Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers
If you have volumes of fabric scraps, today you’re going to learn how to sort your fabric stash into useable pieces. You might be surprised to find the fabrics you need to create scrap quilts at your fingertips. Please join me as I welcome Judy Gauthier, scrap-quilting aficionado to this new episode of Sewing With Nancy.
Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers is the title of Judy’s newest book release with C&T Publishing; it’s also the focus of the new two-part series, of the same title, on Sewing With Nancy.
Packages, Boxes, and Bows Quilt
Judy shows us how to separate odd-shaped scraps by color, then create quilts with the scraps. Her quilt, Packages, Boxes, and Bows shows us why it’s important to separate fabrics by color. While revisiting scraps of fabrics, Judy was able to divide my stash into a rainbow of color. Once the fabrics were chosen, the piecing was a joy!
Color Brick Road
If you have leftovers from making Packages, Boxes, and Bows, consider creating yet another quilt from your stash, entitled Color Brick Road. Small rectangles are cut in two sizes and the colors are sorted using the rainbow graduation as your guide. Just like Judy, you might find yourself chanting “Follow the color brick road, follow the color brick road.” Watch as we make this quilt on Sewing With Nancy.
Fretwork Quilt
Today, on Sewing With Nancy, learn how to make fretwork designs. This quilt style was originally carved from wood to adorn furniture or musical instruments using a fretsaw. The same geometric style can be translated into a quilt pattern, using a rotary cutter and fabric scraps. The technique is reversible appliqué. Learn how to sort your fabrics into 5-1/2″ and 4-1/2″ squares, and then let the fun quilt-making process begin!
Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers Starter Kit
You’ll feel like you’ve taken a trip over the rainbow with scrap-friendly quilt designs, using techniques Nancy calls remarkable because, “Not a scrap goes to waste.” Book includes clever tips for organizing your scraps and assembling quilts, along with 12 colorful patterns. Kit includes book, Fast2Cut Simple Squares Template, and Sewing With Nancy DVD.
Watch Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers on Sewing With Nancy online.
For a chance to win a copy of the Rainbow Quilts for Scrap Lovers DVD from Nancy’s Notions, leave a comment sharing the most predominate color in your fabric stash.
The randomly selected winner of a copy of my McCall’s M7512 Three-Season Jacket, from The McCall Pattern Company is Michele Brakewood.
Her comment was, “I can’t wait to get started on this jacket!”
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Sharon Stevens
Blue shades
Sandra
Mine is a tie between purple and green. Good thing they go together as well.
Robibin Hoffmeyer
Purple and green
Deena Tveit
Blue
Kathleen A Balcerzak
Red
Pat Antcliff
All of them!
Debby
I save all scraps down to one inch and they are a rainbow of colors!
Susan Ackerman
Purple and turquoise
Carol P
Lots and lots of purple!
Linda K McElroy
Blue
Cande Gordon
My scraps are predominately blues and greens.
Jean GB
I have a lot of red. A LOT of red!!
Debra Williams
My scrap stash has a rainbow of colors, but I would have to say the color I have the MOST of is pink – for some reason I am drawn to pink. Thanks for the opportunity!
Nancy Ballard
I probably have blues in my stash than any other color. I would enjoy making a rainbow quilt.
Linda Horn
I have a lot of blues and teals; they seem to have a gravitational pull for me! I have to almost force myself to look at other colors in the quilt shop!
Thunder
I never met a green I didn’t like
Karen
I love prints (a lot multicolored) which I am having a very hard time organizing. I keep trying though.
Mary
Most of mine are on the dark side of blues and greens.
Nancy McFarland
I love all colors, but I’m sure that pink is the most predominate color in my huge fabric stash…it know is it in my sorted scraps!
BevM
I already sort my fabrics by color or style. I have a full copy machine paper box of blues, but three boxes of Christmas fabrics.
Debbie
Red
Helen O
Love these ideas for using up scraps. The drawer with my blue fabric is the most full!
