Table of Contents

Introduction 4

What is a Scrap Quilt? 6

Making Colours Work 7

Organizing your Scraps 8

Techniques, Tools and Materials 10

Rotary Cutting 12

Using Templates 14

Die Cutting 15

Piecing 16

Basic Patchwork Units 19

Paper Foundation Piecing 21

Appliqué 24

Adding Borders 27

Layering 30

Quilting 31

Binding 32

Useful Equipment 34

100 Quilts 36

1 Scrappy Sixteen Patch 38

2 String Swirl 40

3 Flock of Birds 42

4 Strings 44

5 Stairway 45

6 Checkerboard Cabin 46

7 Stars and Cubes 48

8 Stripping 51

9 Lipstick and Polish 52

10 Jewel 54

11 Ice Cream Cone 56

12 Woven Ribbons 58

13 Every Bit (1) 60

14 Every Bit (2) 62

15 Summer's End 64

16 Streak o' Lightning 66

17 Roads and Crossings 68

18 Zig Zag 70

19 Spool of Thread 72

20 Roman Holiday 74

21 Union Jack 76

22 Whirling Geese 78

23 Japanese Lantern 80

24 Latticework 82

25 Scraps of Peel 84

26 String Squares 86

27 This Way and That! 87

28 String Stars 88

29 Covent Garden 90

30 Spider's Web 93

31 Strips and Snowballs 94

32 Triple Cross 96

33 Strippy Waterwheel 98

34 Tilted 100

35 Orange Peel 102

36 Scrap Frame 104

37 Wonky Boxes 106

38 Hunter's Star 107

39 Bullseye 108

40 Magic Carpet 110

41 Ditsy Squares 111

42 Positive and Negative 112

43 Burgoyne Surrounded 114

44 Simple Tiles 117

45 Dresden Sunflowers 118

46 Drunkard's Path 120

47 Split Star 122

48 Log Cabin with Appliqué 124

49 Blossom Trail 127

50 Sticks and Stones 128

51 Courthouse Steps 130

52 Linked 132

53 Stained Glass Window 134

54 Honey Bee 136

55 Magic Beanstalk 138

56 Reflected 140

57 High Speed Two 141

58 Crossed Branches 142

59 New York in the Spring 144

60 Crazy for Quilting 146

61 Castellated 148

62 Roundabout 150

63 Crossed Canoes 152

64 Mexican Fiesta 153

65 Knitted Squares 154

66 Machine-stitched Cathedral Window 156

67 Plaid Bars 160

68 Spots and Stripes 161

69 Crayon Box Stars 162

70 Stars and Chains 164

71 Blackford's Beauty 166

72 Square the Circle 168

73 Tic Tac Toe 170

74 Scrappy Lattice 172

75 Linden Trees 174

76 Pink Lemonade 176

77 Star-spangled Banner 178

78 Goldfish Bowl 180

79 Fall Graces 182

80 Super Economy 184

81 Scrappy Hearts 185

82 Bright Hopes Star 186

83 Geese Meet 188

84 Strip Scrap Quit 189

85 Scrap Stars 190

86 Squares Framed 191

87 Modern Amish Sampler Quilt 192

88 Christmas Stars 196

89 Star in the Cabin 198

90 Peony Block 201

91 Indigo Pinwheels 202

92 Maze Runner 204

93 Patriot Chain 206

94 Colouricious 210

95 Christmas Crown 212

96 Firebasket and Chain 214

97 Ice Crystals 216

98 Little Houses 218

99 Pharaoh's Tiles 220

100 Modern Crosses 223

Templates 224

Suppliers 239

Acknowledgements 240