Talk Scrappy to Me Challenge

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

I had high hopes of finding my scrappy quilt top, which was packed in a box from the move, and getting it finished in time. But though I DID find the quilt top, I’ve got so many things going on over the next two weeks, I’m not sure I could get a quilt done in that time. BUT… I might have come up with a good idea for my quilt scraps… Just gotta do another prayer flag first, like a responsible swapper! Then on to this challenge…

[Pigeon (PJ)]

I made this bag for school and my mom thought it would be a good idea to enter this competition! Initially I was planning to give this bag to my grandma but my mom wanted it so i gave it to her instead. She uses it for work all the time

Scrappy bag

[geekgirl]

I made a scrappy heart garland using various paper scraps. It barely made a dent!

Scrappy Heart Garland - Talk Scrappy To Me Challenge Entry

[IMG_1910] For the Talk Scrappy To Me Challenge I decided to make some scrappy paper hearts I saw on a video. First I gathered up a bunch of paper scraps of various sizes and put them in a container. [IMG_1767] Over time I threw in various inks and left over paints to color the scraps. This is messy as I use my hands to toss the scraps around. [IMG_1853] Once the scraps were dyed enough and dry I started using mat medium to adhere to leftover book pages. you could use thicker paper bu…

[Lynx (In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)]

Here’s my entry! Scrunchies made from the scraps of pants I recently hemmed!

Scrappy Scrunchies

[tendstowardschaos (Erin)]

Here’s my entry! I turned my quilting scraps into coasters for my newly remodeled spaces.

Scrappy Quilted Coasters - Talk Scrappy to Me Challenge Entry

Quilting produces copious piles of fabric and batting scraps, and I have a hard time discarding anything over an inch. But, it’ll be a while before I’m up to making another large scrap project. Our new bar and sitting room were in need of coasters, and I had a few bits of quilt sandwiches that were used to test my machine tension, and a big pile of HSTs left over from making quilt squares. I still have a huge pile of HSTs, because squaring up 1.5" squares is tedious. They kind of look like set…

[Edel]

My entry, a scrappy improv lap quilt.

Scraptastic quilt-talk scrappy to me challenge entry

The strangest thing about making quilts is that no matter how much scrap busting you do, the mountain of scraps is never any smaller. This is an improv style quilt, I like this style, but it can look really busy. So my “rules” for this kind of quilt is to use a fairly limited palette of colors and to use plenty of sashing to give the eyes a place to rest. My scraps are sorted into the boxes, purple/blue/greens, yellow/oranges/reds, black/white/greys. When I make a quilt I use scraps from just …

[marionberries (Carol - formerly cmarion3)]

I have a scrappy quilt that is on hold due to my sewing machine not stepping up to the challenge. It’s just not feeding heavier items well. So it won’t make the deadline.

But then I realized that my crazy crocheted basket marathon was a scrappy project. I two bins of wool, cotton, acryic, unknown origin, and fancy yarn. I now have just a vit left and 14 baskets to donate to our church holiday fair.

Final finish! Crochet basket marathon has endedScraptastic quilt-talk scrappy to me challenge entry

I’ve posted a few previous baskets but then it got silly. I just finished the 14th! And final basket. My stash is almost eliminated and I am left with small balls of yarn for specialty use. Spirit dolls, embellishments on swap items, etc. If I start a larger project I will purchase as needed. That’s an extra two bins for other storage. Final pics. These will be donated to our church holiday fair. Taking no commisions this year! [1000000401] [1000000402]

[Immaculata]

I need to start on my projects!! I’ve got a few ideas but I’m running out of time.

[Kwality570]

After days and days of hooking, I finished my scrappy granny stripe blanket!

Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket - Talk Scrappy To Me Challenge Entry

When I saw the challenge I was inspired! I had JUST finished my penguono sweater when it was announced. Although the sweater used a lot of yarn, I still had a bunch leftover. I have always loved granny stripe blankets and figured it was time to make my own. I had to triple time it to get this done in time for the challenge, but it looks like I just made it. Folded neatly close to show the stripes: [IMG_4358] A little larger to show the colors. Instead of randomly picking up the balls, I deci…

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

All our new entries have been added to the list!

[SewCrafty (Donna)]

Hope I did this correctly!

Doll Clothes - Talk Scrappy To Me Challenge Entry

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

I’m finishing the hand stitching on my project so I can get it posted before the deadline tonight. Anyone else still scrapping?!?! Remember, submissions myst be posted by Midnight tonight!

[Immaculata]

I’m not going to make the deadline, but I hope everyone else who’s still crafting today does!

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

And finally, my entry!

Useless Scraps to Useful Crafts - Talk Scrappy to Me Challenge Entry

[IMG_0018] After making 16 quilt blocks from a bundle of hand dyed fat quarters, I had a pile of scraps leftover. I did a bit of playing and turned them into crumb blocks. (Rather large crumbs, so perhaps crumble blocks is more appropriate?) They sat around on my cutting table for a couple weeks while I worked on setting up my new studio, and I tried to figure out what to do with them. [IMG_6912] Usually crumb pieces are turned into quilt blocks, but I didn’t have that many scraps, and wasn…

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

Voting is NOW OPEN in this Challenge! You can see links to every entry at the bottom of the first post in the thread, and you can vote for your favorite in the second post of the thread. So go vote!

[Abbeeroad (Abbie - she/her)]

I voted! It was a tough choice with so many awesome projects to choose from!!

[Magpie (Straight, not narrow 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🌎)]

Only 13 voters? There are 5 days left!

[jemimah (Kirsten)]

I voted too, but I wanted to vote for everyone’s projects, they’re all so great!

Thank you @MistressJennie for this challenge, it was really inspiring! I also made a project to join in. I missed entering it here as I’ve been a bit unwell, but I’m just happy to have made it, and I’ll post it soon anyway. It was lots of fun

[Kwality570]

What a great challenge and such beautiful projects. It was so hard deciding what to vote on because I love all of the scrappiness!

[MistressJennie (Moderator - Jennie - she/her)]

Congratulations @Kwality570! Your Scrappy Granny Stripe Blanket has won the Talk Scrappy to Me Challenge! And thank you to all of our participants for helping to make our site a wonderful, vibrant, creative space! Every one of you inspired me with this Challenge!

Kwality570, @sweets4ever will be sending you your $20 Amazon Gift Card prize, so stay in touch with her for that!