After using the last of the blocks made for the Modern Mystery, I had a pile of scraps left. I really liked the palette I chose for this quilt, so I decided to make a quilt from the scraps.

My palette for the Modern Mystery (last year)

So I just started making chunks from the scraps, eventually combining them into blocks of approximately the same size and shape.

Then I joined all the blocks in to a big rectangle (sort of).

I cut strips of the rectangle at a 45 degree angle, alternating between 3 and 3-1/2 inches wide. I shuffled them a little, and combined some short ones to get the strips as similar in length as reasonably possible, which wasn’t all that similar!

I trimmed the ends of the strips, then used quilt-as-you-go to sew the strips together on the backing and batting. Then I marked diagonals with tape for additional quilting.

And here is the finished quilt.

Fancy Scraps, 30″ x 39″

I like it so well I may do a few more 😀