Scrappy Wall Quilt Projects

June 14, 2013

Is your fabric stash taking over your sewing room? If so, make a few of these wall hangings to clear it out (then start building it all over again!).

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Starburst

Add some zing to spring with a high-contrast wall hanging. Piece the entire star-studded quilt from simple  squares and rectangles. Scrappy sashing pops against the mottled blue background.

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1930’s Rail Fence Wall Hanging

Use cheerful 1930s reproduction prints in a delightful wall hanging. To bring a little calm to the many small prints, choose mottled prints for the triangle-squares.

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The Light and Dark of It

Use an unexpected mix of batiks and prints to add depth and scrappiness to a wall hanging. Careful placement of light and dark fabrics makes a checkerboard look that grows darker in the corners.

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Checkerboard Addition

Checkerboard block backgrounds step forward to garner attention over the plus signs in this wall hanging.

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Sparkling Diamonds

Bright prints and punches of color on this wall hanging turn diamond shapes into sparkling jewels.

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A Scrappy Romance

Fall in love with this wall hanging featuring pretty pastels and romantic florals. Scrappy 36-Patch blocks and strategic sashing jump off a cream quilt center.

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Red, White, and 'Bluetiful'

For a summery wall hanging, pair scrappy blues and crisp whites, then add small pops of red.

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Flower Swirls

Choose florals in green, blue, and pink for a color palette reminiscent of an English garden. Get a scrappy look by limiting your color palette yet using a variety of prints.

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Flower Patches

A scrappy assortment of green, red, and pink florals blooms across this wall hanging. Wide sashing and Four-Patches show off both large and small prints.

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Simple Steps

Create a striking stair-step effect with an assortment of black, red, and white prints by placing the dark half of each triangle-square in the bottom-left position.

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Retro Stars

An unusual color palette lets you play with contrast when piecing scrappy-looking stars in two colorways.

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Batik Rainbow Wall Hanging

Use a breathtaking assortment of batiks in a Square-in-a-Square design. This wall hanging begins with warm colors in the center, then moves to cool colors around the outside for a final product that resembles a vibrant rainbow-color firework.

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Sew Scrappy Volume Two

These 22 stash-busting quilt patterns are a fabric lover's dream. A variety of patterns and prints combine to create lively quilts that invite attention.

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High Definition

Define the edges with crisp white strips outlining the monochromatic zigzags in the center of this wall hanging. The bold primary colors stand out against the mottled blue background.

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Aquarium Views

Fussy-cut underwater and nautical prints and frame them inside boxes of sea and surf colors for a wall quilt that is perfect for little pirates and mermaids!

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Scrappy Squares

A sophisticated and subdued palette of Japanese taupe fabrics form scrappy squares. A dark outer border grounds the quilt and allows the blocks to take center stage.

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Rings of Color

Three-color blocks create a fun and bright wall hanging. Use scraps for a random assortment of blocks.

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Pixelated Diamond Wall Hanging

Careful placement of scrappy blocks that are half dark prints, half light prints creates a large diamond shape. When you take a step back, the small squares in the diamond give it a pixelated look.

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Polka Dot Palooza

Mix polka dots and swirls in scrappy circles framed by polka dots for a playful wall hanging. Pops of red-orange balance the otherwise black-and-white color scheme.

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Flying Geese Wall Hanging

Give this wall hanging a controlled scrappy look by using one background fabric for each vertical row of Flying Geese.

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Here Comes The Sun

Although this quilt features a simple black, white, and yellow palette, you can get a perfect scrappy look with any fabric combination!

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Bolts of Blue

Mix your favorite blue prints in a scrappy wall hanging that will have you doing anything but singing the blues.

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City Lights Quilt

Combine rectangles and dark sashing and borders to create a quilt design that resembles a skyscraper with windows aglow.

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Wall of Color

Coordinate favorite solid colors or use up leftovers in this graphic wall hanging.

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Batik Baskets Wall Hanging

Give Basket quilt blocks exotic flair with a scrappy mix of batiks.

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1930s Scrappy Wall Hanging

Solid white sashing strips and add black-and-white prints in the sashing squares provides an unexpected checkerboard look, which is a nice contrast to the soft pastels.

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Batik Patches Quilt

Combine dozens of batiks in a rainbow palette to create a scrappy lap-size quilt.

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Uneven Nine-Patch & Star Quilt

Pull out all your polka dots for a scrappy wall hanging that has a sense of playfulness and whimsy.

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