I’ve decided also to make an extra block of each quilt I make and then, a quilt made of the blocks of the quilts I’ve made. Of course, I’ll have to decide on the size I want it to be so there can be a stopping place.
I love this idea. I am wondering though, don't the leaders you use to make these bonus blocks end up with the same problems? Thread nesting, fabric munched, thread breakage? If not, why not?
I finally got to retire - at 81 - so have even more time to sew and quilt. But I miss the interaction of being out in public - so I watch your videos for company on a slow rainy day ! The best part is I get to learn something in the process . I really like the way your mind works - thanks for the company !
Just as an aside, I enjoy watching you and your channel so much when I see that you have 330,000 Subscribers! (Yeah!) It tells that this is a successful vlog and that means it’s likely to keep on the air, so to speak. Your great interviews, tutorials, and wonderful voice make you such a perfect TH-cam fit.
Last night I was ready to sew,I reached for a leader,then I remembered this blog so I sewed a bonus block and then kept on going. Thank you for this timely message. From Maybrook NY
I started making log cabin bonus blocks and found that I liked it better than the rest of the piecing I was working on. To the extent that I was putting in extra leaders and enders where I didn’t need them. And then they began taking over. It’s low stakes, takes less mental energy, they’re easy blocks, and I just make two or three kinds at a time so I don’t get bored. I have a couple more complex quilts to finish, but thanks to this method, I have found what I really like, and figured out ways to cut down on what I don’t like to do. It’s made quilting more enjoyable and made me infinitely more productive.
I can’t sew without my leaders/enders! Started as a Bonnie follower years ago. Love to see others using this method. I was also excited to see another scrap block video from you today. Looking forward to another quilt vlog or watching you assemble a quilt or make an after quilt. You are so enjoyable to watch! You are my nightly video fix before bed. 💝. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos! They are so enjoyable.
I believe you showed me this tick in another video. After watching that video, I have been doing this at home. The first time I sewed bonus blocks while chain sewing a project in a classroom, I upset some people who were sewing near me (who were working on their project one block at a time). I was asked what I was doing, so many times, that I wanted to pack my things and go home. My friend, Janet, has gotten comfortable with the way I sew; and, she sometimes answers their questions for me. Your method works for me. I'm very glad I paid attention to you and gave it a try. It keeps my old Singer sewing machines running smoothly; and, I don't waste so much thread and time anymore. Thank you.
I’m the kind of person who would have asked those questions out of genuine curiosity and then explain to the questioner in detail, what I was doing and why. I’m genuinely interested and it can be a learning opportunity. If people are getting annoyed, just ask the class leader if they would explain what you are doing and perhaps, why you do it and offer others the same opportunity. It’s good to do your own thing.
This is brilliant! I am the sort of person who creates systems and who loves efficiency along with creativity so this method of the extra blocks is catnip for me! Many thanks for sharing!
I found a block on Conquering Mount Scrapmore that fits perfectly with this... potato chip block. It's called that because you really can't make just one. I know you would like it. Tks for your great videos.
From one Canuck to another..my favourite is you..anything you say or do is so entertaining and yes most useful…stay as you are..its uplifting on a dreary Canadian weather day..be well..🇨🇦
I have been making 16-patch blocks in monochromatic color schemes (mostly) in between projects or to relieve a little stress. Or to accomplish "something" when I can't seem to get anything actually done. I'm not sure why the 16-patch has such an appeal as I have done great rectangles in the past, but who am I to argue with the quilting goddesses? The result after a couple of years is not only an impressive pile of blocks (over 90 at last count), but as you said, my skills and accuracy are improving. I can whip a 16-patch together in less than 10 minutes! After watching your video, I am definitely ready to move on to something else. That square in square looks like just the ticket! Thanks again for the video. You are a great teacher and inspiration!
I have been making a quilt with nearly three hundred pieces so tried this already using the pieces to make the boarder. These pieces are all a different size from the main quilt so I don't mix them up. Gosh why didn't I think of this before! By the time I piece the quilt I will have the border done. It is working fantastic! Love it, Thanks!
I have been staring at a pile of 2.5 inch squares cut from my latest projects (corals, blues, and golds), trying to decide what kind of bonus blocks to make. I keep getting new ideas. Last time I ended up with a blue and yellow checkerboard.
I love the idea of marking between rows and blocks. I mess up at this level more than any other time. The transfer from layout to sewing is so frustrating for me. Love this video.
