Modern Improv Scrap Quilt Along - Units & Sections (Week 2)
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4 ай бұрынThis is the second video in an improv quilt along I am calling ‘Modern Improv Scrap Quilt’ based on a previous video I did a couple of years ago.
Week 1 of the Quilt Along is here: • Modern Scrap Quilt Alo...
The original Modern Scrap Quilt Video is here: • Modern Improv Scrap Qu...
This week’s video is about starting to piece our scraps and background fabrics into units and sections. Come be a fly on the wall in my sewing room as I try to talk you through why I am choosing to sew some things together and not others - I usually make these decisions without thinking but for this video, I made a point of stopping to try to describe it to you guys. I am hoping it will help you see that improv is really just a series of personal taste choices and that you are just as capable of making those choices to create a quilt that you really love.
If you are interested in other Scrappy Quilting videos on the channel check out these ones:
X Marks the Scrap - Free Scrap Quilt Pattern: • X Marks the Scrap Quil...
Color Coordinated Crumb Blocks - • Color Coordinated Crum...
QAYG Denim & Scraps Quilt - • Quilt-As-You-Go Denim ...
Improv Drunkards Path Quilt - • An Improv Drunkard’s P...
QAYG on a Longarm - • Quilt-As-You-Go on a L...
Kaffe Fasset Fabric Haul - • Kaffe Fassett Scrap Fa...
My Low Volume Scrappy Crumb Quilt - • My Low Volume Scrappy ...
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@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Have you started piecing units yet? How's it going?
@berniceoconnor5381 4 ай бұрын
I have! I have been so excited, looking every day ( several times a day) to see if the next video was out. And feeling frustrated that it wasn't. So I am now a very happy bunny!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
@berniceoconnor5381 oh gosh sorry! New videos come out on Mondays. I put it up as early in the day as I can manage but often uploading them to KZfaq takes ages…
@theresahogg 4 ай бұрын
Yes. Very helpful.
@elenabello138 4 ай бұрын
The more I watch your videos the more I like the way you make up your own rules : '' I don't want to iron , It's my hobby '' ! I totally agree. It's more relaxing and the result It's great. Elena, Italy
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
😂 thanks so much! Yes our sewing rooms our rules!
@NolaTheAlamoChiliQueen 4 ай бұрын
I totally get it! I’m a very visual person, and when I saw what you were doing in this video, it clicked with me. I am just in awe of your creativity, girl! You really should enter that quilt into a quilt show, it is going to be gorgeous. This quilt is a fine example of why I love your channel. You are so creative, your quilts are one of a kind art pieces. Thank you so much for sharing. For me, the video wasn’t too long, and I didn’t speed it up. In fact it was so awesome. I’m watching it for a second time. Period
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Oh thanks so much Nola! Your comments always brighten my day 💕. Thanks for being such a supporter!
@patriciamoses2185 4 ай бұрын
The longer the better I enjoy watching your thought process, with this type of quilt, I don't have the time right now but I hope to build one in the future.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! And of course the videos will be here anytime when you want to come back and make one yourself.
@mary-annsmith2458 4 ай бұрын
Kristin, thank you so much for your comments about trusting your instincts, and believing that your decisions are based on knowledge you already have. Too often I second guess myself, and it's great to be reminded that this is something to do for relaxation and enjoyment!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Glad that struck a chord with you! Yes let’s just have some fun with this one!
@lindachase2667 4 ай бұрын
I am recovering from eye surgery so I am not able to sew along but I am enjoying following along. I am going to do some iimprov quilting once I am better. Excellent video, thanks you sew much.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Wishing you a quick recovery. Thanks so much for watching and following along.
@caitlinmatthews1401 4 ай бұрын
I’m in. So excited when I saw last week’s video. I think this is a great way to use up my “precious” bits of fabric. When finished a quilt that will make me so happy to see all the fabrics!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Yeah! 🎉 glad you are excited! I’d love to see yours when you are done!
