Too Many Fabric Scraps? Join Me for This FREE Summit!

Every quilt leaves a few scraps behind. Then we make another quilt. And another.

Pretty soon, those little leftovers need a basket. Then a bigger basket. And perhaps we should stop counting baskets!

If you love your scraps but sometimes feel overwhelmed by them, I have something to share.

The Conquer Your Fabric Scraps Summit is happening November 9–13, and I’m excited to be one of the instructors!

Hosted by Nicki Hibbits of The Ruffled Purse, this FREE online event brings together more than 20 quilting instructors to help you manage your scraps and use them.

Over five days, you’ll find practical ideas for sorting, storing, and sewing with your fabric leftovers, along with live events and opportunities to connect with other scrap-loving quilters.

You know how much I enjoy working with scraps. There’s something wonderful about bringing fabrics from different projects together and watching them become something new. I would love to help you discover that same excitement in your own scrap collection!

CLICK HERE TO GET YOUR FREE TICKET

Your free ticket includes 48-hour access to each day’s presentations, so you can fit them into your schedule. If you’d like longer access, you can learn about the optional Scrap Success Bundle after registering.

Come join me—and let’s see what those scraps can become!

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Your Scrap Bin Has a Holiday!

Apparently, our scraps have their own holiday—and I think we should celebrate!

Today, November 7, is International Scrap Sorting Day. What better excuse to spend a little time digging through those bits and pieces we couldn’t bear to throw away?

My suggestion? Start small. Pick one basket, one bag, or even that little pile beside your cutting mat. You do NOT have to organize every scrap you own in one afternoon!

Sort by color, size, or shape—whatever helps YOU see the possibilities. Pull out strips for string piecing, gather squares for a scrappy project, or put a few favorite colors together and see what happens.

For me, that’s the fun of sorting scraps. Somewhere between “What was I saving THIS for?” and “Oh, I remember that fabric!” an idea starts forming.

And if sorting leaves you wondering what to do with all those treasures, I have JUST the idea!

The “Conquer Your Fabric Scrap Summit” runs November 9–12.

More information tomorrow…

So, will you be celebrating International Scrap Sorting Day? And do you sort by color, size—or whatever container still has room?

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“Let’s Get Scrappy is about how to decide, not about what to make.”

Let’s Get Scrappy is an on-demand online course that helps quilters overcome decision fatigue and finally make sense of their overflowing scrap bins. With four hours of step-by-step video instruction, you’ll learn simple systems for organizing, piecing, and pressing your scraps—so you can stop overthinking and start sewing beautiful, coordinated quilts with confidence and joy.

Click HERE for more information about Let’s Get Scrappy!!

If the Offcuts Are This Much Fun…

You know it’s been a good cutting session when even the pile of offcuts makes you smile!

After cutting fabrics for my Hunter’s Star quilt, I was left with this…

Now, I know that the neatly cut squares are the point of the exercise. They are the pieces that will actually become the quilt.

But this little pile deserved a moment of its own!

Seeing all those fabrics jumbled together makes me excited to start sewing. No careful placement. No worrying about which fabric goes next to which. Just the leftovers from a cutting session, looking happy together.

If the quilt is half as much fun as this pile, it will be MARVELOUS!!

Do you ever stop to admire the scraps before clearing off your cutting table?

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STOP SAVING YOUR SCRAPS FOR “SOMEDAY”

With Crumbs for the Geese, you’ll confidently turn even the smallest pieces into a vibrant, finished quilt—no second guessing, no overwhelm.

🎥 You’ll also get a 30-minute step-by-step video on crumb blocks and precise flying geese
Just sew, build, and enjoy the process

Check out the pattern HERE

Prepping My Hunter’s Star Quilt

I’m getting my Hunter’s Star quilt ready to bring downstairs so I can work on it after my knee surgery. That means making the remaining fabric decisions and getting everything cut before then.

But as I started planning the rest of the fabrics, I realized that I needed to back up a step!

Having pieced only part of the blocks, I didn’t have a clear sense of how the complete block would come together.

Before I could decide anything else, I needed to lay out the pieces and see exactly where the remaining fabrics would go….

There is only so much arranging that I can do in my head!

I debated which fabrics to use for the larger squares and finally chose one bright fabric from my scrap stash, along with dark squares that matched the background.

The bright squares were easy to find, pulling pieces from my 5-inch scraps.

When I started cutting the dark squares, I realized I didn’t have enough background fabric to cut all the pieces I needed!

I started looking for alternatives, but the original background was a blue-black that proved very hard to match.

Fortunately, I had another place to look…

I turned to a stack of hand-dyed fabrics my friend Anita made. She LOVED her blue-black dyes!!

I pulled several of her fabrics and cut the dark squares I still needed from them. It felt good to find what this quilt needed in that stack of her hand-dyes.

After a bit of square-cutting, all of the pieces were ready to go….

Once the cutting was finished, I put all the pieces in a box with the instructions.

Now, when it’s time to bring the project downstairs, the fabric decisions and cutting will already be done. I’ll have everything together, ready to piece when I feel like it.

I am not looking forward to the knee replacement, but getting to piece on this will bring a little excitement to the recovery!

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“Let’s Get Scrappy is about how to decide, not about what to make.”

Click HERE for more information about Let’s Get Scrappy!!

A Celtic Knots Lesson in Fabric Contrast

Last Sunday, I showed you how I made my first Celtic Knots block.

I loved it!

So I picked out three more fabric sets and made three more blocks.

Then I put all four on the design wall.

That was when I noticed something important: the two blocks on the upper right…

…didn’t have enough contrast.

Some of the fabrics blended together, and the knot design wasn’t as clear as I wanted.

It’s a good reminder that I need to look carefully at the fabrics within each block, not just at how pretty they look together in a stack. The design wall helped me see something I hadn’t noticed while I was sewing.

Will I keep those two blocks or remake them? I’m going to wait until I’ve made the other 23 blocks and can see how everything works together.

If they still stand out for the wrong reasons, they’re history—or perhaps they’ll find a home on the back of the quilt!

Note to self: Make good fabric choices!

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