Always enjoy your videos. I learn something new each time. Although I have quilted for a number of years (more off than on), it's only been the last few that I've truly started sewing quilts regularly. I have been amazed at what can come from these bonus blocks. I especially appreciated your suggestion that your bonus blocks don't have to come from your scraps. When I started sewing quilts more consistently, I really didn't have enough scraps to make bonus blocks from. So I did start taking some fabric and cutting into sizes that worked work well as leaders and enders. Viola! I find I like having a secondary quilt in mind when sewing this way. It seems like I'm seeing two quilts in the time it takes me to sew one. Thanks for sharing so many great tips and tricks!!
Thank you Karen for your great ideas. You mentioned earlier in a video that you use these bonus block pieces in between your regular quilt assembly. I tried that 2 years ago and it just did not work for me. I cut up lots of scraps to make 6" and 10" log cabins from 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" strips. The plan was to slowly work on them in between other projects. Well - I became so enamored with the log cabins that they took over and I made tons and tons. I just kept on with the scraps until I ran out and had to cut scraps from my fabric stash. I ended up making about 12 small quilts - I didn't want to piece my backs so I made them about 40" x 60". That's what I call a real lap size quilt. But then I was really out of scraps. So my caution to people like me is - don't think you can work on these in between other projects. They soon take over and become your main focus. I loved making them and my friends and family loved receiving them. It was during covid isolation time and took me 5 or 6 months. But it kept me sane and I felt connected to those I gave them to - even as I was making them. So thank you Karen for helping me find a new twist on my love for quilting - even though it wasn't what you or I had intended.
Karen!!! Thank you soooo much for reminding me about bonus blocks. How did I forget? 🤔. I’m going to pull out my already cut scraps right now. You’re the best!
Thanks Karen for sharing your ideas, I’m still holding on to a promise to myself to finish my three quilts that’s needed topstitching and binding. I’m on my last one with 6 - 12” blocks left to do and bind it. Can’t wait to start piecing again, seem like forever. Again thanks 👍❤️😊
Good Evening Karen, I am so happy to see this video to remind me to do this too! I just need to take the time to cut up fabrics to have on hand for this. I really enjoy the content you share, such a wealth of information! Have a wonderful weekend, Sending My Very Best Now and Always, 🥰👏👍 Chris-Raleigh NC
brilliant as usual! your scrap management strategies have absolutely transformed how I organize fabric, save so much money using as much as possible of large cutoffs, and helped me do quick/improv projects so easily yes please a video of your method of processing scraps, maybe a batch from your Mt Scrapmore, I am sure I would absorb even more brilliant tips and tricks I help with Quilts of Valor and have a lot of red white and blue scraps, perhaps I will start making some bonus blocks in that color way to have on hand and maximize the use of donated fabric THANK YOU I have only been quilting for a few months and your channel is a go-to for my TH-cam University education 😂🎓🧵
Karen, it would be great to see a video about how you organize and size your scraps. I have enjoyed so many of your videos. Using your great tips, I now get more accurate blocks and most of my points have peaks! Looking forward to more videos!Thank you for all your efforts.
Hi Karen, i am a new French quilter, I have been following your very instructive and pationnant videos recently. I'm trying to catch up 😅 you are a great help to me!!!! So thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. to the pleasure 🤗
I would really be interested to see how you process your scraps. I have containers of scraps and i need to use them. Doing these blocks is a big help.😁
I trim my scraps to largest usable pieces. From there I can decide if I want to cut into a specific size I often use or wait a little longer until I have more scraps and choose a pattern
Yep, Karen, I'd really like to see how you process your scaps, too! I have vague notions about sorting by width, or by colour, but which? And what about remnants from fussy cutting? Should one straighten out those edges? At what point is a scrap too small?
Since I met Bonnie Hunter about 12 years ago I use leaders. I have an Accuquilt and I like to use pre cut triangles for HST. 1 withe and 1 color. Thanks for the Video.
Please make a video to show how to process your scraps. Just this weekend I cleaned my sewing room, changed the position of my longarm and Little Foot frame, and rearranged other pieces of the furniture that I used for longarming or storage. And in the process, uncovered several bins of scraps left over from previous projects. So HELP!
Fabulous timing Karen. I had just finished 2 quilts and was at a loose end, looking at my bonus blocks with no idea what to do with them. Ideas are coming thick & fast now. Off to sew 🙂
Great video . . . Thank you - Again!! You challenge me to be ‘more’ as a maker. I have embraced the After Quilt and end up spending more time of that than the front, but often like it better. The problem is the longarmer often doesn’t want to use it as a back, but wants me to turn it into two quilts!
Hi there, I am new to quilting and I am LOVING you and your channel. Thank you for imparting your wisdom, creativity and enthusiasm ❤️ I am learning so much and am very excited!