@grannydo4me 4 ай бұрын
I’ve done improv for a number of years now and your method of putting the units together is so much easier than what I was trying! I’m really enjoying the video - all 58.25 minutes of it! Great teaching!!!!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@iangosling78 4 ай бұрын
❤❤❤ love your unique way that you work, watched in sections, so no worries on length of vlog, you are such an inspiration ❤❤❤love Kaz (and hubby also watches xxx)
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Aw thanks so much! Watching it in sections probably the best way 😂!
@desleybartlett322 4 ай бұрын
The quilt is looking great already. Can't wait to see the end result😊
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@francespiquemal8813 4 ай бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing Kristen. I love how what can look like chaos is coming together in an orderly way. I trust you are feeling better with your throat.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Yes my throat is much better.
@elliefox1419 4 ай бұрын
Amazing! I love learning your process.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@helentucker2060 4 ай бұрын
I love your method. I’m always surprised when ORDER appears out of CHAOS!!! To be honest that has always scared me and held me back. But I’m stepping my foot into the waters and giving this a try!!!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
😂 glad you liked it! If it helps think of it as ‘controlled chaos’ which is what it is really. There are limits and boundaries we aren’t just pulling every fabric we see off the shelves and whacking them together 😂
@dianehuntley2493 4 ай бұрын
Kristen-your talent continues to amaze me. Maybe someday my head can wrap around this! At present I don't have the time needed to do this. I so enjoy watching you😊
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
You are very kind thank you. And thanks so much for watching - totally get that not everyone can drop everything and do this with me 😀 - next time I’ll give you guys more notice!
@elizabethamis9376 4 ай бұрын
This is going to be amazing! Let the fabric decide where it wants to go! Such freedom! Thanks for sharing. ❤👍from Somerset
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! 💕
@marygem 4 ай бұрын
Looks amazing, and thought processes important, but I need to whittle down my stash, make more quilts using more scrap pieces at moment. Thanks!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Totally get it! This one is not going to eat a ton of scraps you are right 😂
@pattyturner6529 4 ай бұрын
I love that you are sharing you thought process. It was so interesting.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@patstrawhouse4005 4 ай бұрын
Hey, Kristen! I’m really enjoying this series! Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you select, arrange, and piece sections. This is really helpful. I think I mentioned in a previous comment that have my plate full at the moment, so I will put this on the back burner for now. I think I also shared that I used some Debbie Maddy fabrics to make a improv lap quit after you posted your other one (white bkgrd). I made the quilt sandwich; but I wasn’t really sure if I liked the result, so I set it aside. I took it out today, and put it on my design board. I now quite like it, so I’m looking forward to quilting this along with you on my BabyLock Sashiko 2. Thank you for the inspiration…and for the nudge in the right direction! 😊 Stay well! MuskokaON 🇨🇦
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Awesome so glad it’s helping you move forward with your quilt from before!
@nancymathisen9707 4 ай бұрын
I’m glad you share and explain this way of working. It’s so hard for lots of people to trust their artistic instincts. I have some bits of fabric that I especially love, and have started collecting them to put together, as they are, without cutting them. Maybe in a kawandi.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
That sounds lovely. I’ve not tried a kawandi yet - good luck with it!
@user-rj8gn3dz6r 4 ай бұрын
You are amazing! I love your ideas and am working on not feeling the need to stay in the safe lane. Thanks!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much! The lane I’m travelling in really isn’t as scary as it looks. I promise!
@theresahogg 4 ай бұрын
Love love love! Have been watching you. Thanks!!!!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@ChadShort-km2ip 4 ай бұрын
Im enjoying the videos and the process. After I get my UFO pile under control Im definitely making one of these. Thanks for the inspiration. The music at the end freaked out my cat. I now have a bleedy nipple.😮
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Oh no! Injury by quilting video! So sorry! I was using a new video editing programme and I think I got the volume transitions wrong!
@sherryrhea9142 4 ай бұрын
Gonna start mine tonight, looking forward to this. Just got it and love the idea
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Yeah! 🎉 it comes together quick - you’ll catch up fast.
@catewhocooks9190 4 ай бұрын
That was a blast to watch
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@juliebute4063 4 ай бұрын
Love your thought process!!!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@berniceoconnor5381 4 ай бұрын
Looks great Kristen. X
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@cece624 4 ай бұрын
Hi Kristen, thanks for your intro-I’m going to watch this video in segments. 🌻
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Good plan! Thanks for watching!
