Scrappy Playground Pattern Release

Do you love scrap quilts? I do! I save any scraps bigger than about 1" square, which means I have a lot of scraps! Mostly my scraps are stored in shoe boxes, sorted by colour, but I do have a few bags of scraps cut into certain sizes so they're ready to use. One of those bags is full of 1 ½" squares, so I designed Scrappy Playground especially to make use of them. You can get the pattern now in my shop!

Photo by Kitty Wilkin

One of the ways I like to tame the craziness of using ALL the colours and prints together in a scrap quilt, is to use lots of negative space. As a bonus, that also makes the quilt faster to stitch 😊 For this version of Scrappy Playground I used a grey solid, but I'm dreaming of a version using a rich blue or purple, with lighter colours for the scraps. I'm also tempted to make a version with a simple white background. I certainly have enough scraps to make them all! What colour background would you want to use first?

Scrappy Playground was originally published in The Quilter's Planner 2022. I've now expanded the pattern to include instructions for a 48" x 48" baby size and a 96" x 96" queen size, along with the 60" x 72" throw size shown.

Scrappy Playground is suitable for confident beginner quilters, and more experienced quilters will also love highlighting even their smallest scraps. It makes a great leader/ender project, too, which is how I plan to make my next one after I finish my current leader/ender quilts.

Photo by Kitty Wilkin

The PDF pattern is available now and the printed pattern PREORDER is also available. Printed patterns will ship as soon as they arrive from the printer.

To celebrate the pattern release, Scrappy Playground is listed at the introductory price now through Monday, April 3, so head to the shop now to pick up your copy before the price goes up!

Buy Scrappy Playground now

I can't wait to see your Scrappy Playground quilts!