My leaders pot is full of half square triangles made from snowballing corners on the various quilts I have made, these get sewn into pinwheels, I trim then down to 1 1/2 inches before they go in the pot so they finish at 2 1/2 - perfect to go with jelly roll scraps.
Thanks Karen! I love videos like this. I am not the best at using up my scraps and I generate way more than I can use so I really am going to give this a try. I think if the pieces were cut and at the ready by the machine, it would have more of a chance of happening. Please keep the ideas coming. You are helping me be more prolific of a quilter.
Oh I really love using this idea for the marking rows with! I never thought of that and I have ended up messing up a pattern, having to seam rip and do over. Generally, I use salvage strips as leaders and enders, if they are long enough it's easy to adjust the tension, Thank you for the tip!
Great video! I really need to start using leaders. Would love to see how you process your scraps. I also love the bonus blocks you get when you sew an extra seam. I just made a table runner as a Christmas present out of bonus blocks and leftover fabric accumulated while making another quilt. Was a really fun exercise to use a different part of my brain to figure out how to use them.
@@rhondagarden8878 thanks, yes I’ve watched them. She asked in the video to note in the comments if we’d be interested in her making another. I’m always interested in more scraps videos. 👍
I love all your videos Karen, thank you so much for all the tricks of the trade. Just started quilting, doing placemats….unfortunately they are a tad wonky but I am enjoying myself and learning along the way. Believe it or not I am already getting a small pile of “scraps”. I keep looking at them and wonder what to do and here you are! Thank you so much!
I made a small quilt to give away at Christmas last yeR out of 2.5 in blocks. I also use my paper tape scraps for a block while using this technique. Low volume on each side. Fun!!
@@MLCruey All I could think of was paper tape as in blue tape or wound dressing tape.🤣🤣 I guess it's because I've just had back surgery and that's what we use on my back🤣😂🤣
Thanks for the great ideas. I will often sew together the cut offs from HSTs and then I just throw them in Ziplocs. Eventually, I will have enough to do something with. I would love a video about the sizes you typically cut up to use for scraps. Thanks!
What a wonderful idea: making 2 sets of blocks at the same time. Thank you for this video. Like all of your videos, this one is so inspiring and energizing. When in a sewing rut, your videos help me get going again. And yes, I'm very interested in a video on how you process your scraps. Thanks!
Thank you for this video. I make bonus blocks all the time. I consider them long term projects. That way I have two or three going on at a time, and it stays fresh. Between working on the main project of course
I have been doing this for years. Made quilts for all my family and it is a big one. Over 60 at this date. Always cut leftover fabric to certain sizes and store thrse in small containers. Keep them by my machine to use. Saves on thread also!
I love those different colors in your blocks I have been using different scraps ones as leaders headers and making a scrappy quilts out of them along with my scraps crumbs and it is fun and relaxing thank you for sharing
Great video and tips as always. Thank you. FYI it seems the sound was off just before the 9 minute mark. Thank goodness the CC is available. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge
I am a new quilter, last 6 months, I’ve been making a quilt top, and all my scraps I’ve been putting together after each section of my quilt, so I don’t have lots of scraps to move around. So have a few blocks ready for another quilt top. I took your advice in one of the videos about headers, so I use them, but that is a good idea to build blocks instead of just headers and throwing. Learning a lot. So thank you.
Karen, you're just awesome 💜 Thank you for another inspiring video! Watching your videos always makes me want to head right to my machine!! 😁 Blessings 👍🏾
This is such an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing. Now I finally know when I’ll sew together all those extra triangles I cut out for my 1st quilt. It was supposed to be twin sized quilt but wound up as a small wall hanging since the pattern I chose was too overwhelming for me at the time.
Great idea, as usual! I use crumbs for leaders but hate using up thread (especially thread on the bobbin) for that. I cut up a TON of scraps so I can just grab a stack. Great for donation quilts.
Made curtains for my sewing room with the adding machine tape crumb strips. Joined them with solid colored strips in between horizontally to width of window panels. Hung with clip on curtain rings. Look like stained glass with light shining through.
@@patstutzman7506 thank you for responding. I want to do something similar but I know I will need to wash mine often and I don’t know how that would hold up.
As always, very helpful. I use your spot in the middle block as my leaders and enders. I made a lap quilt for a friend using it. If I had known this technique 40 years ago I probably would have become a quilter then. I was constantly annoyed that my thread would pull out or the fabric would tangle by get sucked into the bobbin case.
