I'm really inspired by this one! What stands out to me is that the center focus fabric can be just "normal" in colour or design, but when given a frame and some white space it becomes a piece of art. I was reminded of Mondrian as well. Thanks for posting this - I'm going to start rummaging through my scrap bins and make a few blocks on this cold and snowy day.
When you said “special fabric” & “sentimental “, I knew I’d LOVE this. I have bits & pieces of fabric that were scraps from clothes my mom sewed for me in high school. I treasure them so much because each piece has memories attached. I’m going to dig them out today. Your blocks are so awesome! You are so creative & have such great ideas, thanks you for sharing!!!
I’m watching for the second time. I started collecting yellow and purple fabrics for a table runner but somewhere along the line another project took its place. So glad this video came up again.
I absolutely love this idea! I have only been sewing for a short time (bought my first sewing machine in 2022) but I have a ton of scraps of some meaningful fabric that I would love to have a keepsake of. Its like I remember each fabric and what I used it for, so having a bunch of these squares made up to either complete a quilt one day, or do smaller projects with is amazing. I love your videos. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for this fascinating insight into new scrap fabric ideas. I'm thrilled with the bench cover I've just finished - scraps framed in black and a pink background with curtain lining fabric I've had for 20 years - a true Scrap buster!
Yes, I loved this. Seeing the squares up on your design board made all the difference. I hope you get enough squares to actually make a quilt. Thankyou.
I thoroughly enjoyed your thought process! I think a lot like you! I think sometimes it would be so much easier to just try to follow a pattern…but I don’t seem to! Thank you so much!
I really like this idea! While I love symmetrical and "orderly" patterns - I do like a quilt that is NOT looking like it was all "precuts" and on purpose. And yes, great way to use and show off those amazing frabrics you don't really want to cut and you aren't sure how to use, but you want them in a quilt, not sitting in a box.
And to think I never realized I could turn the fabric sideways and keep going on another piece! I learn something useful every time I watch one of these videos.
Thanks! I see what you mean about looking like stamps! I got my self sidetracked with another project but hoping to get back to putting these all together soon.
Very clever block-making, we've all got those scraps we can't part with and your 'frames' around them turned out stunning, thank you for showing us these.
Thank you so much for this idea! I knew there must be a reason that I'd saved that 2 inch square of fabric for 20+ years. I had a large roll of vintage bias binding in dark brown so I spent yesterday doing frames. Today I'm working on the negative space in a mixture of blues . Let's hope I can keep momentum to finish!
Loved this. Going to have to try this one. I'm new to your channel but you and I are similar types of quilters it seems. I love scrappy, improv, string quilts and crumb pieced blocks, and sometimes a very precisely pieced pattern. I have way more fun just going with whatever makes me relax and enjoy being in my sewing room. Can't wait to see what you make with these. I like the smaller frames and both background colors are totally dynamic. Lots of energy. Great job.
Love your video l have sewed crazy shapes for years. Just lately started putting frames on mine, but butting them to another one. Really like the way you put extra background on yours. Looks like the scraps are floating. Wish I had seen your video years ago.
Great idea for using up scraps. I’ve been doing a lot of string quilting blocks with scraps. And making confetti border. May have to incorporate this idea as well. Thanks for sharing the video.
Love this I’m going to have to give it a try. The concept of using pieces from other quilts for the memory! Perfect I agree the final quarter inch frame is the best.
Absolutely love this quilt, looking forward to next video!! I prefer the white background however a few random black blocks thrown look awesome too - thankyou soo much for sharing!
Really liked the idea behind this one - thank you. Appreciate you linked it from your latest video so I could see find it. Would love to see the finished result but no pressure here. 🙂
what an interesting method! I really like this and I have far more scrap than I will ever sew in this lifetime. Thanks for this video and inspiration!!
What a fun watch! Great idea to use up scraps. You have so many good suggestions as how to approach your project as well, such as making a block after finishing a quilt. This could even be done with leftover knit pieces as you are framing as you go giving i some stability and each block could be then fused to a soft fusible quilt interfacing to stabilize for quilting. Soft to the touch and would make great baby blankets after sewing baby clothes. So many possibilities. So I am definitely subscribing and looking at your channel to see if you have expanded on your very cool looking blocks.