@diannplatt-roberts8692 4 ай бұрын
I’ve started pulling fabric but house/animal sitting this week. When I get home I’ll be really ready to start sewing.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
No rush - the videos will be there when you are ready. Enjoy the house sitting!
@delwyngraham4033 4 ай бұрын
Interesting 😊
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@kimberlyjardine8634 4 ай бұрын
Kristin, I have a lot of reds. It's my favorite color. Do you think I could use all those different reds as my background and use different creams, low volumes as my small bits? I love your concept. I think it would look great like this. Do you have any ideas for me?
@delwyngraham4033 4 ай бұрын
Red would be great background colour 😊
@kimberlyjardine8634 4 ай бұрын
Thank you, it will have different patterns and values of the reds. Probably look pretty scrappy
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Hi! Yes red with low accent scraps would look fab. I would just say keep the reds as close to the same shade as you can to keep it looking like ‘the background’ however I am saying that mostly thinking of multicoloured scraps. If your quilt is essentially going to be red and cream the contrast should be obvious so go for it and make it your own! Would love to see it when you are done.
@karenbrunette6314 4 ай бұрын
❤
@lauriknox2486 4 ай бұрын
Looking great! So fun to watch and listen to how you make your choices. Looking forward to next week, as the final layout is always the hardest part for me. (Yeah, I didn't like that particular music either. But that's ok - I have a mute button!).
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching! And noted about the music! It was in the ‘time lapse’ section of my video editor programme’s music library 😂
@pywagner 4 ай бұрын
Loved watching your process and hearing what your thoughts were. I'm one who doesn't trust my instincts, artistically, so this would be an interesting exercise. Maybe I'll try it in the future. One comment, the music was okay during the sped up segments, but on my end, it was waayyyyy too loud! 🔊 I had to turn the sound off. My husband actually ran in from the other room to see what was going on! LOL! See you next week!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Sorry about the music! I was switching between two video editing programmes and I guess I didn’t realise there was such a change in sound levels between the music and non music sections! Won’t do it again!
@Amritadivya54 4 ай бұрын
I like how you are showing us your process, but I don't understand the connection between the first part where you spread out things on the floor and the pieced blocks. It doesn't seem like you are following a plan for where things go, is that right? I may try a version of this but with a slightly different process since I don't have floor space or a design wall yet. I think I will look for a medium grey as my background. To me, the black(or very dark grey?) makes the scraps look smaller floating in space. White/low volume I don't think would be my preference either-too stark. I might try pale something(what ever solid I have in enough yardage). I really connected with what you said at the beginning-about trusting yourself and what we know. I think I needed to hear that! Just not enough hours in the day for all I want to make...have to squeeze this quilt in somewhere soon! Thank you!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Hi! You are right I’m not planning it. Laying it out like that is for the color mix. So I don’t know where everything will end up but I know it will all be together in the same quilt so I am just visually checking that I like all the fabrics together in a general way before I start sewing. Hope that makes sense! But of course you should change the process to suit you! Good luck with your version. I’d love to see it when you are done!
@charlotte316 4 ай бұрын
Absolutely crazy way to do improv and I LOVE it! I have tons of scraps so I could make a million quilts (except I don’t have that much background fabric). No, really, I enjoyed your process. My own improv quilts are much heavier on the prints. I’m struggling now with how to put my crumb blocks together. I have all different sizes of blue crumb blocks and I don’t want to use coping strips. What do you suggest? Also, I think I’d love your idea for the back of quilts. I also loved the design you came up with for your uncle’s quilt. Thank you for sharing with us!
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! For the backing I have another video called something like 9 ways to back a quilt I think which you could find. And in terms of the background fabric the first version I did of this was with ‘prints’ - low volume type stuff - so if you had lots of similarly coloured less busy prints that could work for a background in a pinch!
@acrylicbluestone6684 4 ай бұрын
i am in
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Yeah 🎉
@ShadowMoonFarms 4 ай бұрын
That was an unfortunate choice of background music during the sped up areas. It is fun to watch your process. Thanks for sharing
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! Was it something in particular about that music that you didn’t like or is it having any music at all? At least one person has said they prefer no music at all but with a time lapse that long I feel like silence might be strange- but I’m open to opinions! Thanks for watching!