Karen, thanks for talking about skillshare. I've seen it many times before, but really liked how you talked about it. I took the plunge and signed up just to see for myself if it could help. I think it will. Anyway, I love all your videos and really enjoy your presentation style. It makes me a better quilter! Keep doing what you're doing and thanks again for all you do 😁
I find that the classes inspire me in my quilting. For instance, I can take a class in surface design and that will spark something in how I handle fabric etc. I even found a class on dog training
I love the idea of bonus blocks. I mostly use leaders and see how stiff I can make it by sewing across it in both directions. At some point I have to give it a haircut and it becomes too small to use. Then it’s trashed, just as you said. Do you have a bonus block go-to size that you consistently use? From the video, it looked like most of them end up 6 inches square, although I’m sure some were either larger or smaller. I will sew the first items in several blocks In A long chain and when it lengthens enough, I’ll pivot the first block through the machine around and sew the next seam on it. If you can get your block pieces to a power of 2, (32-16-8-4-2-1)you can sew the block with “one seam” just by pivoting the block through multiple times. It’s quirky and fun when it works out that way.
I make flying geese the old way using 2 squares (2-1/2”x2-1/2”) and 1 rectangle (2-1/2”x4-1/2”). When I trim the corners I’m left with a pair of triangles from each corner. I sew the pair of triangles from each corner together so I have a square. From this point I usually make pinwheel blocks from them. From these little blocks I can now make mini quilts that I then use, depending on how many I have, for pillow tops, wall hangings, table runners or toppers. It is a nice way to have something to remember a quilt that I gave away.
I'm glad you are making this more widely known. I have used making crazy blocks and random size strips in blocks for about 20 years as my leaders and enders.
I remember this from one of your other videos and have been building them up! Can't wait to put them all together! I've been using light and darks to make a 16 patch!
I love making bonus blocks. I can embrace my scrappy energy and keep MT Scrapmore under control and so much more. I hope you’ll try them
Could you put your new 100 blocks up on Facebook, there are quite a few of us with no Instagram. Cheers
I’ve decided also to make an extra block of each quilt I make and then, a quilt made of the blocks of the quilts I’ve made. Of course, I’ll have to decide on the size I want it to be so there can be a stopping place.
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@@cherylwilliams42 I decided to do this, too! I did it to preserve the memory at first, then I decided to make something, placemats maybe.
I love this idea. I am wondering though, don't the leaders you use to make these bonus blocks end up with the same problems? Thread nesting, fabric munched, thread breakage? If not, why not?
I finally got to retire - at 81 - so have even more time to sew and quilt. But I miss the interaction of being out in public - so I watch your videos for company on a slow rainy day ! The best part is I get to learn something in the process . I really like the way your mind works - thanks for the company !
Nobody understands playing quilter videos for company! I do it, too. I work from home, and my cats aren’t that great for conversation, lol.
Karen, I watch so many of your videos, that I feel like we’re buddies. Thanks for all your tips tricks and strategies.
You are welcome
Terrific teacher! Thanks 🙏🏼
Just as an aside, I enjoy watching you and your channel so much when I see that you have 330,000 Subscribers! (Yeah!) It tells that this is a successful vlog and that means it’s likely to keep on the air, so to speak. Your great interviews, tutorials, and wonderful voice make you such a perfect TH-cam fit.
Thank you so much
Last night I was ready to sew,I reached for a leader,then I remembered this blog so I sewed a bonus block and then kept on going. Thank you for this timely message. From Maybrook NY
I started making log cabin bonus blocks and found that I liked it better than the rest of the piecing I was working on. To the extent that I was putting in extra leaders and enders where I didn’t need them. And then they began taking over. It’s low stakes, takes less mental energy, they’re easy blocks, and I just make two or three kinds at a time so I don’t get bored. I have a couple more complex quilts to finish, but thanks to this method, I have found what I really like, and figured out ways to cut down on what I don’t like to do. It’s made quilting more enjoyable and made me infinitely more productive.
I can’t sew without my leaders/enders! Started as a Bonnie follower years ago. Love to see others using this method. I was also excited to see another scrap block video from you today. Looking forward to another quilt vlog or watching you assemble a quilt or make an after quilt. You are so enjoyable to watch! You are my nightly video fix before bed. 💝. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos! They are so enjoyable.
Me too. Leaders and enders is part of the process for me. Bonnie Hunter is a great inspiration of mine.
I believe you showed me this tick in another video. After watching that video, I have been doing this at home. The first time I sewed bonus blocks while chain sewing a project in a classroom, I upset some people who were sewing near me (who were working on their project one block at a time). I was asked what I was doing, so many times, that I wanted to pack my things and go home. My friend, Janet, has gotten comfortable with the way I sew; and, she sometimes answers their questions for me. Your method works for me. I'm very glad I paid attention to you and gave it a try. It keeps my old Singer sewing machines running smoothly; and, I don't waste so much thread and time anymore. Thank you.
