Don't throw your fabric scraps away!
- 12 beautiful patterns for structured improvisational quilts to bust your stash
- Organization ideas for getting your quilt scraps in order for each project
- Step-by-step instructions are easy to follow and accompanied by illustrations and photos of the final product
- Finishing suggestions, materials lists, and cutting lists for each project
As a quilter, you know you have piles and piles of leftover scraps and strips from quilts you've made, all just waiting for the perfect project to come along.
Inside this book, author Kelly Young teaches you how to make structured improvisational quilts that will use up that stash!
Young starts by blending the old concept of an improv quilt with a newer structured way to do it, plus with tips and techniques on how to get started, how to prepare your fabrics, and how to choose which method you would like to use—panel, strip, or block. Then she offers three ways to organize your quilt: by color, grabbing and sewing, and creating your improv as the background. Projects include Grand Bazaar, Precarious, Detour, Bloom Chicka Boom, Regatta, and more!
Perfect for both confident beginners and experienced quilters, with Stash Statement, you'll turn that pile of fabric scraps into stunning quilts!
Kelly Young is a quilter, author of Stash Statement and Scrappy Improv Quilting, pattern designer, and quilt teacher. A former elementary teacher who has been making quilts for over 20 years, Kelly traded her classroom full of children for a classroom full of quilters and began traveling to teach and design patterns full-time in 2015. With a passion for making scrappy quilts, she tries to pack as many fabrics as possible into her designs. She loves blending carefree improv piecing with the comfortable structure of a quilt pattern, and this led her to further explore the improv technique. As a former teacher, Kelly enjoys encouraging quilters to try new skills, building their confidence, and helping them have fun in the process! Kelly lives in Germantown, Tennessee where she is a member of the Memphis Area Modern Quilt Guild. To learn more about Kelly and her classes, patterns, tutorials, and more, visit her website, www.MyQuiltInfatuation.com, her Etsy shop (www.etsy.com/shop/MyQuiltInfatuation) or her Instagram (@myquiltinfatuation).