This quilt was made in a 'mile-a-minute' workshop. You use up lots of scraps to create a sort of fabric and then cut the 'fabric' into squares to make the quilt. This quilt was supposed to eat up my scraps, but it hardly made a dent. We use it in our caravan.
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10164Very Nice and I love the vivid colors. A flower for you.
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16513I really like this! You did a great job. I really need to keep and organize my scraps!
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14227I think this would work for scraps from the kids clothes I have been saving for 20 years to make them quilts. I am now saving scraps from the GDs clothes. lol
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9846Nice quilt and a good way to use our stash of scraps
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by shirleysisson
24 Jun 2008
Thank you. It would be great if the stash did get smaller, but, somehow, it doesn't. *4U
20661This is really nice. Our quilting group is making crazy lap quilts. The surprise of how it turns out is endless.
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8630I love this - looks like a stained glass window. When do you want to hold the class? I am ready!
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85867NICE and it is a good way to use scrapes.I've been saving mine but so far did't know what to do with them. a*4U
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27608Your quilt look fantastic, the black borders really make the colours pop. A job well done. *4u
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6816As you already know, I love scrappy quilts, this one is no exception. I was never quite able to get my head around mile a minute, so I "invented" my own system and just "built up " the fabric around a small center bit, of any shape-- triangle, irregular, anything except square. Black or a very dark colour always looks nice around these type of quilts. And you are dead right about those scraps. They get bigger instead of smaller. Flower for this gem
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27382This is a magic quilt, love the dark contrasting border and sashing. I am assuming that the name 'mile-a-minute' indicates it is a very quick quilt to make although it looks like a fair bit of work. Well done! *4U
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by shirleysisson
22 Jun 2008
Thank you. It is supposed to be a quick quilt, but there is quite a lot of work in it. *4U
977I'm still learning how to quilt and have very few scraps.... But I love it. When you say PAPER do you mean any kind of paper or freezer paper? I'll have to put this on my list of things to do. I'm working on a BABY quilt for my daughter and at the rate I'm going he/she will be out of College before I get done.
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by shirleysisson
22 Jun 2008
lbrow would have to give you the answer to this, but, I'm sure, you could even use stitch 'n tear. It's a standing joke with quilters that quilts are seldom done in time for an occasion!! *4U
12985Shirley the way we do this is cut sqs all the same size from paper then sew all your scraps on the paper 'till it is full, trim off fabric to match the sq of paper. when u have enough sqs done you put it together exactly like u have done. Oh & of course you tear off the paper when the square is squared up. *4U
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by shirleysisson
22 Jun 2008
That sounds like a good method - you would probably have less wastage your way. Thanks for sharing that. *4U
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34304Wonderfully and very happily by the living colours! Ideally for vacation and caravan! Flowers for you
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38135Very pretty. Know what you mean. I always think my next quilt will finish off my scraps but never has.
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18167WOW Shirley - this is lovely - if you still have lots of scraps - I guess that means that you can make me one, too - huh????? Hehehe! This is lovely - how does the technique work? *4U
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by shirleysisson
21 Jun 2008
Thanks Shirlene. I'll have to add you to my long 'to do' list. It may be quicker for you to make your own by getting the article from mops!! HAHA *4U
by shirlener88
22 Jun 2008
Martine, I would love a copy - thanks. Shirley, you know I was just kidding. I would love one, but I also know - that it would be very unlikely that you would get around to me. Hehehe!
by colonies1
22 Jun 2008
Oh Mops............that would be great. Post it on here so anyone that wants it can have it. IF not my email is nh2ak@hotmail.com *4U and thanks
211079Two years ago I got a couple of old quilting magazines someone threw out. There was an article in the American Quilter, vol. XVI, No. 4, winter 2000 by Carol A. Coski on the mile-a-minute method. I started full of enthousiasm and made quite a number of blocks, but -unbelievably- ran out of the right scraps. Too many solids. But seeing this I think I have to finish the project. Yours is so lovely.
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by mops
23 Jun 2008
colonies1, put your email address in your profile (you can remove it again tomorrow) and I'll send it to you.
145302see this wouldn't work for me because I would have to go out and buy more scraps I just can't help it .the pile would get bigger. nice work and I like the idea **********
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by tolgamum
21 Jun 2008
Great colours Shirley and beautifully done. Like Minnieb, I too would need just a few more colours to introduce to the scraps for contrast, till I eventually would wind up with more scraps than at the beginning. But hey! there's always another on the drawing board. Cheers and flower to you.
7833Neat. I'd like to know how it is done.
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by shirleysisson
21 Jun 2008
Thank you. You just take strips of scrap fabric and sew them together haphazardly. As you trim to add the next strip, you can cut at an angle or straight - basically anything goes. You just try to keep adding fabrics until the patchwork is big enough to cut into the size square you want. *4U
62461very effective,great way to use up scraps, I am trying to finish one something like this it is called slash & stack but like you my pile seems to be getting larger
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