So many scrappy ideas: New book!
Is there anything more fun than a brand new book that is packed with possibility? I think not.
Scrap Quilts from Crumbs, Strips & Strings by Emily Bailey is hot off the press and let me tell you, it’s a good one!
Emily has taken traditional patchwork shapes like hexies, Log Cabins, stars, braids and Nine Patches and turned them on their head by using up leftover bits and bobs.
I can’t say I wanted to make a Grandmother’s Flower Garden before…but now I do!! Look at the size of those scrappy hexagons. And the dark scrappy ground is marvelous.
And if I ever make a braid quilt, it’s going to be this one in the coolest colors of all.
How about a little improv to make some flowers? They’re the perfect place for those favorite tiny scraps you couldn’t bear to toss.
Of the 15 patterns inside, the cover quilt called Fireworks is one of my favorites. The dullness of the grays with the brightness of the colored strips makes my heart sing. I’m probably going to make this quilt!
You can preorder the book now right from Emily, or ask for it at your local quilt shop when it arrives mid-October. Official publication date is 10/14. Get a better look at the quilts in the video below.
Let’s have a giveaway! Leave a comment for your chance to win Scrap Quilts from Crumbs, Strips & Strings by Emily Bailey. I’ll choose a winner on Oct 15 and notify by email.
Quilt on,
Tags: books, emily bailey, giveaways, make extraordinary scrap quilts, quilt design, scrap quilts
Sally H
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I agree with you – the cover quilt really speaks to me. The color strips really pop. I can see it in soft colors too.
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Marty Link
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The vast majority of my quilts are scrappy! I’d love to experience more ideas!
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martha
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Emily…you are a true wizard with scraps!!! I love seeing what scrap ideas you will come up with next. I consider myself to be a scrappy quilter also but cannot hold a candle to you and your designs. Looking forward to your new book!!!
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Susan
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Looks fun and don’t we all have loads of scraps! Scrappy quilts are my favorite!
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Deb Enders
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You had me at the hexie quilt! I’ve been making hexies & using those in quilts, tote bags, tea towels, mug rugs…you name it – for years now. It appears from the photos I’ve seen that scraps were sewn together in color families and cut out in hexies to make the quilt — which I love the idea of. (Scrappy quilter here of over 50 years). I can only imagine what else is in the pages of that book! Fingers crossed here!!!
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Sue Crane
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I would love to win Emily’s new book. Crumb quilting and string quilting are two of my favorite ways to piece and use up the smallest scraps. That quilt with the triangles looks like fun!
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Tammy Jo Allison
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Diane, I’ve been making fabric wirh my scraps for about a year now. I just finished my 1st quilt that 3 of the 4 different designs are made out of my scrap fabric. Will email you a picture of it.
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Michelle Berkes
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I love all the ideas and fun tips I get from Diane of Stash Bandit. To have them put into a book is brilliant!
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Beth T.
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Well, this looks like a good book, and we all have scraps. So, yay! But I have to admit–when I received your email and read the subject line I was very excited at the thought that *you* might have a book coming out!
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Renee
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I would love this book
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Diane
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I love Emily and follow her. She has some wonderful ideas.
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Melody
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This book sounds great. I can’t wait to see it. Scrappy quilts are my favorites. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
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Julie Mirdoch
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Boy, do I ever NEED this book! I have two giant tubs of scraps and I’ve been motivated to try and do something with them. Thanks for the opportunity!
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Lil Koster
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Ooh! Squirrel!! I love crumbs. I use them for leaders and enders and I fully intend to someday use the “made fabric” those crumbs have become. Emily’s book will be an inspiration! Thanks!
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Martha Bergquist
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Love these scrappy quilts
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Darlene
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Thanks for sharing. Looks really good
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Kaye Mattson
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This looks like a very interesting book. The hexagon flower quilt is my favorite!
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Barbara
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Love those huge hexies! Can’t wait to see the rest of the quilts in the book. Would love to win it.
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Ruth Lucas
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I love all your ideas. And love your classes and I hope I win your latest book
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Jan
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Scarps are like………. I love them and yet don’t always know what to do with them!!!!
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Teri
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The quilts all look fantastic!
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Pat
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Looks like a fun book and a useful way to use those bags of scraps.
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Virginia Dale
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I really enjoy your emails, blog, patterns and videos I have watched. Have made several of your quilts. Can’t wait to see your book.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
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Val Ogilvie
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Loved your Summit talk last week.
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Ka lecluyde
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scraps are great for charity quilts
Thank you for the chance,
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Marina
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looks like a great book
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Chris
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Looks like a great book! Full of ideas!
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Julia Graves
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Looks like a fun book!
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Joan
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I am a big Diane Harris fan! This book would be a great addition to my library!
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Diane Harris
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Hello Joan! Your number was chosen as the winner of this giveaway! I will be in touch by email. Thank you!