Mary Gilmore
My stash is heavy into blues and reds, so this would be the perfect quilt to use them up, if that ever really happens!
Bernice M.
My stash is predominately fabrics in shades of blue.
Ennis A
A lot of purple and red from projects for myself and a lot of pink, yellow and green from granddaughter projects. So I’m ready for a rainbow Quilt. Would love to try this. Thanks for the idea!! I need to downsize the scraps!!
carolyn montgomery
lots of blues and greens
Pam
My most predominate color is blue.
Debbie Dorombozi
I have to say purple and green. I have been collecting scraps of fabric for the past year to use when I make this years mystery quilt with my quilt guild. Can’t wait to see how it turns out
phyllis hazen
since i love fall and Halloween and the colors of that season that’s what i have the most of. it’s a tie between reds and oranges .
Gayle Mitchel
I normally prefer blues, but lately I think my stash is trending toward purples! Seems I always have the hardest time keeping accent colors, like yellow, red, orange on hand. Guess that means I keep using them upand will have to get more! LOL!!
Liz Jefferys
without sorting, I can’t be sure, but I think green would be the winner
phyllis hazen
orange
Susan L.
I’d have to say red.
Donna Steele
Blue is the main color of my stash.
Vicky K.
All shades of blue!
Janie
It would be a toss up between red and green.
Beverly Smith
My most likely predominant color is red but I have a good selection of most colors. As a combo, fall colors would be the best bet.
Thank you Nancy for all your years of tips, tricks and instruction. I’ve been sewing with you since the 70’s.
Carol L.
My fabric stash tends to lean towards shades of Turquoise and Fuchsia.
Jeanne Reseburg
Jewel tones
Gina M
I *love* scraps more than yardage! My red scraps generally overflow the container, until the next project.
Laura
I’ve got alot of blue-greens.
Kathleen Sergas
Currently it looks like oranges….
Marilyn
my favorite color is orange
Charlyn McAllaster
I am addicted to floral prints, so my stash looks like a rainbow of flowers.
Julia Riley
Purple, purple, PURPLE!
Joanne P.
No one color stands out overall…have a lot of florals and Asian fabrics of multi colors…..
DEBBIE HANKS
BLUE I WAS SURPRISED BECAUSE I THOUGHT PURPLE WAS MY FAVORITE COLOR
Elaine Howsley
I have a ton of blues and greens. I can’t resist them. I am trying to branch out and get oranges and yellows because those are the ones I go to the least when shopping! I love the quilts in this book!! Great ideas!
KayZee
I have multi-colored prints, primarily, and also find it difficult to sort them by color. I think this book would help me do that. I love the “Packages, boxes and bows” pattern!
jenny boettcher
Does all colors fit the bill; lets see…..#1 Fall colors, then the rest all fall into play; hardest color to work with is yellow…..
Barb
I have more black and white fabrics. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I have been a fan since your show on black and white TV. I’m surprised my grandkids don’t sew. Cartoons had to wait when your show came on.
LoAnn Trowbridge
Since I have been collecting greens for one quilt, yellow for another, and red for another, it’s a toss up. But normally it would be all shades of BLUE.
Mary Merchant
Blues and purples
Rosalind Gutierrez
Let me see, the stash of blues takes the prize for the biggest pile of fabric.
Linda Molden
Green
Becky G.
I love scrap quilts, and recently made a quilt and used 52 different blues. Then I realized I did not use every blue in my stash.
Helene Hanada
I have lots of shades of blue/greens/purple.
Donna
I have blues to make a scrap quilt but oh there is so much of every color and yet not enough neutrals. I sure need help to use up all the mismatch of fabric.
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Erin
After finishing a large blue and white quilt, I see mainly blue in the scrap bin, but there are some wild prints in there, too.
Sheila Symanski
I thought my favorite color was blue, but in organizing my scraps by color I found it is definitely red.
