Scrap Patchwork: Traditionally Modern Quilts - Organize Your Stash to Tell Your Color Story

by Sandra Clemons

Overview

Sew 13 scrappy quilts with color 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 blocks and trusted techniques. Learn to organize your fabric and choose winning color combinations. Each quilt features design notes to help you get the look you want when "shopping" your own stash.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617451423
Publisher:	C&T Publishing / Stash Books
Publication date:	03/07/2016
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Sandra Clemons specializes in traditional patchwork quilting with bright, modern fabrics. Her work has been published in magazines such as McCall’s Quilting, BHG American Patchwork & Quilting, BHG Quilts & More, Quiltmaker, and Modern Quilts Unlimited. She lives in Denver, Colorado. sandraclemons.blogspot.com.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Organizing Scraps and Stash Fabrics
Folding Fabric
Fabric’s Overall Color
Stash Fabric Storage
Scrap Fabric Storage
Stash Building
Stash Building
Types of Fabric
Fabric Shopping
Choosing Scrap Fabrics and Hitting up Your Stash
Cotton Rule
Color Inspiration
Contrast, Scale, and Mood
Color Basics
The Color Wheel
Shade, Tint, and Tone
Warm and Cool Colors
Basic Color Schemes
More Color Schemes
Creating a Color Scheme
The Quilts
Puggles
Birds
Twilight
Playful
Fiddlesticks
Bracelet
Swing
Delight
Watermelon
Crossroads
Magic
Film
Slide
Techniques
Subcut Fabric Strips
Finger Pressing
Locking Seams
Flying Geese
Square in a Square
Chain Piecing
Strip Piecing
Dog Ears
Set-in seams
Templates
Suppliers and Manufacturers

Editorial Reviews

Sew 13 scrappy quilts with color 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. These patterns will keep your waste to a minimum and creativity to a maximum.

April/May 2016 McCall's Quick Quilts

Get scrap-busting with this fun and inventive collection of 13 quilts from Sandra Clemons, designed to help you make the most of the leftovers of gorgeous fabric that you're determined to find a use for. Each project marries the traditional with the modern to gorgeous effect, with striking colour combinations, engaging patterns and large blocks. The book includes a handy and informative guide to selecting colour schemes and also advice on the most efficient way to store your stash—there's even instructions on how to make your own stylish an practical storage buckets! An ideal pick for confident beginners looking for a challenge, these projects will enhance your skills while keeping your waste to a minimum and providing plenty of creative inspiration.

Issue 22 Quilt Now

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!)

Summer 2016 Generation Q

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.

Issue 157 Workbox Be Creative

The thirteen quilts do not have a scrappy appearance. They are careful colour arrangements, all explained in the introduction on organising a fabric stash. Many quilts have large blocks. 16" is common, one quilt has 32" blocks. Some blocks have triangles with bias edges and Y seams. There are actual size templates to photocopy. Each quilt has clear suggestions for selecting colours. There are large areas of neutral colors. These are complex patterns with small diagrams, the written instructions require close reading. It is suitable for an experienced quilter.

Issue 272 British Patchwork & Quilting