Thanks so much! Love that knit idea - you are right that would make a lovely tactile baby quilt! I left these blocks for a while but I am finishing some UFOs this summer and this is one of the ones I’m planning to piece into a top and get done! Thanks so much for subscribing!
Great idea, I am solely a scrappy quilter and this is a wonderful way to use up those treasured little pieces. I can imagine it in endless combinations! Thank you for your inspiration,
Wow I love this block Kristen! What a great way to use your favorite scrap pieces.................... Cant wait to make some of these ..........Thank you 😊
Very cool. I never quilt, but I make potholders. Definitely on the list. Probably a set of 4 for my mother-in-law. Thank you for the great idea. I like black and white.
I might try black and ivory, which are already in my house. I have a pale muted green wall paint called Dried Lichen, which is sometimes a background color in my quilts. I agree the thinner black stripe is better, and I like the reverse too. I am impressed with this use of scraps.
Your a very creative person. I love the look of these blocks but I question my patience in making them -- at least in a quilt. But if you have the patience, it would make a stunning quilt I think.
I think these might look more striking on their own - like mounted into an actual frame as wall art. Then you don’t need to make a whole quilt’s worth 😉
Very intetesting. Looking forward to seeing the quilt. It would be fun to do when making clothing for a baby thru the years and present the quilt when older maybe with a few pictures of the child wearing those garments.
@@ScrapFabricLove Thank you. I look forward to seeing what you do with yours. Most likely I will make kitchen curtains and or placemats with what I do when I get some other projects done. I just subscribed and rang the bell.
Yes! I love this! I have tons of leftover trimmings and scraps of beautiful, carefully selected prints that would mean a lot to me personally in a finished throw. I think I would make it double sided, rather than whole sheet backing. Maybe change the background color on the backside.
I have bits of extra fabric after the top is pieced. I like after quilt for the back, and sometimes prefer the afterquilt. I might try making these scraps from the front as the backing after quilt. Goodness, I might prefer that after quilt every time.
I like how the blocks turned out but not the mix of backgrounds togeather. I would keep the white background squares on the " front " and do the black background squares (used loosely including all shapes) as a pieced "back" making a reversible quilt
I just found your channel. You have some new ideas that I like! It makes me nervous when you set your rotary cutter down without closing it. My first instructor would have taken it from me on the 3rd time.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Sorry for making you nervous but I don’t think that is a habit I am likely to break 😂. You aren’t the first to mention it! I can’t say I wasn’t warned when the injury finally happens…
Do you have any special scraps you would use for this block?
Yes I do! Thanks for sharing your ideas with us! 😊🥰
I can see all these random pieces in a quilt👍it will look so awesome
Thanks!
Yes I do. Some really pretty ones that I wasn't sure what to do with to make a cohesive quilt. Love this, thank you.
Glad you can get use it!
I love the idea of a scrap from every quilt I make in 2024! At the.end of the year, you make a memory quilt for yourself!
Exactly! Glad you liked it!
I'm really inspired by this one! What stands out to me is that the center focus fabric can be just "normal" in colour or design, but when given a frame and some white space it becomes a piece of art. I was reminded of Mondrian as well. Thanks for posting this - I'm going to start rummaging through my scrap bins and make a few blocks on this cold and snowy day.
Glad you liked this one! I have really been enjoying making them.
Before you started, the scraps didn't look much. Finished, they looked totally different. What a great idea. Thank you.
Thanks!!
When you said “special fabric” & “sentimental “, I knew I’d LOVE this. I have bits & pieces of fabric that were scraps from clothes my mom sewed for me in high school. I treasure them so much because each piece has memories attached. I’m going to dig them out today.
Your blocks are so awesome! You are so creative & have such great ideas, thanks you for sharing!!!
I am so glad this might work for some of your special bits. I hold on to things like that too! 💕
What fun!!! Watching you plan and sew is like being there. Quilting is such a solitary work, it is a joy to join you with a video.
Thanks so much- so glad you enjoyed it!
I love the relaxed way of creating a modern look quilt. Sometimes all the measuring and accuracy is just so stressful. Love it, thank you.
Thanks! So glad you liked it!
