Erik HOMEMADE

Our Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt pattern is now available on CD!

Here is a complete copy of our Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt pattern just for you! 

A wonderful  project for quilt clubs, group project, or a quilter's camp or class, this CD features our scrap quilt designed to use up the scrap pile! The CD features all 24 pages of instructions in PDF format, as they appeared here, 4 photographs in jpeg format (to use as you need), and a simple end user agreement.

Quilt teachers and project co-ordinators will like this convenient CD because they can print as many copies of the instructions as needed, in addition to photographs to use to publicize your project!

Click here to download an order form-->Download Order Form Scrap Pile Quilt  then send it to Erik HOMEMADE®!

The cost of the CD is $6.99 (US) plus shipping and handling. See order form for complete details. Each CD will arrive in a plastic case. The Instruction pages are in PDF format; you will need the latest version of Adobe Acrobat to open, read, and print the files. 

Click here to print a copy of the order form-->Download Order Form Scrap Pile Quilt

Look for more of our projects on CD, in our GIFT SHOP, as they become available!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt Photo Album is here!

(The Erik HOMEMADE(R) sample quilt snapshot)

At last! It is here! 

On the left side of our Main/Home page you will find a link to our first reader-shared photo album!! Click on the title and you can see our reader's results of their Scrap Pile Mystery Quilts that we worked on in the summer of 2010! From what we can see, you all made wonderful quilts!

As we get more photos of these beautiful quilts, we will add them to the album...and we will enter the eligible winners in the drawing for the Gingher seam ripper! If you haven't sent a photo to share...please do! We are sure everyone would love to see them! And if you are just curious to see more beautiful quilts, check back often to see the new ones as we upload them!

Final Thoughts - Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt

(Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt; Toledo Botanical Gardens, Septmember 2010)

At the end of our workshop's cutting table is a pale blue metal bin on casters that says "Scraps" in a beautiful scrapbook-y font. When a project is being cut, any scrap fabric, of any useable size, is tossed into the pale blue metal bin with the pretty script. At times, it is over-flowing. If yardage is left over, the remenant is carefully folded, and placed on a nearby shelf, not officially to be retired until the scrap might be used. And so starts the story of the Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt.

Around the design table, the discussion was brisk and full of concern. We had never presented a "mystery quilt" in Web-style. We all agreed how fun it would be...but the logistics?...What fabric, what style, what techinique, what size? what what? We needed something fun. Something entertaining. And something...not so easy to figure out. It had to be done in small steps that would be easy to keep up with. It had to be tricky to figure out. And it had to be a quilt. Scraps seemed the way to go...we have so many...and the blocks, they had to be pieced of small sizes that we could all use from our scrap piles. With this in mind we set forth...

We think we accomplished our goal. Our sample quilt was made from entirely scraps and left-over fabric; the 2 1/2-inch squares came from pieces cut for one of my early quilt retreats, the sashing was a remenant left from a larger cut for a sampler quilt. The middle border was actually a "mistake" purchase (I could have sworn it would match!) and the outer border was a scrap from yet another quilt's backing. The other night, when I showed it my small quilt group, we spent time finding fabrics in one quilt to another scrap quilt we have working on! It was a lot of fun to match them together and remember different projects and shared fun! These, like all scraps, tell a story.

At Erik HOMEMADE(R) we certainly hope you have enjoyed this project as much as we have presenting it to you! Have fun with what is left to do: if you want to cut the binding from different strips, why not make it scrappy, too?! Or if you want to use 2 1/2-inch squares for the binding, why not?! A pieced backing?...Use it up!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt pages 23 and 24

Time for some backing and binding...and of course some quilting! Our project is finished...and our scrap pile...a little bit smaller!

Click here to print a copy of page 23 (the final page of the instructions)->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 23

Click here to print a copy of page 24 (a photograph of the Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt)->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 24

**If you are just joining the Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt, this is the final installment of the instructions. This post includes the suggested yardage for the backing and the binding. Be sure not to miss the Scrap Pile Mystery-Final Thoughts post.

The entire project, page by page, can be found by clicking on the DO NOT MISS A STEP photo on the right side of our home page. If you need further assistance or have any questions, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R).

**This entire project, start-to-finish, will remain on our website!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 22

 

Time to set the outer border! Depending on your scraps and fabric, follow the chart to cut your 6 1/2-inch border strips.

Our quilt has a non-directional, 1 piece border.

Border Fabric Chart

1 piece border:
3 yards non-directional
cut 4, 6 1/2-inch strips, trim strips as needed.

Pieced Border:
2 yards non-directional or directional*
cut 10, 6 1/2-inch strips by width of fabric, piece together as needed.

*Extra fabric may be needed to match design.

See you next week for the final post and a surprise announcement!

Click here to print a copy of this week's instrctions->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 22

If you are just joining our Mystery Quilt project, or need another copy of any of the instructions posted so far, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page. If you need further assistance, or have more questions, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R)!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 21

It is your turn to be creative! Pepper your leftover Prologue units through the middle border, letting them fall where they may. See you for next week's clue...the mystery isn't over just quite yet!

Click here to print this week's instrcutions->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 21

If you are just joining our Mystery Quilt project, or need extra copies of the instruction pages, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page. You will find copies of all of the instructions posted so far. If you need further clarification or extra help, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R)!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 20

Now for the inner border! To make sure the quilt lies flat, measure your quilt through the center to find the length of each border strip. Until next week...!

Click here to print a copy of this week's instructions->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 20

If you are just joing our Mystery Quilt project, or are missing a step, or need another copy of any of the instructions posted to date, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page. There you will find the entire project so far. If you you have further questions, or need extra help, contact Erik HOMEMADE(R)!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 19

 

At long last it is time to put the center of the quilt together! Follow the printed diagram on the download to place your blocks! Press your rows in the direction of the little arrows across the entire row.

There still are a few more clues...so see you next week!

Click here to print a copy of this week's instructions->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 19

If you are just joining in on our Mystery Quilt project, or need to copy more instruction pages, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page. There you will find all of the instruction pages posted to date. If you need more help, or have further questions, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R)!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 18

Here is the B block! Ready to sew! Only 15 (12 1/2-inch square) B blocks for this step...do not work ahead...see you next week!

Click here to print a copy of this week's instructions->Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 18

If you are just joining our Mystery Quilt project, or are missing an instruction page, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page where you will find all of the instruction pages posted to date. If you need more help, or have more questions, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R)!

Scrap Pile Mystery Quilt page 17

Here it is! The first block! Make 15 A Blocks today! Each A Block should measure 12 1/2-inches square! Next week there will be more...see you then!

Click here to print a copy of this week's instructions>Download Craft pdf Template-Mystery Quilt page 17

If you are just joining our Mystery Quilt project, or are missing an instruction page, click on the DON'T MISS A STEP! photo on our Main Page and find all of the instruction pages we have posted to date. If you need further assistance, or have more questions, please contact Erik HOMEMADE(R).