Scrap Patchwork

Sew 13 scrappy quilts with colour palettes so sophisticated, you won't believe they're from scraps! Blending the best of modern and traditional quilting, these projects pair fresh fabrics with classic block designs and trusted techniques. Learn to organise your fabric and choose winning colour combinations. Each quilt features design notes to help you get the look you want when shopping your own stash. Ideal for confident beginners, these patterns will keep your waste to a minimum and your creativity to a maximum. We love the sophisticated designs for the confident beginner.

Oh, geez! Who doesn't love scraps, and finding ways to use every crumb! And there's a world of scrappy goodness in this new release by Sandra Clemons. The book has 13 beautiful stash-busting projects from this self-described neotraditionalist quilter, but there's so much more, and that's where we really get fired up! Each project has a "design thoughts" feature, where she details the reasoning behind her choices and gives us more options to think about. The segment on color basics is followed by tips on organizing and building a stash, including a folding technique for uniform storage that's super handy. (Oh, and gives us more excuses for fondling our fabric!)