Welcome to the world of fabric hoarding, where every scrap is a piece of treasure! If you’ve ever found yourself unable to part with even the tiniest piece of fabric, then you’re in good company. Saving scraps of fabric is a tradition among quilters, you never know when that one small piece of fabric might come in handy for your next project … and with the rising cost of living hitting pretty much worldwide, there has never been a better time to pull out your scraps and use them to make a quilt! With 626 quilt patterns in the Make Modern Pattern Archive, narrowing down one favourite was impossible, so here are my top 21 modern scrap quilt patterns … and now I’ll leave you with the hardest task of picking just one to make!
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Super Scrappy Modern Quilts
These quilts are perfect for quilters who don’t sort your scraps into colour. Just grab your scrap buckets and go!
- Which Way is Up Quilt by Velda Roy, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 26
- Bear Pause Quilt by Patricia Kendel, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 53
- All in Scrappy Modern Quilt by Jane Kelly, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 43
Modern Scrap Quilts Featuring Curves
Want to give curved piecing a go? Here are some scrappy quilts featuring curves or circles!
- Modern Flowering Snowball Quilt by Robbin Flockhart, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 26
- Rainbow Colour Wheel Quilt by Sue Bone, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 30
- Tic Tac Toe Quilt by Carrie Wikander, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 32
Modern Rainbow Scrap Quilts
Rainbows + scraps = my favourite kind of quilting. Here are three stunning modern rainbow quilts that would make beautiful gifts!
- Broken Back Quilt by Ange Wilson, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 34
- Rainbow Swirl Mini Quilt by Sedef Imer, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 9
- Sister Bay Quilt by Rachelle Craig, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 55
Scrap Quilts Featuring One Colour
Maybe you prefer your quilts to be more subdued, or featuring a favourite colour, or you just seem to have scraps in one colour way that breed like rabbits?
- A Different Drummer Quilt by Mary Menzer, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 10
- Potter’s Wheel Quilt by Julia Wentzell, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 19
- Spritz Quilt by Missy Winona + Kimmy Tanner, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 20
Scrappy Star Quilts
We know that many of our readers love making modern star quilts and here are some scrappy ones!
- Scrappy Star Quilt by Leanne Benson, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 11
- Catch a Falling Star Baby Quilt by Kristy Lea, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 15
- Rising Star Quilt by Lissa LaGreca, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 25
Scrappy Quilts Featuring Triangles
Or what about some more traditional piecing, with triangles – all over, a little sampler, or triangles that become hexie flowers!
- A Scrap of Colour Quilt by Sindhu Aragam, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 49
- One Ways Quilt by Heather Black, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 41
- Hexie Flower Quilt by Linda Graham, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 38
Modern Scrap Quilts for Beginners
Are you a beginner quilter looking to make your first quilt, or improve your skills with a sampler quilt? These are perfect!
- Happy Scrappy Squares Quilt by Amanda Jane Ogden, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 47
- Kaleidoscope Sampler Quilt by Lori Hartman, pattern printed in six parts in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issues 7-12
- Low Volume Log Cabin Quilt by Jenn Nevitt, pattern available in Make Modern Quilt Magazine Issue 13
So many scraps, and so many patterns! With a decade of publishing Make Modern Quilt Magazine, nearly 60 issues and over 600 patterns, these are just a few of the quilts that you could make using your scraps. Need more inspiration, there are lots more to see in our Scrap-Friendly Quilt Pattern Gallery.
All of these great patterns have been published in Make Modern magazine. You can grab the pattern by purchasing the issue they’re featured in (we’re digital, so there’s no waiting for the post and we’re available worldwide). Alternatively, you can dive right into our entire collection of 57 issues and counting by signing up to an All-Access Subscription, giving you instant access to our entire catalogue via one simple link.
Want more reading on Modern Scrap Quilts, or help sorting out your scraps? Not only are Make Modern magazines full of beautiful patterns to make, each magazine has loads of tips and tricks to help you improve your quilting.
- Effortless Modern Scrap Quilting in Make Modern Issue 57
- Smash That Stash: SOS – Sorting Our Scraps in Make Modern Issue 42
- One Block Scrap Quilts in Make Modern Issue 42
- Scraps and How to Actually Use Them in Make Modern Issue 27
- Maths + Methods: No Scraps Left Behind in Make Modern Issue 20
- Scrap Quilting Made Modern in Make Modern Issue 19
- A guide to dealing with your fabric scraps in Make Modern Issue 2
Quilters are like magpies, always on the hunt for shiny new fabrics to add to their ever-growing stash. We hoard scraps like precious gems, some of us carefully organising them by colour or size, until our sewing rooms resemble a beautifully chaotic fabric wonderland! We’ll promise to use every last scrap of precious fabric, but let’s be real – most scraps are more likely to end up in a never-ending pile of “maybe someday” projects. Or are they? Grab your scissors, dust off your sewing machine, dive into your stash and start making a modern scrap quilt today!