I’m watching for the second time. I started collecting yellow and purple fabrics for a table runner but somewhere along the line another project took its place. So glad this video came up again.
Glad you liked it enough to watch twice!
Bravo! Great idea for small pieces of fabric. Warm greetings from Bulgaria!
Thanks!!
Absolutely love this idea. A reminder of a stainglass window quilt.
Thanks!
Turn it sideways to save the fabric! Genius ❤
I find it so much easier to watch someone working left handed. That is a great project. Thank you
Thanks so much!
I absolutely love this idea! I have only been sewing for a short time (bought my first sewing machine in 2022) but I have a ton of scraps of some meaningful fabric that I would love to have a keepsake of. Its like I remember each fabric and what I used it for, so having a bunch of these squares made up to either complete a quilt one day, or do smaller projects with is amazing. I love your videos. Thank you so much!
Thanks so much! So glad you liked this block - have fun with it!
Thank you so much for this fascinating insight into new scrap fabric ideas. I'm thrilled with the bench cover I've just finished - scraps framed in black and a pink background with curtain lining fabric I've had for 20 years - a true Scrap buster!
Fab! So glad you liked it!
Yes, I loved this. Seeing the squares up on your design board made all the difference. I hope you get enough squares to actually make a quilt. Thankyou.
I love your zebra manicure! Cute.
😂 thanks! All my nails are just press ons.
Absolutely amazing how a few scraps can be turned into such works of art!!!
You do not disappoint when doing improv!!! Thank you!!
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it!
Hello from Bulgaria! Thank you for the detailed explanation. Simple and beautiful!
Thanks for watching!
Love what you’re creating. Thanks for the inspirations. ❤️😁🌹
Thanks so much!
I thoroughly enjoyed your thought process! I think a lot like you! I think sometimes it would be so much easier to just try to follow a pattern…but I don’t seem to! Thank you so much!
I know! I always have intentions to follow one and when it comes down to it I would rather deviate!
I really like this idea! While I love symmetrical and "orderly" patterns - I do like a quilt that is NOT looking like it was all "precuts" and on purpose. And yes, great way to use and show off those amazing frabrics you don't really want to cut and you aren't sure how to use, but you want them in a quilt, not sitting in a box.
Thanks! Yes no one sees them on your shelf!
And to think I never realized I could turn the fabric sideways and keep going on another piece! I learn something useful every time I watch one of these videos.
Fab! Glad you got a useful tidbit from it!
Niiiice blocks. Looking forward to seeing the finished quilt!!
Thanks!!
This will be beautiful! The blocks are pretty on their own. When they are on your wall with the thin frames around them they resemble postage stamps!
Thanks! I see what you mean about looking like stamps! I got my self sidetracked with another project but hoping to get back to putting these all together soon.
Hello Kristen, I was telling my husband how you have created such cool quilts that catch my eyes❣️ I love your work ❤️❤️❤️ Chris
Thanks so much!!
Very clever block-making, we've all got those scraps we can't part with and your 'frames' around them turned out stunning, thank you for showing us these.
So glad you liked them!
Thank you. I like your descriptions/demo of these scrap blocks.
Thanks so much!
Love this way of framing. ❤
Thanks!
I really enjoyed your video. It’s so different and helps use those crazy growing scrapes!
Thanks so much! So glad you liked it!
Thank you so much for this idea! I knew there must be a reason that I'd saved that 2 inch square of fabric for 20+ years. I had a large roll of vintage bias binding in dark brown so I spent yesterday doing frames. Today I'm working on the negative space in a mixture of blues . Let's hope I can keep momentum to finish!
Fab! So glad this helped you use some precious scraps!
Will definitely try this ❤you are so relaxed at teaching and so giving thank you❤
Aw thanks so much! That’s very nice 💕. Hope you have fun with this one!
Loved this. Going to have to try this one. I'm new to your channel but you and I are similar types of quilters it seems. I love scrappy, improv, string quilts and crumb pieced blocks, and sometimes a very precisely pieced pattern. I have way more fun just going with whatever makes me relax and enjoy being in my sewing room. Can't wait to see what you make with these. I like the smaller frames and both background colors are totally dynamic. Lots of energy. Great job.
