Scrap Busting Quilt with Angela Walters: The Midnight Quilter

is about making a

scrap

quilt

, there's a fine line between

scrap

and shoddy in this episode of Midnight Quilter. I'm going to show you a scrap

quilt

pattern that not only uses scraps in pre-cut strips, but it also looks amazing plus. I will be sharing tips on how to machine scrap quilts so let's get started, there is enough junk in the world right now so I'm going to stay inside and make my beautiful quilt to get started. I'm going to need the background fabric to be a little charming. decorative fabric and scraps, this quilt uses mostly two and a half inch strips, so it's a great use of your fabric scrap, except I may have spent too much time playing with my fabric scrap and not had enough time sorting it, so I'm going to take the easy route and use a jelly roll.

I'm going to use these Jennifer Sampoo precut strips from her sky collection. Okay, I know they're not technically remains, but they sure are pretty. I love the pre-cut strips, but they can have a lot of lint. so I'm going to use a real quick lint roller to clean it up and then we'll see the beautiful ombre goodness of these strips. This will just help clean up the edges a little bit and get where I'm not trying. With so much lint it's like fabric confetti, if only there was a big lifetime lint roller to clean up all the mess.

What I love about this fabric collection is that it's ombre so it goes from dark to light with this beautiful texture so different from the typical ombre it doesn't go from dark to light to dark it just has that gradual color variation that will be great on my scrap quilt, plus it's like a solid but not technically, it has a beautiful texture and these colors will just shine. my quilt remind me of a colorful bowl of chocolate, alright, okay, enough fabric caressing, let's cut this cut normally when working on a scrap quilt, I would just cut these strips without worrying what color they were, but like these strips They go From light to dark I'm going to be more intentional with the pieces I cut.

Yes, I am that person who likes to control where the fabric goes in a scrap quilt. I can't help it so I'm going to open up my strips and to make it a little faster I'm going to stack some of them on top of each other making sure the dark ends are lined up and I'm going to cut strips from the dark side and then strips from the lighter side and I love that even though I'm using the same strip, I'll still get that uneven effect because the color changes the next strips, I'm going to cut them a little different, I'm going to lay them out Take out the next set of strips the same way, all them open with the dark sides aligned and cutting them into different lengths.

By the way, you can get the pattern or the kit, if you want to make a fantastic quilt too, just take a look. link in the description box below, Now that I have my beautiful strips cut out, it's time to cut out the background and decorative fabric so I can make my first block. I'm going to cut this into some strips and squares and this decorative fabric will repeat throughout the quilt to give it a repeat look. One thing that keeps me from having a bad day is listening to musicals and of course right now I'm drinking Hamilton so every time I think about being a young fighter and hungry or I'm not going to throw away my cutout I mean I know that he makes it sound better than me, but no, it's fun.

I'm just going to cut my background fabric into squares and triangles and I'll be ready to make my blocks. For the first block, I need four longer strips of different fabrics, the accent squares, the background squares, and four groups of fabric. Using the fabric groupings will give this quilt a little more cohesion, even more junk, but less tatty, so to make the first block. I'm going to place them like this, one of the longer strips, the two pieces of fabric that match my decorative fabric and my background fabric. This block will actually need four of these arrangements and to make piecing a little quicker I'm going to make some chain pieces so I'm going to put all my pieces in a pile and start sewing them together once I'm done with the first section, I'm going to cut them using a thread cutter so that they look nice and Quick, I have my four blocks ready to assemble and this is where we can start to see that that grouping of fabric is so important that it will make this strip look which comes under the next one and will give you a more uniform look now.

I'm going to assemble all four into the block, but I'm going to square them first before doing so. I know it will take a little more time, but the result will be worth it when you block it. it goes together like this and the blocks that aren't exactly six and a half inches, well, we'll just go ahead and throw them in the pile once these blocks are trimmed to get a little closer to the size they're supposed to be. I'm going to assemble them so that the decorative fabric meets in the center. Once I have the pieces laid out with the fabric gathered in the center, I'm going to sew the blocks in rows and then sew the rows together with a quick press and this block. is finished, I'm actually going to need several more of these for the quilt, but first I'll show you how to make the second block, the second block will form an x ​​and I'll use four longer strips. and the triangles on my background fabric again, this is where my waste OCD comes into play.

These could all be different colors, but since I want each part of the x to be similar, I'm grouping them on the same fabric. you have to do that, you can make it totally random if you want, but no matter what fabrics you use, they still go together the same way. I'm going to take my longest strip and find the center, pressing quickly with my little finger, basically I want to line up the midpoints so the triangle is centered, then I'll put the right sides together and sew it together now. I know it looks a little funny right now, but it'll make sense here in a moment, then I'll do the next thing.

Same thing on the other side and finding that middle point means that these triangles will be directly across from each other and when I go to cut out my block it will be much easier, so this block will be pressed and ready to be cut out, but I need to make sure. that the strip stays in the center, if it doesn't, it might be more of a crooked ruler, even though these are going to be five and a half inches, the most important thing to remember is that as I'm cutting it out, I really want to keep this diagonal line down the center, if your ruler doesn't have this diagonal line, don't worry .