Crazy how people get irritated by the strangest things
I’m the kind of person who would have asked those questions out of genuine curiosity and then explain to the questioner in detail, what I was doing and why. I’m genuinely interested and it can be a learning opportunity. If people are getting annoyed, just ask the class leader if they would explain what you are doing and perhaps, why you do it and offer others the same opportunity. It’s good to do your own thing.
This is brilliant! I am the sort of person who creates systems and who loves efficiency along with creativity so this method of the extra blocks is catnip for me! Many thanks for sharing!
I found a block on Conquering Mount Scrapmore that fits perfectly with this... potato chip block. It's called that because you really can't make just one. I know you would like it.
Tks for your great videos.
Excellent
From one Canuck to another..my favourite is you..anything you say or do is so entertaining and yes most useful…stay as you are..its uplifting on a dreary Canadian weather day..be well..🇨🇦
Yes, please! I’d love to see how you process your scraps.
I too would like to see how you organize your scraps!
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
@@lynnking3963 She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Sometimes I just want to sew aimlessly - this is perfect!
Karen's best video yet! After using leaders all these years, I never thought to do this. Brilliant!
I have been making 16-patch blocks in monochromatic color schemes (mostly) in between projects or to relieve a little stress. Or to accomplish "something" when I can't seem to get anything actually done. I'm not sure why the 16-patch has such an appeal as I have done great rectangles in the past, but who am I to argue with the quilting goddesses? The result after a couple of years is not only an impressive pile of blocks (over 90 at last count), but as you said, my skills and accuracy are improving. I can whip a 16-patch together in less than 10 minutes! After watching your video, I am definitely ready to move on to something else. That square in square looks like just the ticket! Thanks again for the video. You are a great teacher and inspiration!
I have been making a quilt with nearly three hundred pieces so tried this already using the pieces to make the boarder. These pieces are all a different size from the main quilt so I don't mix them up. Gosh why didn't I think of this before! By the time I piece the quilt I will have the border done. It is working fantastic! Love it, Thanks!
That's a great idea. Make the border while making the top. Brilliant
ooo a pieced border border! maybe I will try some pieces sashing too
I have been staring at a pile of 2.5 inch squares cut from my latest projects (corals, blues, and golds), trying to decide what kind of bonus blocks to make. I keep getting new ideas. Last time I ended up with a blue and yellow checkerboard.
Nice
cute!
The way you speak and work - is ART !!!!!
I have been looking at your videos on scrap blocks using up jelly rolls recently so I can send blocks to Quilts for Survivors.
Aww, thanks, Karen Brown, for reminding me of the little things that would make me a better quilter.
It’s a win-win-win
I have watched your videos for some time and you continue to teach me new ideas.
I'm always thrilled to see a new video from you.
Thank you 🤗
I love the idea of marking between rows and blocks. I mess up at this level more than any other time. The transfer from layout to sewing is so frustrating for me. Love this video.
Thank you
Ha! That process is how I get my steps for the day in. 😜
So excited to use this method for so many blocks instead of wasted pieces of fabric. Thank you.
Always enjoy your videos. I learn something new each time. Although I have quilted for a number of years (more off than on), it's only been the last few that I've truly started sewing quilts regularly. I have been amazed at what can come from these bonus blocks.
I especially appreciated your suggestion that your bonus blocks don't have to come from your scraps. When I started sewing quilts more consistently, I really didn't have enough scraps to make bonus blocks from. So I did start taking some fabric and cutting into sizes that worked work well as leaders and enders. Viola!
I find I like having a secondary quilt in mind when sewing this way. It seems like I'm seeing two quilts in the time it takes me to sew one.
Thanks for sharing so many great tips and tricks!!
Hi! You've a gorgeous picture on your profile ☺️ just decided to stop by and say hi! I hope my compliment is appreciated...
Thank you Karen for your great ideas. You mentioned earlier in a video that you use these bonus block pieces in between your regular quilt assembly. I tried that 2 years ago and it just did not work for me. I cut up lots of scraps to make 6" and 10" log cabins from 1 1/2" and 2 1/2" strips. The plan was to slowly work on them in between other projects. Well - I became so enamored with the log cabins that they took over and I made tons and tons. I just kept on with the scraps until I ran out and had to cut scraps from my fabric stash. I ended up making about 12 small quilts - I didn't want to piece my backs so I made them about 40" x 60". That's what I call a real lap size quilt. But then I was really out of scraps. So my caution to people like me is - don't think you can work on these in between other projects. They soon take over and become your main focus. I loved making them and my friends and family loved receiving them. It was during covid isolation time and took me 5 or 6 months. But it kept me sane and I felt connected to those I gave them to - even as I was making them.