Thanks so much!
Love these blocks! I see a new quilt in my future!😊
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much for making this video! Beautiful work. My brain works like yours and I plan on doing this soon.
So glad you liked it - thanks!
I absolutely LOVE that you don't measure!!!! You are my quilt hero! :)
Thanks! I avoid it whenever I can 😂
Love your video l have sewed crazy shapes for years. Just lately started putting frames on mine, but butting them to another one. Really like the way you put extra background on yours. Looks like the scraps are floating. Wish I had seen your video years ago.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Great idea for using up scraps. I’ve been doing a lot of string quilting blocks with scraps. And making confetti border. May have to incorporate this idea as well. Thanks for sharing the video.
Glad you liked it!
I love this. I’ve been crumb quilting and this takes that to another (better) level! Thanks for sharing!
So glad you liked it! Thanks!
Love this I’m going to have to give it a try. The concept of using pieces from other quilts for the memory! Perfect I agree the final quarter inch frame is the best.
So glad you liked it! Thanks!
Absolutely love this quilt, looking forward to next video!! I prefer the white background however a few random black blocks thrown look awesome too - thankyou soo much for sharing!
Thanks!
Great idea. I do have a favorite fabric that I have just a bit left and I can't bear to use it all up. This way I can save it to remember... Thanks
Fab! Have fun with it!
What a fantastic idea, thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Really liked the idea behind this one - thank you. Appreciate you linked it from your latest video so I could see find it. Would love to see the finished result but no pressure here. 🙂
Thanks! I am sure I will finish it eventually!! Glad you liked it.
This is an interesting block idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
What fun!! A great idea for a modern look.
Thanks!
I Love it, Kristen 🥰
Thank you!
Enjoyed the video and listening to your thought process. Thanks!
Thanks!
😊 Love the final result, especially the black and white version. Thanks for all your inspiration.
Thanks so much for watching! Glad you liked it’
I like this a lot! Thank you!
Thanks!
what an interesting method! I really like this and I have far more scrap than I will ever sew in this lifetime. Thanks for this video and inspiration!!
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Wow! This is so different and what a great way to use scrapes and showcase some favorite fabrics!❤
So glad you liked it!
Reminds me of stained glass windows! Beautiful @
Thanks!
What a fun watch! Great idea to use up scraps. You have so many good suggestions as how to approach your project as well, such as making a block after finishing a quilt. This could even be done with leftover knit pieces as you are framing as you go giving i some stability and each block could be then fused to a soft fusible quilt interfacing to stabilize for quilting. Soft to the touch and would make great baby blankets after sewing baby clothes. So many possibilities. So I am definitely subscribing and looking at your channel to see if you have expanded on your very cool looking blocks.
Thanks so much! Love that knit idea - you are right that would make a lovely tactile baby quilt!
I left these blocks for a while but I am finishing some UFOs this summer and this is one of the ones I’m planning to piece into a top and get done! Thanks so much for subscribing!
Beautiful !!! love watching your vids ,while sewing . At the moment Im sewing a scrap jean and tapestry fabric picnic quilt . TFS
Your quilt sounds fab! Thanks for watching!
Love this! I laughed out loud when I saw the image and thought, just wow. That's awesome.
Thanks!
Oh it just dawned on me that you are a lefty as well. “Lefties Rule”!!!
Yup! Leftie all the way!
That design wall visual is very inspiring
Thanks!!
Like the reverse white on black too.
Thanks!
Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for watching!
Very cool idea! I think that this would made a unique border using scraps from the quilt top. Time consuming but therapeutic I think.
😊
I enjoy your videos, since I like crumb piecing this is a good project for me to do. I really like what you have done. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!!
I prefer the white background, great scrap buster for sure. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
Scrap quilting is right up my alley! I love what you did with this block. 👍❤️
Thank you!
Awesome use of scraps. I really liked seeing the design wall with a lot of the blocks thrown up there. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!
Great idea, I am solely a scrappy quilter and this is a wonderful way to use up those treasured little pieces. I can imagine it in endless combinations! Thank you for your inspiration,
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
I love watching you work. I feel like I’m always learning!
Aw thanks! So glad you liked it.
Very inspirational.
