MUST Use These Scraps!

A Little Bit Tart, an art quilt by Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com

A Little Bit Tart

After completing A Little Bit Tart, I had a nice collection of very interesting – and already pieced – scraps. Of course, I had to do something with them!

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

See what I mean? I decided I could add a lot of blue as the primary color and get an interesting result.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I auditioned additional blue fabrics.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Then it was time for a big Tetris game (puzzle.) What could fit where? My decisions were driven by geometry and a desire to group the red shapes.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

Some decisions were pretty obvious. Others took quite a bit if finagling. I made additional pieced shapes to fill in the gaps where needed.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I did lots of auditioning and pieced things together only when I was completely sure.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

And, ta-da! This is what I ended up with.

MUST Use Scraps! Ellen Lindner, AdventureQuilter.com/blog

I really like it, and I named it Regatta. (Can you see it?)

Check my website to see it completely finished and quilted. I hope you like it as much as I do.

Ellen Lindner

12 Responses to MUST Use These Scraps!

  1. Mary Stori December 4, 2021 at 10:52 am #

    I really like it too!!!

    • Ellen Lindner December 5, 2021 at 10:10 pm #

      Thanks, Mary.

  2. Michele Kennedy December 4, 2021 at 1:02 pm #

    Greetings from AnnArbor. I don’t know how you do it!🥇

    I looked at all the working pics and decided it didn’t work at all. Then voila, a beautiful, balanced quilt! My very small group is about to do an abstract based on a picture we will choose this week and we feel challenged-especially me! This gives me courage! I will share your post

    • Ellen Lindner December 5, 2021 at 10:12 pm #

      Hi Michele,

      That’s a nice compliment. I hadn’t thought about but I guess you’re right that it doesn’t really come together until the end. Comforting words as I’m working on another one that needs a little time to evolve.

      Good luck to you and your group with your upcoming project. Abstract work CAN be challenging, but it’s usually fun, as well.

  3. Sunnie Malesky December 4, 2021 at 2:18 pm #

    Love it!~ Wonderful name!!!

    • Ellen Lindner December 5, 2021 at 10:12 pm #

      Thanks, Sunnie.

  4. Sandy Pozzetta December 4, 2021 at 2:26 pm #

    For some reason the piece looks like a winter wonderland scene to me. Different stroke— different folks. 😎

    • Ellen Lindner December 5, 2021 at 10:12 pm #

      Yes, I can see that too, Sandy.

  5. Martha W Ginn December 6, 2021 at 2:50 pm #

    Regatta is a wonderful outcome for those leftover scraps. And the name definitely completes the image. When I get the sailing image, I can almost hear the wind!

    • Ellen Lindner December 7, 2021 at 12:45 pm #

      Thanks, Martha, that’s a wonderful compliment!

  6. Constance Lee February 19, 2022 at 7:21 pm #

    Ellen, how did you stitch it down?

    • Ellen Lindner February 22, 2022 at 2:47 pm #

      Hi Constance. I stitched the pieces together with 1/4″ seam allowance. (Which was the easy part!)

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