So thank you Karen for helping me find a new twist on my love for quilting - even though it wasn't what you or I had intended.
THAT is hilarious! You got through all of your scraps, though, which is AWESOME!! 🤣😅🤣
So so beautiful with perfect color combination !!!!!!!!
Thank you! 😊
Congratulations on 330K! I have a lot of blocks done with the 4 patch thanks to you :)!
Thank you. The milestones are few and farther between now
@@JustGetitDoneQuilts I often recommend you to folks in my groups, especially new quilters. I pop in the link where allowed😂 Still my fav!
Karen!!! Thank you soooo much for reminding me about bonus blocks. How did I forget? 🤔. I’m going to pull out my already cut scraps right now. You’re the best!
Learning about bonus blocks was such an upgrade to my quilting habits. I love when I have a ton accumulated and I can make something completely random
Thanks Karen for sharing your ideas, I’m still holding on to a promise to myself to finish my three quilts that’s needed topstitching and binding. I’m on my last one with 6 - 12” blocks left to do and bind it. Can’t wait to start piecing again, seem like forever. Again thanks 👍❤️😊
Well done you
Please tell us how you process your scraps. The more ideas the better!
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
@@rhondagarden8878 Thanks! I’ll watch it
Good Evening Karen, I am so happy to see this video to remind me to do this too! I just need to take the time to cut up fabrics to have on hand for this. I really enjoy the content you share, such a wealth of information! Have a wonderful weekend, Sending My Very Best Now and Always, 🥰👏👍 Chris-Raleigh NC
brilliant as usual! your scrap management strategies have absolutely transformed how I organize fabric, save so much money using as much as possible of large cutoffs, and helped me do quick/improv projects so easily
yes please a video of your method of processing scraps, maybe a batch from your Mt Scrapmore, I am sure I would absorb even more brilliant tips and tricks
I help with Quilts of Valor and have a lot of red white and blue scraps, perhaps I will start making some bonus blocks in that color way to have on hand and maximize the use of donated fabric
THANK YOU I have only been quilting for a few months and your channel is a go-to for my TH-cam University education 😂🎓🧵
Karen, it would be great to see a video about how you organize and size your scraps. I have enjoyed so many of your videos. Using your great tips, I now get more accurate blocks and most of my points have peaks! Looking forward to more videos!Thank you for all your efforts.
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Would live to see how you process your scraps......live your videos....this was great. Thank you.
She has a great scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Thanks you have taught me so much.
You are such a great teacher!!❤️
Hi Karen, i am a new French quilter, I have been following your very instructive and pationnant videos recently. I'm trying to catch up 😅 you are a great help to me!!!! So thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. to the pleasure 🤗
So glad to hear. 🤗
I would really be interested to see how you process your scraps. I have containers of scraps and i need to use them. Doing these blocks is a big help.😁
I trim my scraps to largest usable pieces. From there I can decide if I want to cut into a specific size I often use or wait a little longer until I have more scraps and choose a pattern
Yep, Karen, I'd really like to see how you process your scaps, too!
I have vague notions about sorting by width, or by colour, but which? And what about remnants from fussy cutting? Should one straighten out those edges? At what point is a scrap too small?
She has videos about scrap management. Use the search
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Love the idea to put a scrap block in between row genius!
I have already learned a lot from you about scrap management and using scraps. More more more! 💚
Would love to know how you process your scraps. Right now I put scraps in boxes with like colors. The smallest goes in my crumb block basket
I would also like to know how you process your scraps.
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
@@dianaames4946 She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Since I met Bonnie Hunter about 12 years ago I use leaders. I have an Accuquilt and I like to use pre cut triangles for HST. 1 withe and 1 color. Thanks for the Video.
Please make a video to show how to process your scraps. Just this weekend I cleaned my sewing room, changed the position of my longarm and Little Foot frame, and rearranged other pieces of the furniture that I used for longarming or storage. And in the process, uncovered several bins of scraps left over from previous projects. So HELP!
She has a great scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Love your blogs! Thank you for the ideas!💖
I just love your voice.. It makes me want to be creative and it makes me calm.
Fabulous timing Karen. I had just finished 2 quilts and was at a loose end, looking at my bonus blocks with no idea what to do with them. Ideas are coming thick & fast now. Off to sew 🙂
Enjoying the replay ❤
Ok this is brilliant, efficient and forward-thinking. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽. It also would reduce over-thinking!! 🎉
Absolutely!!