Phyllis Barton
I have most of the colors except oranges and browns – sure need to use them up!
chris
in a discussion for a sister and brother quilt where I wanted my siblings to be represented by their favorite color, I had listed myself matched to red. But everyone said “no, your color was Pink!” Later, I looked at my fabric stash and there was PINK, represented in dusty rose, pastels and even a splash of neon pink!
Cassy LaVigne
I seem to have scraps of eery color!
Peggy V
Without a doubt the most predominate color in my stash is blue!!!
Barbara R.
My stash is full of greens, blues and purples.
Thresa Schlaak
TEAL /GREENS are prevalent colors in my NOW ‘over-abundant stash!!! It started about 25-30 yrs. ago with a panel print in ‘soft avocado’ (to match our THEN master bedroom décor!
It was a charming scene-2 old folks in sitting in rocking chairs w/ kitty in front of fireplace! I made a hand-tied coverlet/ matching avocado backing. Bought MORE avocado prints, MORE GREENS, eventually SETTLED on TEALS!!!! TEALS have taken over, but still TONS of other “GREENS”! WOW have MY tastes changed
beth d.
My color in my stash is mostly blue. I have plenty of blue in my scrap stash. Would like to use my stash in one of the scrappy quilts shown in this series.
Nancy
Blue, blue and more blue! Would love this book!
Beverly
Anyone who viewed my stash would swear GREEN is my favorite color. There are just so many beautiful greens!
Laurel Lee Pedersen
“Dirty” reds abound in my stash!
Jackie T
Lots of blues in my stash. Would love this book. Thanks
Carole Smith
Love all color quilts. Scrap is Best. Most prominent color in my stash? Reds…lots of Reds.
Lillian K
I seem to be overflowing in pink fabrics!!!
Madeline
My stash is full of bright reds and blues. I try to add other colors, but I always tend to gravitate backto my two favorite colors.
laura
I have a lot of reds. No, I meant blues. No, pinks……..
Pat
My scraps seem to include an abundance of yellows and oranges. Not surprising since these are my favorite colors.
Sue H
Blue greens! Love them!
terryb
There’s a lot of blue; but there is also a lot of beige and tan neutrals destined for a design I’ve been collecting for. I’m sure there will be plenty of scraps left for stash.
Bev
blues and greens
Judy Bowers
I have a lot more blue in my stash!
Angie Larsen
Blues!
CJ Hines
Lots of blues and greens.
Judy V
More blues, greens and purples than anything else.
Betty K
Blues and greens.
Linda Janovitz
I’d have to say autumn colors they are my favorites
Donna W
That would have to be green.
Sandi
Lots of colors and lots fabric, which needs to be used. Love Scrappy quilts and having Nancy’s book on scraps would be such an honor! You keep us all inspired!
Nancy L. Von Arx
gold
Helen Jaroslawski
Red and blue are the colours I seem to gravitate to . I loved your Rainbow Scraps post and plan to make the Packages, Boxes and Bows quilt. Thank you. Helen
Barbara
Mostly Blues, but lots of pinks, too.
Diane
I have a variety of fabrics, but I do have a lot of blues !
Joan Hudson
I have every color of the rainbow so I am set to go on any pattern in that book. Looking forward to seeing who wins. Thanks for the chance.
Sandy Goodrich
Checks and juvenile prints
Brenda Ackerman
My Father and a quilting friend gave me a lot of their quilting scraps to get me started on my quilting journey. I have never stopped saving scraps and therefor I really do not have an abundance of any one color. This book would be so amazing to create quilts with!
Linda R
Like many others, it’s green.
Mary
My scraps are mostly blues and pinks. Thanks for the opportunity!
Savannagal
I’d say orange. But I have lots of mixed fabrics all with earthy tones, like browns, golds, oranges, greens, rusts.
Marcia
I have a large rainbow of colors, and scraps of all sizes, however I would say pink & purple r the most. Thank you for the opportunity to win.
Lynn Mullen
Organizing scraps by color sounds like fun. Right now my scraps are organized by size and shape, but I haven’t been inspired to work with them lately. The reds overwhelm all the others!
