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What to do with leftover fabrics?

July 24, 2019May 28, 2020 4 comments

Hi friends!

I hope you are having a good summer. I have been working on getting caught up after my busy spring and finally have all my new patterns on the website!

Phew. Just in time to start the next batch of new designs.

One of the things I am doing with some of my patterns is adding in a bonus project to use up those leftover bits. The first one was my pattern Up and Down. OMG. I just love this quilt. 

Up and Down, a quilt design by Kate Colleran

 

To make the flying geese in this quilt, I used the 4 FG at once method. And so you have a few geese leftover. I didn’t want those geese to go to waste- they were too pretty! So I designed a small quilt using the leftover geese.

quilt made with leftover flying geese units
Leftover quilt

 

Next I added extra projects to both Hop the Fence and Woven In to use up those leftover bits of the 2 ½” strips, 10″ squares or 5″ squares.

 

Bonus quilt using leftover strips
Bonus Mini from Woven In Crib quilt!

 

I am starting my next round of quilt designs and am making at least one of my new quilts have some bonus leftover projects. What do you think?

Good idea or…?

Off to do quilt math!

happy quilting,

Kate

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4 comments

  1. Linda says:
    July 25, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    Great idea!!! A good way to use those left-overs….

    Reply
    1. Kate Colleran says:
      July 30, 2019 at 4:11 pm

      Linda,
      Thanks! I am hoping to do more of that in future patterns!

      Reply
  2. Fran Sakelarides says:
    July 25, 2019 at 9:28 am

    I love to make minis with leftovers! Great idea to include the bonus as some people cannot do it without a pattern. Love the ones with flying geese.

    Reply
    1. Kate Colleran says:
      July 30, 2019 at 4:12 pm

      Fran,
      Thanks! That flying geese quilt is one of my favorites. I just love FG and the small bonus quilt is too cute!

      Reply

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