Great video . . . Thank you - Again!! You challenge me to be ‘more’ as a maker. I have embraced the After Quilt and end up spending more time of that than the front, but often like it better. The problem is the longarmer often doesn’t want to use it as a back, but wants me to turn it into two quilts!
Try another long armer. They do require extra care/skill and some are not comfortable using them.
Hi there, I am new to quilting and I am LOVING you and your channel. Thank you for imparting your wisdom, creativity and enthusiasm ❤️ I am learning so much and am very excited!
So glad you’re here. Quilting is good for you
My leaders pot is full of half square triangles made from snowballing corners on the various quilts I have made, these get sewn into pinwheels, I trim then down to 1 1/2 inches before they go in the pot so they finish at 2 1/2 - perfect to go with jelly roll scraps.
Brilliant idea to sew crumbs together before sewing each block as you make a quilt.
Great information, Karen. Enjoy getting new videos from you! 🙂
Mount Scrapmoore! I love it. Thanks for the ideas.
Thanks Karen! I love videos like this. I am not the best at using up my scraps and I generate way more than I can use so I really am going to give this a try. I think if the pieces were cut and at the ready by the machine, it would have more of a chance of happening. Please keep the ideas coming. You are helping me be more prolific of a quilter.
Oh I really love using this idea for the marking rows with! I never thought of that and I have ended up messing up a pattern, having to seam rip and do over. Generally, I use salvage strips as leaders and enders, if they are long enough it's easy to adjust the tension, Thank you for the tip!
Great video! I really need to start using leaders. Would love to see how you process your scraps. I also love the bonus blocks you get when you sew an extra seam. I just made a table runner as a Christmas present out of bonus blocks and leftover fabric accumulated while making another quilt. Was a really fun exercise to use a different part of my brain to figure out how to use them.
Sounds like fun
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
@@rhondagarden8878 thanks, yes I’ve watched them. She asked in the video to note in the comments if we’d be interested in her making another. I’m always interested in more scraps videos. 👍
I love all your videos Karen, thank you so much for all the tricks of the trade. Just started quilting, doing placemats….unfortunately they are a tad wonky but I am enjoying myself and learning along the way. Believe it or not I am already getting a small pile of “scraps”. I keep looking at them and wonder what to do and here you are! Thank you so much!
I would love to hear more about organizing enders and leaders. I make 2 patcheses and 4 patches. Love what you do with 21\2 inch squares.
Oh my gosh, this is such a great idea. YES, I would love to see your process on bonus blocks!!
I made a small quilt to give away at Christmas last yeR out of 2.5 in blocks. I also use my paper tape scraps for a block while using this technique. Low volume on each side. Fun!!
What do you mean by paper tape blocks?🤔
@@rhondagarden8878 Use adding machine paper as the base and sew on scraps.
@@MLCruey All I could think of was paper tape as in blue tape or wound dressing tape.🤣🤣 I guess it's because I've just had back surgery and that's what we use on my back🤣😂🤣
Thanks!
Thank you Jeannie
Thanks for the great ideas. I will often sew together the cut offs from HSTs and then I just throw them in Ziplocs. Eventually, I will have enough to do something with. I would love a video about the sizes you typically cut up to use for scraps. Thanks!
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
What a wonderful idea: making 2 sets of blocks at the same time. Thank you for this video. Like all of your videos, this one is so inspiring and energizing. When in a sewing rut, your videos help me get going again. And yes, I'm very interested in a video on how you process your scraps. Thanks!
Karen- you are just so inspiring!!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!!!❤️😀
Thank you! Lately, I’ve started making a few bonus blocks, especially triangles. For reasons unknown, REALLY like this scrappy process.
I can't wait to have my sewing room ready to create a routine so I can use your tricks every day! So inspiring!
Thank you for this video. I make bonus blocks all the time. I consider them long term projects. That way I have two or three going on at a time, and it stays fresh. Between working on the main project of course
Thanks so much for producing such great teaching videos. Learning from them is such a pleasure. You do a great job.
I have been doing this for years. Made quilts for all my family and it is a big one. Over 60 at this date. Always cut leftover fabric to certain sizes and store thrse in small containers. Keep them by my machine to use. Saves on thread also!
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I absolutely love your tutorials! You are fabulous! Thank you
I love those different colors in your blocks I have been using different scraps ones as leaders headers and making a scrappy quilts out of them along with my scraps crumbs and it is fun and relaxing thank you for sharing
Thank you for more good advice.
You are fantastic ! And your work is amazing !
Love it !!!!!
Thank you for sharing !!!!!!