Susan Spiers
Turquoise – it’s my favorite color, combined with brown, it’s a wonderfully classy look!
Kay Statom
My largest stash is of all shades of blue.
Sandi Corlett
I’ve always tried to sort my stash by color. At one time, I used the closet organizers used for storing purses because they had clear pockets. Now I no longer have a closet with hanging space in my craft room and I’m in the process of moving things into clear containers. Sometimes I sort scraps into gallon zipper bags. These all make it easy to see what I have.
Patti Serenko
I have a lot of earth tones and pastels. I would love to use them to make something beautiful.
TERESA LEE
My most prominent color is purple!
jane
I have so many scraps. After my husband passed away all I could handle was to cut my scraps into usable pieces. I have them sorted by size soon to be changed to by color.
Sonya Meyer
shades of blue and green
CHARLOTTE KEY
Although purple is my favorite color and I admit to having lots of that but it seems the most in my stash is orange.
Jean Finocchio
Boy, do I have scraps. definitely a rainbow of color to make more than one quilt
Florence Dupuis
I have my fabric sorted by color. I think it is a tie between red and blue for the most. I have really collected blues as that is my granddaughter’s favorite color. I am working on her third quilt fence rail pinwheel blocks blue with yellow and white accents.
Clovis
A lot of different colors are in my stash. Thanks for the chance to win.
mary johnson
I stash has enough fabric to open a fabric shop. Looking thru my totes I mainly have blues and pinks
Łinda Rupe
Somehow I’ve accumulated a lot of neutrals! As a person who loves primary colors this is an interesting discovery. I do have a rainbow of scraps and yardage.
Gail Mitchell
I have lots of browns golds greens. thanks..
Peggy Thackston
Mainly blue.
Joanne
Seems like blues are my colors of choice.
Ann Bailey
Green seems to be my predominant color!
CINDY BEAL
Right now I will have to say GREEN – limey, brights, fun!
Ann Bailey
greens
Kaye M.
I have alot of shades of green in my stash and then next are teal and aqua. I seem to like colors with cool undertones best.
Judy Allen
I have a large bin of green fabrics. And more greens in the batik bin.
Linda E in AZ
At this time, blue is my predominant color (used to be green).
thanks!
Ila Jane Harris
The predominate color in my stash is green. I love all shades of it from the very vibrant yellow greens to the soft emeralds and mysterious forest greens. They seem to find a way into almost every quilt I make. Grays and taupes are fast becoming a new favorite for the tranquility they impart and how they blend with so many other colors.
Jacquelyn Ayers
Blue batik-which includes streaks of gold and green is the most of one color but I definitely have enough of all colors to make two of the rainbow quilts-throw size- or one large queen-size bed quilt. I would like to win-so thanks for the opportunity and all of the ideas.
Max
Purple– all shades
Francie G
My scraps are more aquas and turquoise.
Patti Lawler
I love scrap quilts. I have tons all sorted by size.
Melissa Gerber
Blue. Lots and lots of blue. I have never met a shade of blue I do not like.
Linda Frick
My most dominant scraps are bright batiks. Orange, blue/turquoise and greens. I’d love to put them all together and make something beautiful.
Lynn
Purples and blues that are on the cool side.
Joyce
I just organized my fabrics last week, fully expecting to find myself buried in blues. I organized using ROY G BIV.
However, much to my surprise, the largest number of fabrics reside in my red stack! (But I did make a closet rainbow)
Kris Parsons
Lots of shades of red, but there’s quite a rainbow!
Kris Parsons
Lots of reds, followed by blues. Quite a rainbow of shades!
Anita P.
Must be blue. Can find in almost every color bin I have on prints besides the two bins of blue that are mostly blue.
Martha
Blue is my primary go to color, but red & green are abundant.
Martie in CA
I love greens and blues. Match my eye’s colors.
Martie in CA
Blues and greens. Matches my eyes!
Dali Lobo
Blue, purple, red
Love this book and CD that you have made for us.
