It’s the 15th of the month and time for my monthly “ScrapHappy” post as part of the ScrapHappy group I belong. At the end of this post I have a link to the other blogs participating in this monthly event in case you’d like to check out their ScrapHappy posts.
What better way to celebrate our love of fabric scraps (what keeps us “Scrap Happy”) than to share some images of a wonderful exhibit I saw at the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum on Scrap Quilts?
While I was at the reception for Colorado quilters featured in Issue 28 of Quiltfolk Magazine: Colorado (see post Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Reception) I viewed and photographed some of their current exhibit: 25 Years of Scraps by the 19th Century Patchwork Divas.
Below is the placard on the exhibit if you want to read the background on this show:
There were so many wonderful scrap quilts at this exhibit, it was difficult to select which photos to share.
But here are my favorites – enjoy!
Scrap quilts are awesome, eh?
As promised, here are the bloggers that participate in the ScrapHappy monthly posting event, check out their blogs linked below for their ScrapHappy posts:
Kate @Tall Tales from Chiconia , Gun @Rutigt – G Adrian, Eva @bambisyr-evaj, Sue @From the Magpie’s Nest, Lynda @Life on the Farmlet, Birthe @Birthes rom, Turid @Den syende himmel, Susan @DesertSky Quilting, Cathy @nanacathydotcom, Tracy @It’s a T-Sweets Day!, Jan @The Snail of Happiness, Moira @The Quilted Snail, Sandra @Wild Daffodil, Chris @chrisknitsews, Alys @Gardening Nirvana, Claire @Claire93’s Blog, Jean @onesmallstitch, Dawn @DawnGillDesigns, Gwen @Deep in the Heart of Textiles/Textile Ranger, Sunny @The Adventures of Team Wil-Sun, Kjerstin @Quimper Hittys, Sue @Going Batty in Wales, Vera @lifebyacompassnotaclock, Ann @Ann F Stonehouse Quiltmaker, Dawn @myquiltprojects, Carol @Quilt Schmilt, Preeti @Sew Preeti Quilts, Nóilin @Paper, Pen and Mug, Viv @Where the Journey Takes Me 2, Karrin @Karrin’s Crazy World, Amo @View From Our Hill, Alissa @ Snakes & Cranes, Lynn @Tialys, Tierney @tierneycreates, Hannah @quietwatercraft
These patterns are so cool!
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They are, thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Awesome! Thanks so much for sharing these quilts with us. Now I’m inspired with a new way to use some of my scrap patches. 😁
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Glad you enjoyed them, thanks for stopping by! I am itching to work on a scrap quilt, traditional style like that too, sometime!
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Some amazing quilts there
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I know! All that work that went into them!
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Such beautiful work!! I just love scrappy quilts 🥰
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Me too! The exhibit was such a wonderful tribute to scrappy quilts!
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I’m SO into this- thank you Tierney!❤️
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Thought you might enjoy it, thanks for stopping by and hope you and your sewing machine are having fun!
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Their gorgeous and look like mosaic tile. Incredible😍
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I know! I wanted to take many of them home with me, ha!
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I’m always impressed with the level of skill and artistry put forth in these quilts. My goodness, they’re gorgeous.
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I am also – it was such a wonderful exhibit, I just had to share with my blogging buddies 🙂
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We’re happy you did!
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Wow! Thank you for posting all these beautiful quilts.
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Happy that you enjoyed them! 🙂
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Such a great idea to trade scraps
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I agree – more variety 🙂
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That’s a really stellar line up of scraps. Inspirational.
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I agree – I just loved the exhibit and had to share with my fellow scrap lovers!
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It’s hard to believe that these were all made from scraps that would otherwise have been thrown away. Beautiful work
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I know – what a wonderful use of what would have been discarded! I just loved the exhibit – they were so awesome in person 🙂
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Wow! Those are some elaborate scrap quilts! Thanks for sharing the exhibit 😀
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Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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I would like to see a quilt making documentary. There has to be some interesting backstories. 🙂
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Here are some quilt documentary suggestions:
https://www.quiltingdaily.com/17-quilt-documentaries-you-should-see-inside-quilters-newsletter/
You can also go to your local PBS station website and find the show Craft in America – they have a series on quilting – CRAFT IN AMERICA QUILTS episode Season 11 Episode 1
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‘Scraps’ is almost a dismissive word normally but such beauty can be made. Lovely exhibition.
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I agree – the quilts were amazing with a lot of love and care put into their creation 🙂
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What amazing works of art!
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I agree and they were all made with fabric that some people throw away (the scraps!) 🙂
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Which makes them even more interesting – improvisation!
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Hard to believe they are all made from scraps, truly amazing.
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I know! It made me want to run home and pull out my boxes of scraps 🙂
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So many beautiful scrap quilts, no waste there!
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I agree – they were quite pleasing to look at 🙂
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