Hello, friends! Happy Thursday! Today I’m sharing the Scraps Along June Challenge and also sharing the fun projects and ideas that have been shared from the May challenge which focused on fat quarters! If you’re new here, I’ve been giving everyone a monthly challenge to organize a portion of your stash each month and to also share your favorite methods for organizing. So far we’ve covered Jelly Rolls, Charm Squares, Mini Charms, Layer Cakes, and Fat Quarters. You can go here to visit all of the previous posts in this series.
Scraps Along June Challenge
Our Scraps Along June Challenge will be to share project ideas and storage and organization tips for honey buns…those adorable 1 ½″ x WOF strips. I can hardly wait to see the ideas for these because 1 ½″ strips are actually one of my favorite size pieces to work with! You can enter a project or a storage/organization idea, or both. Simply send your project photo and/or organization photo to me by July 1st for our next parade.
- If you’re looking for Honeybuns, I have two left from our Summer Sweet collection (find them here).
- Fat Quarter Shop also has a terrific selection of Honeybuns you can find here.
Fat Quarter Projects
This month I have some wonderful fat quarter project ideas that were sent in by readers. Hildy sent in a photo of her Meadowland Quilt pictured above top left (find the pattern here). She did say that her favorite fat quarter pattern ever is Swoon, however!
Pictured at the top right is the Primrose pattern from the It’s Sew Emma Fat Quarter Style book. It was made by Nicole and is absolutely stunning! Nicole also has a terrific organization system for her fat quarters that I’ll share later in the post.
And finally are the lovely Township pillows made in Sherri & Chelsi fabrics by Kimberly. She was able to make 16 of these adorable houses using fat quarters and turned those into five 18″ pillow shams. (While the Township pattern is no longer on the Moda Website, you can find the instructions for the house portion of the pillow here).
Be sure to visit Michele at IslandLifeQuilts to see more fat quarter projects that were sent in this month!
Fat Quarter Organization & Storage Tips
We also received some wonderful Fat Quarter Organization & Storage Tips this month. The top left photo above was sent in from Amanda who shared her beautiful bookshelf made by her husband where she stores fat quarters in plastic boxes sorted by color. She also mentioned she has some fat quarter bundles stored that she hasn’t been able to break into yet.
The top center and right photos were sent in my Nicole and show her wonderful Ikea drawer unit with drawers she is able to use to store fat quarters by color. She mentioned that when the drawers get too full, she knows it’s time to make a fat quarter quilt.
And finally, the two bottom lovely photos were sent in by Vicki. Her fun flower cart fat quarter display was found at an antique mall. The red cubby in the photo on the right came from Hobby Lobby with the basket on top found at Joann’s.
Winners and a Preview for July…
This month’s winners are Kimberly and Vicki…I’ll be emailing you for your mailing address. These fun projects and storage ideas have been inspiring for me. And I can’t wait to see the ideas for honeybuns that you will share with us this month. Since I’m posting a little later than usual, I’ll let you know that our July challenge will involve your Christmas or other favorite holiday stash. Share favorite projects and how you keep those parts of your stash stored and organized.
Happy quilting, and thanks so much for stopping by!
Joy Brecht says
Sadly, the Township pillow pattern page no longer exists.
Hildy says
Love all the projects and congrats to the winners!
And I have an idea for the honey bun challenge and for Christmas in July:-9
Thanks for hosting the parade!
Kathy amundson says
Love the baskets! How do you line them?
Carlettte says
If you look closely, it looks like it’s her fabric inside. not a fabric lining. I thought the same thing when I first looked.
Beth Stagner says
Hi Sherri: The link to the darling Township pillow you show on this blog doesn’t work. Where can we find the pattern for this pillow?
Kay Welch says
The flower cart is one of the cutest storage ideas I have ever seen. Love your posts, books, and your fabrics.
Ellen L. Olson says
Hello Sherri…..I am new to your blog & I love it. A very informative and enjoyable read.
I tried both links you provided for the Township pillow pdf and there was nothing there. Is this patten
in a book? If so can you please provide a link. I am in the process of making a Village quilt and would love that pillow
as an accent piece. Thanks for all your fabulous tips and tricks.
sherri McConnell says
They did remove it from their blog…I’ve just added a link for the house block portion of the pillow, though.
Ellen L. Olson says
Good Afternoon Sherri. I am new to your blog and find it is not only informative but, very enjoyable to follow. I did try to post earlier and my comment would not forward. This may be a duplicate comment.
I tried to click on both of the links you provided for the Township pillow and the information is not there/or has been removed.
Is this pattern available as a pdf? or is it in a book. I am currently making The Village quilt and this would be a great accessory.
Thank you for all your tips and tricks.
sherri McConnell says
They did remove it from their blog…I’ve just added a link for the house block portion of the pillow, though.
Ellen L. Olson says
Thank you for responding. I do have the Village pattern.
Star Brown says
Great blog again. I get so much out of yours. The link to the Township pillow takes you to Moda’s site, but there is no PDF download on there anymore. At least I cannot find it. Maybe too old and they removed it?
Please advise.
Thank you.
Star Brown
@materialgirlstudio
sherri McConnell says
They did remove it from their blog…I’ve just added a link for the house block portion of the pillow, though.
Vicki Kashon says
So many great projects and storage ideas! Congrats to Kimberly! I love seeing anything made from fat quarters. They’re my favorite precuts! Thank you for featuring and choosing my storage ideas this month. I love finding creative ways to organize all of my quilting fabric (and I have plenty of it)! Thanks to you and Michele for having this challenge every month and for your great blog!
Sharon says
Please show how you make the small heart block with the log cabin blocks