Why would anyone in their right mind cut perfectly good fabric into a million pieces and then sew them back together again.  Think of the waste!  Our pioneer foremothers  would probably roll over in their graves at the thought.

Well, that was downright rude, I realize.  I’ve recently been instagraming with Luke Haynes.  He is an amazing artist and quilter.  I’ve enjoyed Joe Cunningham’s articles and quilts in magazines for years.  Ricky Tims is an accomplished quilter and magazine owner, writes articles and…..his Dad is a quilter.  Men are huge in quilting.

I’ve seen a lot of quilts in museums made from the usable parts from worn out pants, dresses and shirts…..even from military uniforms made of wool.  Some are beautiful works of art and others are obviously inventions of necessity.   Some are sewn by machine and others are sewn by hand.  The stories that accompany many of these quilts are fascinating.

I was inspired by several magazine articles about Anna Williams.  She lives in Baton Rouge.  She and her quilter friends have developed their own art in the form of scrap quilts.  When I read about how they sewed strips of fabric together and then took their scissors and cut through them…..it seemed so reckless, I just had to try it.  What freedom!  No worries about matching seams or corners.  No worries about planning out the whole quilt before construction begins.  Just the adventure of seeing how the whole thing will evolve.

The two pictures are small sections of the larger quilt.

If you’re a quilter with a ton of scraps, this is a great way to make use of them.  It made me feel so thrifty!