For me, my most usable sizes are 2½" squares:
3½" squares:
4½" squares:
and 8" squares:
After doing that, I used some of what was left to make blocks for another scrap quilt.
I used leftover bits of sheeting on the back as a stablising fabric - last time I made this quilt, I used paper but I wanted to use up the sheeting so that's what I used.
There are 49 blocks altogether. I know there are more than 49 in the photos above - I must have taken duplicates photos of some of them! Oops!
I then used scraps of fleece on the backs and joined them using my QAYG (quilt as you go) method. This is the resulting quilt. I LOVE it!!
Using scraps of fleece for each block makes the back really interesting. I didn't pay any attention to where the 7 yellow ones went and I'm perfectly happy with the way they've worked themselves in.
I made a label on my embroidery machine using the same yellow fabric I had used for the sashings on the front and the binding.
All in all, I'm just so happy with this quilt. Everything I used came from my scrap boxes of fabrics and fleece and the green stripe I used for the sashings on the back was leftover fabric from the green stripey blouse I made earlier in the summer.
You would think that I'd managed to empty all my scrap boxes. Nope. There are still loads left but that's the nature of sewing. You always end up with scraps. Using them to make other things is just the best feeling! 😀