Denise Clason
I have a lot of colors. I also have a lot of different colors of them. I really need some good information to use it for good quilts.
Lori
When i look in my “stash” i see a lot of blues and blacks. I have made a lot with blues.
Jeannie
I have two bins of blue, so I guess that means I have more blues than any other color, but there are soooo many different shades of blue.
Jan N.
I have three predominate colors in my stash … equal amounts of reds, oranges and yellows.
Marilyn D.
I have a lot of pink and blues in my stash. Would love to have patterns to use these scraps for great grandbabies quilts. Thanks Nancy for all the info you have given me through the years!
Joyce
My predominate color range is the brown and tans.
Teri
I have lots of blues & reds
Shirley Ratliff
Apparently I use a lot of blue, LOTS of blue!
Nanette Edmonds
My main colors in my stash consist of yellow and “rosy” pink… Both good colors for this project!!
Gail Beam
I have a basement full of material, covering all of the holidays, and all kinds of types of materials, so there is no one specific color in my stash.
margaret
most are shades of green , aqua and red
Colette
Great post! I love Judy’s scrap quilt books and templates!! My stash has WAY too much green.
Judy P
Blue, blue and more blue.
Karen
A lot of my scraps are batiks with a range of colors in them. Thanks for the give away.
Edna Marks
Purple followed closely by black and white.
Helen
I love blues and greens–I never seem to have enough of them!
Karen A
I think my stash is heavy on the blues. I have fabrics sorted by color and the blues fill their own container and other colors share.
Mary Green
Blues, without a doubt!
Cyndy from the Funny Farm
Blues, definitely blues dominate my stash. I have blue-blue, blue-green, green-blue, dusty-blue, bright-blue, aqua-blue, aqua-green, turquoise, blues-that-are-almost-green-but-not-quite. The next dominate color is green with the least being yellow. I do NOT allow myself to purchase anything blue right now! 🙂
Jeanette Withrow
I always seem to gravitate towards the greens. So I have lots of shades of greens. Thanks nancy
Kristinrae tice
Blues and blue greens. Maybe I should really study my closet of fabrics.
Lily Kamikihara
Blue blue blue! Guess what my fav color is.
Starla
My favorite color is red, so naturally the color that is predominate is … blue
Pam
Definitely blue!
Pam
Blue!
Margie Burkel
Red, my favorite!
Debbie Hall
Purples and pinks!
Patti
Yellow- bright and sunny!
Sheila
The predominant color in my stash is…. “unknown” due to the need to organize them to determine which is most prominent. I do hope I can still qualify for the DVD as I would love to make some rainbow quilts! (Thank you!)
debbie
blue
Karen
Purple!
Heidi
I have a lot of red and black in the sewing room!
Sharon G
So many colours I would say prints with a black or navy base are probably the dominant colours.
Althea Klosterman
I would love to take time to sort my scraps to see what I really have. There may be many blacks and lots of primary colors and there may be reds. Sounds like a project coming soon.
Cindy Hoover
Though I have too much (really? Is there ever too much?) of all colors, because aqua is my favorite color I seem to collect a ton of it – way more than the others. Love all colors, though!
pat
Blues and bluegreens are favorites.
Jan F.
I have lots of peach, pink and light gray. Maybe it’s time to brighten up!
Judy
I have more blue fabric than any other color.
Carol
Blues…all shades are my predominant stash color!
Lois Short
Purple and lavender are my most prominent colors.
Judi
I seem to have more blues
Judi
I seem to have more blues
Judy
Blue is the predominant color in my stash.
PJ Miller
Oranges dominate my scraps…I love fall colors .
Brenda Terrell
Periwinkle blue and yellow my favorites.
Janet Pasinski
Mostly blue, green and red
Janet Pasinski
Mostly blue, andre
Janet Pasinski
mostly blue and red
Beth
Blue and green are my prominent colors.
Kim L John-Trewren
Purple and pink!
Mary Smith
Blue……..any hue. I have lots!
