FACT: You have generated fabric scraps if you have made a quilt. FACT: You have had mixed emotions regarding the disposition of those scraps. FACT: There is a high probability that you still have those scraps – either loose or incorporated in another quilt. I keep a basket – okay, a very large plastic tub – to hold my fabric scraps. When the tub gets full, it is time to make another scrap quilt.

Supplies:
light weight muslin for foundation
black fabric cut into 1 1/2” wide strips
miscellaneous fabric strips in various lengths and widths

Directions:
For this scrap quilt cut a 10″ square of muslin. You may choose a different block size if you wish.

1. Draw one diagonal line from corner to corner.  Add two parallel lines, each 3/4″ away from the corner-to-corner line.

2. Lay black fabric strip right-side up between the outer lines.
3. Select a fabric scrap long enough to extend past the edges of the muslin (width is not critical). Place the scrap right-side down over black fabric. Be sure the black fabric is lined up between the lines on the muslin and stitch with a 1/4” seam allowance. The geometric pattern of the black strips in the quilt depends on the position of the black fabric and the first stitch line on the muslin foundation. If you don’t want a uniform geometric pattern of the black fabric strips you can be as scrappy as you wish. The widths of the added scraps can be random or uniform depending on your choice of appearance of the finished quilt. Look at the photo at the top of this article…… the black strips are aligned well and of uniform width, the scraps are random widths, but each scrap is a rectangle with parallel long edges.
4. Flip the top strip over and finger press.
5. Keep adding fabric strips right side down, sewing with 1/4″ seam allowance, and finger pressing open until the muslin square is fully covered.
6. When the foundation block is covered with fabric strips, press with iron.
7. Trim excess fabric that extends beyond muslin foundation.
8. Square up block.

The number of squares you need is determined by the finished size you want your quilt to be.

Arrange the blocks to produce the black fabric geometric design you desire.  Your choices are parallel black lines or black squares on point.