Things you should know about a Scrap Vomit Quilt

I took me almost 18 months to finish but it's done: I finished my Scrap Vomit Quilt* top last week. It is quite hard to get a good photo of the whole thing and I promise to make a better photo when it's quilted (which will take another year I'm afraid). It's a comforting thought that Tijger already approves of the quilt in it's current state....

A common misconception about the Scrap Vomit Quilt is that it's a collection of crappy fabrics. Not true! For a successful Scrap Vomit Quilt (at least that is my opinion) you need to pair pretty fabrics with umm..other fabrics. Also some of the more challenging fabrics (guess which one it was from the picture below) suddenly seem not so bad when cut into 2.5" squares. :)

Actually it's a lot of fun to work with these less obvious fabrics and the variety makes it the perfect I Spy Quilt.

Dinosaur butt  and beige flowers? Yes please!

Find your daily portion of Fruit & Veg in the quilt.. (I actually spent 10 minutes looking for the Cucumber bit in my quilt top!)

And no Scrap Vomit Quilt is complete without some holiday fabric and coffee inspired prints. :)

Believe it or not but I have about 5 different 'Cats in Paris' fabrics in this quilt. And I think they all came from my own stash!

The Scrap Vomit Quilt certainly is also a kind of Scrappy Log Book which holds memories of fabrics you bought and used in projects (or not) or received in fabric swaps.  Actually for maximum scrappiness and variety you really need to swap your most 'special' fabrics with others as well. We are having a swap at the Scrap Vomit Appreciation Society Group on Flickr at the moment but sign ups are closed now (sorry!). However there will quite possibly be new swaps in the future.

I already started my second SV Quilt last week but with different solids for the diamond pattern blocks. I also got two smaller (and quicker) quilt tops I finished, to show you but I'll save those for another post!

*I have written about this quilt many times and regularly hear that it has such an unfortunate name. I know, but the name has stuck.  Recently it also has been abbreviated to SV quilt though.  :)

Many Quilts & smallest giveaway ever!

Here are (some of) my quilts in various stages of completion. In the back two lap quilts for my daughters (so that's at least one thing they don't *need* to quarrel about) both in an easy and quick 'cross' design. The bright quilt top on the left (for my oldest daughter) is finished, the forest coloured one is for my youngest and that is nearly finished too.

Spread out on the floor is my so called 'Winter Palette' quilt which I started uhm.. well last Winter. I started quilting it (so it's really nearly done!) in January I think, but wasn't sure about the loopy Free Motion Quilting I did on ca. 5% of the quilt. So I kind of abandoned it for a bit. Maybe I need to unpick the quilting and simply quilt it with straight lines...

In the back on the left is a Bento Box Quilt in progress. I made up the measurements of the strips etc as I went along. Naturally I forgot to write them down and now I first need to work out those details again before I can make more blocks. *sigh*

Next to it is the (in)famous Scrap Vomit Quilt! Quilt top is nearly done as well. Just need to sew some blocks and rows together but somehow progress on that is incredibly slow! More about the Scrap Vomit at the end of this post. :)

In front is a stack of Granny Square Quilt Blocks. Not in a real hurry to finish that one though...

Apparently I like making things with squares so I really need to try something new on a next quilt, because I can always add another project to the ones I'm already working on, right? ;) Actually these are not all the quilts in progress. I have a 'Disappearing 9 patch' quilt that has 'disappeared' right to the back of my fabric cupboard and my oldest half finished quilt has just turned three.

These are actually some of the nice squares from the basket!

Back to the Scrap Vomit Quilt...First take a look at some wonderful examples here. Currently I have a basket full of 2.5' squares left from my nearly finished First Scrap Vomit Quilt. Mainly because I downsized the first quilt and I keep on adding squares to the basket (for the Second Scrap Vomit Quilt I will make some day). But I want to share the magic of turning ugly (and pretty fabrics too) into a fabulous quilt and the best way is to 'sew for yourself'! So I thought I'd give away three 'Scrap Vomit Starter Packs' to readers of this blog. Each pack has 49 different fabric 2.5" squares, enough to make one block, and I promise there will be some truly horrible ones in the stack! I know this is a small giveaway, just some fun for the scrap loving quilters among you! If you can't wait to start your own Scrap Vomit Quilt then leave a comment on this post. If there are more than three comments (you never know!) then I will draw three winners. Comments close next Thursday the 10th of May, 12 AM Amsterdam time. Comments are closed now, thank you for leaving a comment. Winners will be announced later today.


Update: Katy has offered an extra lot of yummy Scrap Vomit 2.5" squares. Woohoo! These will be send to one of the three winners :) Thanks Katy!

P.S. these are all hand cut squares so while I always aim to cut them at exactly 2.5" some might be slightly bigger/smaller.
P.S. find the 'how to' for the Scrap Vomit quilt on Katy's blog.