Thanks Karen, some great ideas there. I’d love to see how you process your scraps please 😚
She has a scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
Great video and tips as always. Thank you. FYI it seems the sound was off just before the 9 minute mark. Thank goodness the CC is available. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge
I am a new quilter, last 6 months, I’ve been making a quilt top, and all my scraps I’ve been putting together after each section of my quilt, so I don’t have lots of scraps to move around. So have a few blocks ready for another quilt top. I took your advice in one of the videos about headers, so I use them, but that is a good idea to build blocks instead of just headers and throwing. Learning a lot. So thank you.
Karen, you're just awesome 💜 Thank you for another inspiring video! Watching your videos always makes me want to head right to my machine!! 😁 Blessings 👍🏾
I KNOW what you mean!! I watch her videos to get me motivated to get in there and start sewing on the things I need to! 😂🤣😂
This is such an awesome idea. Thanks for sharing. Now I finally know when I’ll sew together all those extra triangles I cut out for my 1st quilt. It was supposed to be twin sized quilt but wound up as a small wall hanging since the pattern I chose was too overwhelming for me at the time.
Great idea, as usual! I use crumbs for leaders but hate using up thread (especially thread on the bobbin) for that. I cut up a TON of scraps so I can just grab a stack. Great for donation quilts.
Thank you for this. Will try it with my next quilt.
I have just started to use my leaders as quilt blocks in the process..Thank you for all the tips!
Love your videos! Please consider a video on processing your scraps. I need help!
She has a great scrap management video under the getting organized playlist😁
I love this idea! Thank you :). I have already made lots of till roll crumb strips and am about to use some in a project.
Made curtains for my sewing room with the adding machine tape crumb strips. Joined them with solid colored strips in between horizontally to width of window panels. Hung with clip on curtain rings. Look like stained glass with light shining through.
@@patstutzman7506 did you sew a backing on your curtain?
@@jhwilliams6550 no I didn’t, I just put a facing on all edges, hemmed them
@@patstutzman7506 thank you for responding. I want to do something similar but I know I will need to wash mine often and I don’t know how that would hold up.
As always, very helpful. I use your spot in the middle block as my leaders and enders. I made a lap quilt for a friend using it. If I had known this technique 40 years ago I probably would have become a quilter then. I was constantly annoyed that my thread would pull out or the fabric would tangle by get sucked into the bobbin case.
Karen, thanks for talking about skillshare. I've seen it many times before, but really liked how you talked about it. I took the plunge and signed up just to see for myself if it could help. I think it will. Anyway, I love all your videos and really enjoy your presentation style. It makes me a better quilter! Keep doing what you're doing and thanks again for all you do 😁
I find that the classes inspire me in my quilting. For instance, I can take a class in surface design and that will spark something in how I handle fabric etc. I even found a class on dog training
The cheetah block is so cute.
I’d love to see how you process your blocks. Thank you for all your TH-cam videos. I’ve learned soo much.
I love the idea of bonus blocks. I mostly use leaders and see how stiff I can make it by sewing across it in both directions. At some point I have to give it a haircut and it becomes too small to use. Then it’s trashed, just as you said.
Do you have a bonus block go-to size that you consistently use? From the video, it looked like most of them end up 6 inches square, although I’m sure some were either larger or smaller.
I will sew the first items in several blocks In A long chain and when it lengthens enough, I’ll pivot the first block through the machine around and sew the next seam on it. If you can get your block pieces to a power of 2, (32-16-8-4-2-1)you can sew the block with “one seam” just by pivoting the block through multiple times. It’s quirky and fun when it works out that way.
Thanks for the tip
I make flying geese the old way using 2 squares (2-1/2”x2-1/2”) and 1 rectangle (2-1/2”x4-1/2”). When I trim the corners I’m left with a pair of triangles from each corner. I sew the pair of triangles from each corner together so I have a square. From this point I usually make pinwheel blocks from them. From these little blocks I can now make mini quilts that I then use, depending on how many I have, for pillow tops, wall hangings, table runners or toppers. It is a nice way to have something to remember a quilt that I gave away.
Omg I was making scrap block number 5 last night!
That's so COOL!!
Another excellent video Karen Brown -thank you!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your videos never disappoint! I am inspired to try to make some bonus blocks because for sure I have a mount scrapemore x 4. LOL
I'm glad you are making this more widely known. I have used making crazy blocks and random size strips in blocks for about 20 years as my leaders and enders.
Great ideas Karen 👏👏 Just need to get organised now so I can make a start 👍🇬🇧
Great idea -going to add this to my sewing routine! Thanks Karen
I remember this from one of your other videos and have been building them up! Can't wait to put them all together! I've been using light and darks to make a 16 patch!
Nice.
Thanks for all you do Karen!