Thanks
I like this - another way to play.
Glad you liked it!
Wow I love this block Kristen! What a great way to use your favorite scrap pieces.................... Cant wait to make some of these ..........Thank you 😊
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
Please close your cutter-even dull blades will cut your hand. This is an interesting process. It looks so fun!
People tell me that all the time ! Maybe one day I’ll learn 😂. Might have to cut myself first!
Love how organically this goes together! I will give this a try for sure.
Glad you liked it!
This is so good! I’m doing this.
Thank you!
This is awesome!
Thanks so much!
That's a fun idea!
Thanks!
I love this idea! So creative! Outside the box! I look forward to seeing your finished quilt top in the future.
Thanks!
Very cool. I never quilt, but I make potholders. Definitely on the list. Probably a set of 4 for my mother-in-law. Thank you for the great idea. I like black and white.
Fab! So glad there is a way you can use this! Have fun!
I like the thinner frame as well. Great idea. Thank you
Thanks!
Love this I can't wait to see what you do in the end.
Thanks!
Love this idea, I have loads of scrap fabric
Thanks glad you liked it!
Hi Kristen, This is such a clever idea! I think I like the thinner frames as well. I]thanks for sharing this, I really like it. 👍🏻
Thanks so much!
I might try black and ivory, which are already in my house. I have a pale muted green wall paint called Dried Lichen, which is sometimes a background color in my quilts. I agree the thinner black stripe is better, and I like the reverse too. I am impressed with this use of scraps.
Thanks! Glad you liked this!
Your a very creative person. I love the look of these blocks but I question my patience in making them -- at least in a quilt. But if you have the patience, it would make a stunning quilt I think.
I think these might look more striking on their own - like mounted into an actual frame as wall art. Then you don’t need to make a whole quilt’s worth 😉
Very intetesting. Looking forward to seeing the quilt. It would be fun to do when making clothing for a baby thru the years and present the quilt when older maybe with a few pictures of the child wearing those garments.
Fab idea!
Thank you this is a great project. Sure, glad you shared this. Looks like great fun!
Glad you liked it! Have fun with it if you decide to try it!
@@ScrapFabricLove Thank you. I look forward to seeing what you do with yours. Most likely I will make kitchen curtains and or placemats with what I do when I get some other projects done. I just subscribed and rang the bell.
Thanks so much!
I love this idea!!! Thank you.
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Love this, anxious to see it put together, Great Idea
Thanks so much!
I liked the thinner frame too. Thank you
Thanks!
Great idea to make fabric cards. Could add. Embellishments,
beads, buttons, whatever. Thank you.
Oh totally you could take this to a whole other level.
Love this
Thanks!
I am doing this and loving the result. Thank you!
Oh yeah! So glad you like it!
Purty! 😍🙌🏻🙏
Thanks!
Yes! I love this! I have tons of leftover trimmings and scraps of beautiful, carefully selected prints that would mean a lot to me personally in a finished throw. I think I would make it double sided, rather than whole sheet backing. Maybe change the background color on the backside.
Great idea to make it double sided! Have fun with it!
How fun and creative....love it...thank you
Thanks so much!
Loved it. Thanks for sharing your method. I got some great inspiration.
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.
I love this idea. Make QOV and lots of charity quilts. This would be another way to use all my strips.
Glad you like it! All the best with all your charity quilts!!
Love, love, love this.
So glad you liked it!
I have bits of extra fabric after the top is pieced. I like after quilt for the back, and sometimes prefer the afterquilt. I might try making these scraps from the front as the backing after quilt. Goodness, I might prefer that after quilt every time.
I like how the blocks turned out but not the mix of backgrounds togeather. I would keep the white background squares on the " front " and do the black background squares (used loosely including all shapes) as a pieced "back" making a reversible quilt
Thanks! I’ll have to see how many I get made and figure out what will work!
I just found your channel. You have some new ideas that I like! It makes me nervous when you set your rotary cutter down without closing it. My first instructor would have taken it from me on the 3rd time.
Hi! Thanks for watching! Sorry for making you nervous but I don’t think that is a habit I am likely to break 😂. You aren’t the first to mention it! I can’t say I wasn’t warned when the injury finally happens…
Very cool