Who doesn’t love a good scrap-quilt pattern idea? This charming pair of pillowcases is
made of fabric scraps from multiple generations. Designers Sue Keck and Sue Shipman, their moms, and Sue Keck’s grandmother all contributed to the variety of prints, florals, and solids found in the pillowcases. The blocks are made of fabrics mostly from the 20s, 30s, and 40s. The cuffs are made of fabrics from the 70s and 80s.

Scrap sizes needed vary from 3½″ x 6½″ down to 1½″ x 1½″, so this is a great opportunity to justify having kept all those small scraps! For even greater variety, wouldn’t it be fun to find some quilting friends or family to exchange fabric scraps with?

Click here for the link to download your FREE Scrap Basket Bounty Pillowcase Pattern.

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Add a flourish of contemporary fabric art to your décor! Designer Joyce Robinson gathered up a lovely bouquet of fabric to create this clever Fresh Cut Flowers wall quilt. You’ll find it finishes up quickly, as all the design elements are fused in place. Other than piecing the background, no stitching occurs until quilting, which secures the appliqué. Clever use of fine bridal tulle for the vase adds a 3-dimensional touch to the design, and the pattern includes special tips for working with the tulle.

Click here for the link to download your FREE Fresh Cut Flowers wall quilt pattern, and create a splash of spring sunshine for your home. Full size printable templates are included.

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Here’s a sweet, softly frayed quilt that explores a fun and easy technique; appliqué shapes are positioned and glued on a grid-marked background, then secured as raw-edge appliqué during the quilting process. Designers Brenda Bailey and Bonnie Bailey tell you which widely-available glue to use for wonderfully easy, wash-out results.

The image above shows Brenda and Bonnie’s original bed size version, which is fully patterned in the November/December 2011 issue of McCall’s Quilting. Our free pattern download is re-sized for a much smaller version, and at 37½″ x 51½″, it’s just right for a crib, or as an all-around snuggle-size quilt for children.

Click here for the link to download your FREE Freshly Frayed crib quilt pattern.

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Editor’s note: Limited quantities of kits for the bed size version of Freshly Frayed, featuring fabrics from the Carmen collection by Anna Griffin, are available while supplies last at a shockingly-low summer inventory-reduction price! Click here to take a look at the Freshly Frayed bed quilt kit on Quilt and Sew Shop.