Very nice, I have made table runners using this method.

Love it!

Looks fabulous Monika, well done. Love Chris

It is looking great! Very nice work!

You must have been on you tube,also.I will eventually get one like this done,since I have so many that don't match and not real big.I purchased 2 more pieces today,please pardon me,I confess I love fabrics.Here they are.

Thanks for the reminder. I was trying to figure out what other quilt I could do to use up my scraps

excellent idea hugs:):)

I love the "braid" or chevron quilts and never really thought about using scraps. All those leftover jelly roles will be perfect. Thanks for sharing your idea and very pretty quilt.

great idea

Thank you for showing us

I have a jelly roll waiting to make a table runner and mats like this. I'm going to quilt as I go along.

It looks great, I love the scrappy effect this definately one everyone can do

This is the sort of quilt that appeals to me immensely. The riot of colour is fascinating and exciting. I call this Pioneer Braid. It took me years to work out how to do it... didn't know about Google then - eventually I asked my best pal who has made many braid quilts, one in particular from men's ties that looks superb with all the silk glimmer. When I do the braid and I'm ready to sew on the sashing I sew it on to just match the edge of the inner right angles and then I cut the extra little corners off. That's how I avoid the stretching on the bias that might (and probably would with me) occur if I cut the corners off first.

I just love the colour you've chosen for your sashing. It makes all the scraps pop. What a vibrant, lovely quilt this is going to be. I love it.
AlmaG.

Further to my other post.... I have just packed the car with a bag of fabric and scraps, olfa cutter and board and my machine and I'm heading off to the quilt shop for some fun with the ladies. I am suddenly inspired to cut out the 2 1/2" x 7" pieces and get moving a new quilt top. I'll visit Don for lunch at the nursing home where he's having a few weeks of respite care and then I'll sew for the afternoon. Your Chevron braid quilt has me all fired up and I'm planning to start the first row of mine ..... today!!!
Thank you so much for giving me this great urge to sew again.
Alma.

thank you for this design. I think it would make a beautiful vest.

Looks like fun! I do love fabric!

Fantastic idea to use up all those smaller pieces. Makes a very bright quilt will have to have a go. Hugs

Love your quilt! I have a jelly roll that I'm saving for this pattern. Have to finish a couple more projects before I start a new one. Thanks for sharing. Hope you'll share a picture of the finished project.

Monica,Are you coming back after your chevron strip is long enough,and laying your ruler to the edge and trimming those points off?About how many of these 2 1/2 x 7 strips would you need ,for a queen sized quilt? how wide are your strips in between the rows?

thank you for showing the pictures,
Fantastic idea to use up all those smaller pieces!

Hi, I am new to quilting so thought this might be a place to start. But I have a couple questions. Hope they dont seem silly to all of you. Does this material have to be washed and dried first? and Does this material have to be cut on bias or just the cutting of the strips, is that what is on the bias. Thanks Iva

Hi Toogie , yes we have been very busy ,what a fantastic day ,
now back to the quilt

the center strips are 2,1/2" by 60,1/2" long but you could make any length you like, and it would probably be easier to add the strips before you trim the edges off ,

Iva ,Toogie has given some good advice ,I cut on the straight grain ,its my choice not to prewash fabrics ,but a lot of quilter do ,its up to you ,I always wash my quilts ,on a nice windy day so they dry quick ,I have never had a fabric run but I always hang outside in the sun ,but thats easy for us here in Australia,

Hi Toogie , yes we have been very busy ,what a fantastic day ,
now back to the quilt

the center strips are 2,1/2" by 60,1/2" long but you could make any length you like, and it would probably be easier to add the strips before you trim the edges off ,

Iva ,Toogie has given some good advice ,I cut on the straight grain ,its my choice not to prewash fabrics ,but a lot of quilter do ,its up to you ,I always wash my quilts ,on a nice windy day so they dry quick ,I have never had a fabric run but I always hang outside in the sun ,but thats easy for us here in Australia,

I made a giant, super king size braid quilt but my sashing strips are wider and a royal blue. If the top ever turns up I'll post a picture. it is fun and I was inspired buy a girl who's strips were 3/4 x 2.5 inches for a miniature! They are fascinating to look at!

My word......you have certainly inspired a lot of interest in quilting. I will be having a try and I am not quilter. Maybe a mug rug to start with. Your instructions are so clear, thanks for sharing.......Ann

Oh the memories, as I saw your scraps laid out on your cutting mat, I recognize the first long strip on the left. I had a dress made of that fabric while going to college in 1980 living in Southeast Missouri. My first Semester away from home and that trip to the fabric store almost caused me a stroke at a young age as I made the newbie error of not checking the price per yard working out first just how much the total cost for all the materials and notions would add up to be for the 3 dresses one of which was double layered eyelet that was quite expensive, costing almost $100 for that eyelet dress alone. OUCH! I believe I went on a dry popcorn diet for almost 2 weeks until my next paycheck. Lesson learned.

Hope everyone is motivated to use up some of their material stash. I use to belong to a club that whoever died with the most material was the winner. I have since resigned my position and created an individual club with quite different rules and they are very strict. I must use predominately material I already own until my bins and bolts are drastically reduced. I still have far too much remaining.

I took you up on this idea. Thank you for giving me the courage to tackle it.

Gee I must do one of these .I have so much material

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Too ambitious for me Monika but I'll gladly send you some of my scraps. :-)

Love your quilt and the idea of using up your scrap pieces I will have to bank it in my to do list.