing some new fabric -  but I held strong.....  at least for the blocks.  I couldn't help  myself when it came to the sashing and the  border and used up a new  fat quarter  or two...

Maybe next time I will be able to  totally break free from  my  borders and go all scrap!                             -Nonie

Froggy material scrap . (from my second quilt).

Here is a little tongue twister  for you . Can you say "strip-scrap" 10 times in a row.

Here's a baby quilt I made with left over strip -scraps.

" Quiet Flowers " quilting design (done by Irene Lazari)