Make the Fastest Scrappy Quilt
Tips How to Make Faster Quilts
Have you ever wished you could finish your quilt in half the time? Now you can learn how to make the fastest scrappy quilt. Here is a stunning quilt pattern that goes together in record time. Get ready because your scrappy quilting just got faster!
Scrap quilting is a favorite of many quilters, and it’s easy to see why. There’s something incredibly satisfying about transforming leftover fabric into a beautiful, unique quilt. I love the thrill of the creative process, from sorting through scraps to seeing the final product come together. It’s a great way to reduce waste, rejuvenate your creativity, and design a cozy quilt to snuggle up with. The best part is, since you already have this fabric on hand, it’s like quilting for free!
Watch this video: This video is packed with tips and tricks to help you work more efficiently and achieve professional-looking results. From choosing the right fabrics to assembling the final quilt, see how to streamline your process and make the most of your time. Get ready to take your scrap quilting to the next level and create beautiful, one-of-a-kind quilts in record time.
How to Choose the Best Fabric Selection
#1 Tip for Combining Fabrics
The key to choosing the best fabrics for your quilt design is to create contrast. Whether you are using a single color or a hundred, you need light and dark fabrics added to your mid-tone fabrics. Chances are you already have a lot of mid-tone fabrics. Those are the prints that catch our eye most often.
Working with that favorite print, find some scrap fabrics that look great when placed side-by-side. These will help add lots of interest to your quilt. It’s also an opportunity to add an accent color for some pizzazz. Most importantly, be sure you have both light and dark fabrics to use throughout your quilt. You’ll love the difference this makes!
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How to Cut Fat Quarters
Simple Way to Get 3 Layer Cake 10-inch Squares from a Single Fat Quarter
Starting with an 18-inch x 22-inch FQ, you can easily cut a 10-inch strip across the width of fabric (WOF). From that 10-inch x 22-inch strip, simply cut two 10-inch squares which will leave an 8-inch x 22-inch strip leftover.
There are two options to use that leftover strip. If you need a full 10-inch square. Cut your strip into two pieces measuring 8-inches x 11-inches. Now simply sew these two pieces together and trim it to 10-inches. When I trim a block with seams like this, I make sure the seam is not in the center. This will make it much more visible.
Instead, cut your block so the seam falls to one side of center. Once this block is sewn into the quilt, the seam will hardly be noticeable. Remember, quilting is about cutting fabric into pieces and creating something new and different. So don’t stress about a seam in your block. Your quilt is already full of them!
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For more ideas to cut FQs, check out my articles, Quilt Faster: How to Cut Fat Quarters and How to Cut a Fat Quarter for Quilting.
Cutting Fat Quarters into Precuts
How to cut Three 10-inch squares from a FQ
This 12 Pcs Wildflower Fat Quarter Bundle stole my heart! I knew I wanted to make a layer cake quilt which meant I needed to cut each FQ into 10-inch squares. It’s easy to get two 10-inch squares from a FQ but I wanted three since I was making two quilts. My dilemma was how to get 36 layer cake squares from these 12 FQs.
Instead of ‘making’ a third 10-inch square for these quilts, I cut the four individual pieces of the quilt block from the leftover 8-inch strip mentioned above. With those pieces, I was able to create the layer cake block that looked exactly like all the others. This technique is demonstrated in the video above.
For the second of these two wildflower quilts, I purchased A Year in Petals Fat Quarter Bundle (16 Pieces) by Bonnie Christine for Art Gallery Fabrics. This was a perfect group of coordinating prints that worked great with my leftover fabrics from the first project. I used the same method to cut the 10-inch squares I needed, and my quilt went together beautifully!
So always look for ways that you can use your scraps in every quilt you make. I find combining scraps with precut bundles is a great way to add flair, and a unique look to your quilt.
Happy Quilting, Lea Louise