@DianeS2023 4 ай бұрын
I loved the music.@@ScrapFabricLove
@ellengordon4468 4 ай бұрын
I didn't really notice the music in the earlier parts of the video, but the music at the end was very harsh, especially given your usual laid back delivery.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! Yes there wasn’t any music at the beginning. I am taking everyone’s views on board with the music thanks for taking the time to tell me.
@desleybartlett322 4 ай бұрын
Hi Kristen, are all your scraps 100 percent cotton. Love this idea but I struggle with colour. I am making a scrap quilt atm and it is just any scraps throwen in together. It is a queen size so I hope it looks okay when I am finished. Would love to be carefree like you. Maybe one day 🤪😂. Desley from Australia
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
They are all quilting cotton scraps yes but I would have no problem throwing in some other fabric, like old clothes etc. I don’t tend to buy polyester quilting fabric but that is just cause I don’t like the way it feels in my hands not because of any issue with working with it.
@patobrien2222 4 ай бұрын
I suspect that this may be a bad idea but....I have a large piece of black rayon and a few rayon "Hawaiian" shirts (very bright patterns). If I used a "quilt as you go" method, do you - or anyone out there - think it would work as say a car/picnic quilt. I realize that rayon is shifty. Thoughts?
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
I don’t think I’ve sewn with rayon before myself but if you are going to do quilt as you go anyway you could easily test it on a small unit/block etc to see what happens. If you can get it quilted down my guess is it shouldn’t be any harder to join your sections. Maybe someone with experience of rayon can jump in and help…🤞🏻
@amyfinn3854 4 ай бұрын
Where can we post progress photos? Do you have a hashtag for the quilt along?
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Hi - forgot to put that in the video! You can use #scrapfabriclovesewalong on instagram that’s the one I use for all my quilt alongs. However I am semi-allergic to instagram 😂 so very infrequently on there. If you send me photos to hello@scrapfabriclove.com I will share them in one of my KZfaq videos.
@user-no5cd1ow9u 4 ай бұрын
What color is the background fabric and do you worry about it bleeding?
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
It’s dark grey. I always use a ridiculous amount of color catchers (like 4 or 5) the first time I wash any quilt - haven’t had an issue yet 🤞🏻
@leahholland6272 4 ай бұрын
My issue with improv scrap quilts is they tend to keep growing.....
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
😂 indeed! That’s why we have to limit ourselves a bit! I’m going to ‘know when to stop’ based on my backing fabric which I’ll talk about next week.
@CatLewis-ev1xo 4 ай бұрын
How do you know which sides are already squared up??????
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Just by eye. If it looks straight that is good enough to add the next piece to.
@vonneywright4028 4 ай бұрын
Love it, thanks Kristen, love the sewing but the music is way too loud and too edgy, if you know what I mean. I’d rather listen to your voice over or the sound of a humming sewing machine, Vx
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Was using a new video editing programme with different music choices - feedback taken on board! Thanks for letting me know!
@katehenry2718 4 ай бұрын
The music is WAYYYYY too loud. The only music quilters need is the sound of the stitching.
@lauraoneal5146 4 ай бұрын
Sometimes she has no control over the volume of the music. KZfaq does all kinds of stupid things that the creator has no control over. Just like the creator can say that don’t want commercials or only one but KZfaq will automatically put in commercials every couple minutes and the creator has ZERO control. I’m sure Kristen did not purposely play loud music during her video. That is definitely not the kind of person she is!! I’m sure she will try to find out what happened.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
Thanks for the feedback! I was using a new video editing programme and I think I didn’t realise there was such a change in volume between the music and everything else.
@ScrapFabricLove 4 ай бұрын
True about the ads but it was my mistake with the music - I was switching between video editing programmes and totally got the transition wrong between the music and the talking I guess. It wasn’t obvious to me when I played it back in the editor but maybe it sounds different when it goes live on KZfaq. I don’t use that much music these days so I will try not to do it again for sure!
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