Deborah Kelly
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What a cool book. Love the concept.
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LL
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Looks great! Congratulations on your new scrap quilts book.
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Jean Shores
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OMG! What an awesome looking book! The patterns are right up my ally as a mostly scrappy quilter.
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LeeAnn Meduna
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You know how I love scraps! This looks like a great book!!
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Leslie
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I would love a chance to win this book. I have been following Emily for a long time and have enjoyed so many of her ideas.
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Colleen Monti
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So many scraps…so many possibilities!😊
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Sue Rapalus
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Thank you for this new book announcement. Hadn’t seen it anywhere else.
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G Stanton
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Love Emily’s work. Thanks for the opportunity to win her new book
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Elaine Schurr
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It’s always great to read your posts. I get great ideas! Thank you!
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Caryn S
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It looks like there are some fun projects inside.
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Rebecca Ball
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Thanks for including the picture of the braid quilt. Now I have an idea how to use the partial braid columns I have.
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Dorie Simmons
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Love. love, love the quilts in the book. I’m a scraps and strips quilter that believes more is better and this book has just this vibe!
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Jan Wirsing
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Your blogs always inspire me to dig into my stash and try something new and interesting. Thanks, Diane!
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Bonnie
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THIS looks like a great book with lots of fun ideas and COLOR!!!! Hope to win!! #pickme!! Bonnie
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Linda
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Looks sensational
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Barb Bevell
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Congratulations on your new book! I look forward to reading it. Your patterns are always fun. Keep up the good work.
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Dayle Gruder
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I’d love a copy of your book!
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Rebecca
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Love the creativity!
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Mary D.
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That cover quilt just sings to me! Like everyone, I have oodles of scraps and am always looking for new way to use them. Thanks for a chance to win.
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Karen Montagna
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I love the braid quilt!
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Vicki Dillon
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Making a scrap quilt is definitely something I want to do. I enjoy your patterns.
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Kathy Teal
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I love scrappy quilts!
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Sharon D
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Love the hexi quilt!
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Beth
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This is great! Except that the scraps never actually get less…
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Connie
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Looks like some delightful patterns. Can’t wait.
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Eileen
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Love my scraps, and this book is ideal for giving me new ideas!
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MaryAnn
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So many beautiful options, I would have to decide which to do first!
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Anita Bray
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I have accumulated so many scraps even after making a “scrappy” quilt. I would love more ideas to use up my new accumulation. This book looks like it has terrific ideas!
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Ary M Anderson
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Just when I’ve told myself, ” NO MORE BOOKS!”, this one appears! Well… maybe I could buy just ONE more book!
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Debby Patz
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This book looks amazing! Thank you for the chance to win it!
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Julie Mirdoch
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Boy, I could make everything 3 times over with my giant tubs of scraps!!!! I sooooooo need this book!!!!! Love me a scrappy!!!!
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beth
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I love scrap quilts and “buy” 1/2 yard pieces to cut up into smaller pieces to sew back together! Your new book looks like fun. Thanks.
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Jeane
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I love scrap quilts and this one looks great.
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Carolyn
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I love scrap quilts as my scraps are overflowing. I think it is the colors spread across a quilt that really does it for me.
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Cyndy Rhoadarmer
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After making the blocks for my Nine Patch Jambalaya I find I have more scraps. Emily’s. Book looks like the perfect answer to that “problem.”
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Roxanne Smith
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What a fun, fantastic looking book!
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Betsy Wagner
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I love making something out of “nothing”. It’s holding up the tradition of our foremother quilters. It’s sustainable and living respinsibly. And it’s making a useful thing of beauty.
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Di Wilsey Geer
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I’m down to win this awesome book! I’m such a scrap queen, scraps is what my former guild gave me when I recently moved out of the area!
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Ann Woodhead
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Would love to win this “Crumby” book! Haha!
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Cindy Golding
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I love scrap quilts. I have a sizzix half hex template I would love to try out on the hex quilt from the book.
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Teresa Andersen
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What an awesome book with great ideas of how to use up more of my stash!
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Alleta Baltes
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Looks like a must have book. Very inspiring to use up scraps! Thank you for the chance!
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Gail McKelvy
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Scrappy quilts are so cheerful, love them!
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Darlene Hoctor
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Looks like a great book.
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Deb
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I love scrappy quilts and the inspiration of a good scrappy quilt book!
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Tabatha Smith
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I adore scrap quilting
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Cindy
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I’d love to receive this book!
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Emily
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Beautiful book. The grandmothers flower one speaks to me for sure
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Angie Heifner
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I’ve seen that book online and I though it looked interesting. Now I’ll have to wait until fall!
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Judy Davis
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Love to win this new book! Love working with scraps!
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Bev. Olson
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Love the look of the book and scraps!
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