Carole Diehl
I was surprised to find that I actually have more green fabrics than any other color but I suppose that is not unusual since I started out as someone who did a lot of appliqué flower projects.
Linda
Blues in all hues then variations on the theme of ‘pink’. Love the ideas shared in the post! Thanks!
Priscilla Read
I saw episode one on my PCs station. Loved it. I seem to have a lot of blues and greens in my stash.
Dino Candelaria
browns, didn’t have any so went hog wild and got a bunch. Doesn’t make for much of a rainbow but the patterns would work great for an ombre effect!
Anna Hollar
Hi, I have a LOt of Greens and BLUEs in my stash.
Lori J Smith
I have lots of blues & greens.
Marchita Sutton
A little bit of everything! I sew for the grandkids.
Margie V.
I have lots of yellow and orange
BeckyPB
Purple and red dominate my stash!
Tina
I have inherited lots of scraps of every color. I would love to organize them and use them in these quilts. Thanks for the great ideas.
Elizabeth Larson
Mostly blues and greens but have a bit of everything!
Deborah DeBerry
I have a lot of blue, brown, and red. I have always wanted to make a rainbow quilt, and I will one day. They are just beautiful and make you smile at the wonders of the world.
Anne Z
Red is the most predominant color on my stash. Followed closely by blues and greens.
Marty
Most common hues in my stash are tied between blues and greens. Runner-Up: prints that contain mixture of black and white in them!
Marsha Dimond
Almost everything I make has red in it. Maybe not the predominant color in the piece, but red in it nonetheless.
Denise
Purple! Earth tones follow. I’m a big fan of Fat Quarter bundles. I’m still learning to coordinate color & patterns and Fat Quarter bundles are really helpful in selecting a beautiful combination of colors & patterns ensuring a lovely, dynamic quilt. The next challenge, of course, is choosing the pattern!
Mary
Blues and greens!
Helen Heise
Blues, followed with purples and greens are abundant in my stash.
Diane Putzer
Mostly blues and greens.
Marian M Sayers
I have mostly greens followed by blues however yellow is my favorite color and the one I have the least stash in. I use it in almost every quilt I make and am constantly buying to replenish it!
linda
Like so many others, I have more blues and greens in my stash. I also have blue and green throughout my house!
Judy
The predominant color in my fabric stash is turquoise blue. But I have fabric in all the colors of the rainbow in my stash!
Betty J Kroll
Earth tones are what gives me that awwwwwwwwwww feeling, BUT I love a pop of loud color at times!
Ola Norman
Blue is the color I have most of.
Cathie Vaughn
Greens & Purples are my most predominant colors. I have my fabrics sorted by color and the Packages, boxes and bows pattern would be fun to use up those scraps!
Carolyn Rennie
Burgundy, blues and greens and I love to throw in a mustard yellow.
Cristina
I have lots of purple fabric because family members like purple. I have a lot of yellow fabrics because I love yellow.
Cristina
Purple and Yellow.
Linda Rouse
I have a lot of blues and greens.
Joni
Lots of red scraps.
Angie
Cream.
white and black
Marie
Combining what my mom had and what I have. Lots of blues.
Jini
I make a point to buy a full rainbow of fabrics, and yet, purple always seems to dominate!
Elizabeth A. Franck
I definitely love every shade, tone and hue of “green”!
However, over the years, as I focused primarily on
batiks….. many different colors and blends of
colors have exploded the size of my stash.
GREEN is still my favorite color…..
.
Rebecca Hafemeister
Red….I love red! I need to make a red scrappy quiilt.
Marla Brown
Red, red, red…………I have two full bins of red!
Doreen Linehan
Pinks. My granddaughter’s favorite color was pink but she now likes purple better so purple is catching up.
Beverly
I have more blues than any other color in my stash.
Bonnie Rodman
For me it is blues and white are the two largest colors I have.
Patricia Evans
My predominent color(s) are blues/purples. I think the blacks/whites are a close 2nd. I would love to see the black & whites in the hexagon pattern.