Scrap buster #56 Magic numbers blocks meet beginner’s improv with solids

What do you do when your fabrics produce boring blocks? You add some solids to the mix. I love how the solids make these shirts scraps instantly happy. I have added red piece, but it would look great with any solid colour of your choice or perhaps a mix of them. Curves are not difficult if you just have fun with them and not expect anything to be the same or line up. Improv is so freeing. I used shirt fabric as I still working through my boxes to clear them up, but it would work with any scraps in your own buckets. Happy sewing!

Link to YouTube tutorial

Scrap buster #55 Spindizzy kaleidoscope - fun with scraps

I’m on a mission to empty my scrap boxes and use up all strips cut to 1.5 and 2.5 inch before I will start using my new storing method. I just don’t want to handle all this fabric again so here we go, another scrappy design. My shirt fabrics are getting more and more bland as I use them up. I found adding solids to the mix greatly improve overall design as well as gave me opportunity to use smaller bits on adding tape. This is another design where anything will go, so any scraps in your bins will work too. Happy sewing!

PS. Thank you to all who provided ideas for a name of this block, some great suggestions and I picked lucky dip from the hat as it was difficult to decide😊

Link to YouTube tutorial

Scrap buster #54 Flying memories

I am working on my personal challenge. I pull out one tray with scraps and work from it until its finished. Recently, due to this goal, all my designs involved scraps from shirt fabrics but in these blocks, it can be easily replaced with any scraps you have in your own buckets. Because of the shirts used, I called this design Flying Memories. This is great scrap buster with many layouts as output. Also, I think it would make awesome border. My scraps were not so colourful as I wish but adding solids to the mix made them pop. This is one of these blocks that came out better then they looked in my head. Great blocks to use in my next project :)

Link to YouTube tutorial