You can take your block and fold it in half and it will give you a nice crease to follow, so lining it up on the crease or along that diagonal line, I'm going to extend it just past the five and a half inch square mark so that I can cut out two sides and then rotate it and cut out the rest and there is my first adorable block. I'm going to do that with the rest of the blocks and then we'll put them together now that I have my blocks. I'm going to arrange them so they're all pointing towards the center and then I'm going to alternate the colors so I have one continuous line of fabric to add the center.

I'm going to use my decorative fabric so that we have a nice little plus sign in the middle of our x and then two different groupings of our other strips. I'm going to sew these pieces together and sew the block in rows and then sew the rows together for my second block and there I have my second block finished, I love how it makes a little cross in the center, how the fabric comes together to make that x y even though I'm using scraps, the background fabric still keeps it nice and cohesive, so now I have my first and second blocks finished.

I'm going to make several more of those and then show you how to arrange them to make the quilt. I'll be right back. This quilt comes together very easily because there are no frames or borders, just these glorious blocks, so for the first row. I'm going to design my first block with the second block in the middle. Now these blocks are completely interchangeable, so I can move them around if I think that doesn't work, that doesn't work for me, I can easily change it, rotate it, do whatever. I need until I think the color placement looks perfect.

Once I've decided that it looks great, then I can sew that first row, but here's the best news, there are no matching seams, oh yeah, oh yeah, okay, I'm going to sew this and I'll show you what my look looks like. first row is finished. I even have the second row done and now you can start to see the secondary pattern where those x's line up. I am very excited about the blocks. I've even finished the bottom, so I'm going to put it together so you can see the finished top. My quilt top is assembled and I'm almost ready to quilt, but I want to show you what it would look like if it was completely disposable, obviously with this quilt top, I've had a little bit of control over where the fabrics go, but if you want a total vomit quilt, you can achieve it without having any control over the location, let me show you what It looks like these are actually blocks from a class I taught in my store.

I have a quilt shop in Liberty Missouri so if you are ever in the area you should stop by and see us. It was a mysterious kind of scrap metal destruction. it was actually this pattern and I think you can see all the beautiful different fabric placements so it will still look beautiful but if you like the beautiful bold colors of this jelly roll I happen to have a limited supply so you can order the kit on my website, but I'm going to stick with this location, spray this quilt sandwich and start quilting. I'll see you in a second.

Machine quilting discarded quilts can be a lot of fun because with all those different patterns, you will have plenty of space and opportunity to try out different designs. I have my quilt sandwich dipped and ready to go and I have selected two thread colors that will be perfect for the matching thread collection, a soft linen that blends nicely with that subtle background and then a bright blue that will look great on all other prints. I'm also going to do some ruler quilting to create some different effects. Quilting finished two inch strips is my favorite because there are so many design possibilities, so let's try some of them on this part of my x block.

I'm going to do some curved jointing with Shelly. Now what I love about the Shelley ruler is that it creates the same curve on both sides, that means I don't have to work from all different sides of my machine foot. I can keep one side. What I wanted to do is place it on a strip and I want it to land. at the midpoint I will quilt two curves and then work from the other side to create another set of curves that mirror the image and overlap. It sounds more complex and more difficult than it really is.

Once I've finished a strip, I can easily go right. to the next and I will continue in the background sections. I'm going to quickly quilt those with a continuous curve design which is as simple as quilting a line that curves from one point to another. I don't mind leaving these larger curves free, but if that scares you, you could definitely use a curve ruler for that area. Now, on these longer strips, I'm going to save the ruler and make some wishbone and candy ribbon, something that's pretty, quick, and easy to quilt. What's good about it? Having a quilt made with so many different fabrics means that since you are using different designs, if you don't like the way they look, you can easily switch to something else.

Now for the little plus signs on my block, I'm going to create a little stitch to stitch quilting to give it a little bit of a geometric look that will look great next to the curves. Now I could use a ruler for this part, but Shelly has enough of a ruler that she can still use this one for this. design, I'm just quilting lines that connect points on the block, it's so quick, easy and complex it looks good, it's obvious I'm going to have a lot of fun quilting this quilt so I'm going to start pulling out all my favorite designs and show you how it looks You'll see when I'm done, this quilt is finished and I can definitely say it's not crap.

I love how you can make a scrap quilt as organized or as random as you want using just a little control over fabric placement, I have created a beautiful scrap quilt that almost glows as the blocks come together so quickly and easily and with no matching seams, this quilt can brighten anyone's day, plus the strips were just the right size for machine quilting. some of my favorite rulers. I've had a great time turning a horrible day into a scrap quilt. Thank you very much for joining me. I'll be back next week with a new episode of Midnight Quilter and don't forget if you like it. quilt, you can get the pattern or kit at the

midnight

culture.com or just click the link in the description box below you.