Using sustainable quilting practices to create more eco-friendly quilts. Scrappy sewing projects, tips, tricks, and tutorial.
When I started making a lot of quilt coats, I ended up with a lot of quilted scraps. Not wanting to waste these, I started thinking about how they could be given a purpose! Today I’m bringing you one way you can upcycle your scraps with this quilted zipper pouch tutorial. This mini quilted zipper pouch finishes at 4.5″ wide x 5.5″ high and features a hanging loop at the top so you can attachContinue reading
Through my journey of making all. the. quilt. coats, I found myself with a lot of small scraps. I didn’t want to waste these, so I started creating ways to use them up! These quilted lavender sachets are a great scrapbuster! They’re super fast, easy to make, and only need the smallest scraps. Once you use this DIY lavender sachets tutorial, you’ll want to make a whole bunch more! Want to see more ideas forContinue reading
Make one, and you just can’t stop! This quilted zipper pouch featuring quilted panels has no separate lining and no raw seams! It comes together with a snap and is the perfect project if you’re new with zippers (or maybe a little rusty and want a refresher!). I wrote this quilted zipper pouch tutorial to use up a free motion quilting practice sandwich. My hope is that if you want to learn free motion quilting, you’llContinue reading
Need a fun and quick gift? Look no further than quilted coasters! The batting inside absorbs any condensation from a drink, and they are washable, which means they’ll always look like new! Quilted coasters are a great way to practice your binding skills or try a new technique! I wrote this tutorial to use up a free motion quilting practice sandwich. My hope is that if you want to learn free motion quilting, you’ll jump rightContinue reading
Believe it or not, this quilt has been in the works for a very long time. In fact, it was the second Bear Path I started, way before I had even written the pattern or sent it off to testers. However, I ended up not having the time to finish it before the release, and then it sat, in pieces until I became motivated to finish up some WIPs. I’m so glad I chose toContinue reading
I’ve been saving all of my little leftover triangles from making stitch & flip blocks for the Inkling quilt pattern and converting them into all sorts of fun things. For example, turning the scraps-turned-HSTs into tiny star blocks! For the scraps from my Posy Inkling quilt, however, I thought that a coordinating lumbar pillow would be just the trick. I started by sewing together all of my stitch & flip scraps together – one printContinue reading
Pojagi is a form of Korean hand stitching where your seams are fully enclosed, creating a beautiful, reversible piece. I first saw Daisy from Warm Folk talk about it, and I knew it was something I wanted to try for myself. Since the beauty of Pojagi is seeing both sides of your finished piece, this technique would work well for placemats, curtains, a simple linen shirt, apron, or table runner. Here’s some examples of traditionalContinue reading
Anyone else quilting during this quarantine time? I’m finding small projects especially satisfying, since I can finish them relatively quickly. To share that love with all of you, I have a scrappy zipper pouch tutorial today! You can make this scrappy zipper pouch by digging into your scrap basket. Best of all, if you have an Accuquilt system, cutting all those little squares takes no time at all! Prefer to watch it? View the entireContinue reading
As an Aurifil Artisan, my prompt for this month was to create something with my favorite thread weight. When I first signed up for this challenge many months ago, I was torn between two thread weights and I wasn’t sure which one would win out as my favorite. Over the last few months, however, I’ve found myself turning more and more towards the calming rhythm of hand-quilting. Thanks to that, I think I finally haveContinue reading
Etoile releases next week! It is a fun, fat-quarter-friendly quilt pattern that comes together SUPER fast. I mean, we’re talking lightning fast here! I wanted to make a scrappy etoile quilt to show you guys what it looks like with fat quarters! This version was all pulled from stash. I decided to use a single fabric for the background, but the pattern does give fat quarter requirements as well if you wanted to go ALLContinue reading
This Concrete Jungle version came about when I had the idea to use up scraps instead of yardage. I was curious to see how to make this quilt scrappy without being overwhelming. (This is the throw size). I first dug through my stash to find the perfect fabric pull. A lot of these fabrics are from Cotton + Steel S.S. Bluebird line, which is several years old. I knew I needed an accent color, butContinue reading
FRANKENBATTING. Sure sounds like the right thing to be talking about with Halloween right around the corner, doesn’t it? I promise, this isn’t as scary as it sounds! THE WHAT: Frankenbatting simply refers to piecing together batting scraps in order to make batting big enough for your quilt top. Once used in a quilt and quilted, you can’t tell at all that your batting was pieced. “But Eliane, won’t my batting come apart?” No! YourContinue reading
