25 Must Sew Scrappy Strip Quilt Patterns

Ready to put those fabric scraps to work? If you’ve got a bin overflowing with leftovers, you’re in the right place!

Scrappy strip quilting is such a fun way to turn random fabric strips into one-of-a-kind quilts. By sewing together different lengths and widths, you create a colorful new fabric that can be sliced into blocks or kept as a bold, textured design. It’s a perfect technique whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been sewing for years, giving you total freedom to play with color and clear out your stash at the same time.

Scrappy Strip Quilts

Whether you are starting with a fresh jelly roll or digging through a pile of fabric scraps, strip quilting is the perfect way to create stunning designs while making the most of every single inch.

Grab your scrap bin, fire up your sewing machine, and get ready to dive into the creative world of scrappy strip quilting! You might be surprised to see those little pieces transform into anything from a small baby quilt to a full-sized masterpiece. Once you start piecing your blocks and laying them out on your design board, you will see how quickly a finished quilt comes together just by joining those smaller scraps.

Rail Fence Quilt

A handmade jelly roll quilt top with a herringbone pattern, featuring strips of fabric in pastel pinks, yellows, golds, navy, and white, beautifully arranged on a wooden floor.

Construct a classic rail fence pattern using scrappy strips for a timeless look.

Spinning Ribbons Quilt

A handmade patchwork quilt with a geometric pattern crafted from scrappy fabric strips and various colored pieces lies spread out on green grass. The quilt features rectangles, stripes, floral patterns, and a striped border.

The Spinning Ribbons quilt is a beginner-friendly project that uses any width of fabric strips to create dynamic blocks.

Courthouse Steps Quilt

A blue and white patchwork quilt, crafted from old shirts, drapes over a wooden porch swing on a concrete patio, overlooking grassy fields and trees beneath a cloudy sky.

Build layers of color and texture with a scrappy courthouse steps block arrangement.

Simple Jelly Roll Quilt

Three colorful patchwork quilts, including a striking Jelly Roll Quilt, hang on a wooden fence outdoors. Their vibrant patterns and stripes pop against the rustic background, creating a charming scene perfect for any simple quilt enthusiast.

Whip up a quick and lively quilt using pre-cut jelly roll strips.

String Quilt

Create a vibrant and textured quilt using strips of fabric in a random layout.

Herringbone Table Runner

Weave together colorful fabric strips into a beautiful French braid design.

String Piece Strip Quilt

A quilt with a geometric pattern in pink, white, black, and gray fabrics, featuring string pieced sections and prints like stripes, florals, and flamingos arranged in diagonal and triangular shapes.

This string pieced tutorial shows you how to turn various fabric strips into a colorful baby quilt by using a constant center strip to ground the scrappy blocks.

Crumb Quilts

A pile of colorful fabric scraps surrounds a transparent box in the center with the text "Crumb Quilt & Project Ideas," offering creative crumb quilt ideas. The website patchworkposse.com is written at the bottom.

Make your little pieces of quilt fabric into a beautiful quilt. These crumb quilts are a great way to get quilts made without spending a lot of money.

Gee’s Bend Quilts

Using quilting fabric as well as adding fun corduroy, linen and other types of fabric (like clothing) sew up improv quilts that can be art inspired.

Scrappy Bargello Quilt

A colorful patchwork quilt, inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns, features hundreds of small fabric squares in a zigzag arrangement, draped outdoors over a wooden fence with grass visible at the bottom.

Piece together strips of fabric to achieve a mesmerizing bargello effect.

Crazy Quilt

A bed with two floral-patterned pillows and a colorful patchwork quilt, inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns, features various fabric pieces and decorative stitching for a vibrant, homemade look.

Embrace the chaos with a crazy quilt made from an assortment of fabric scraps.

Log Cabin Quilt

A colorful patchwork quilt inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns features pink, blue, white, and gray fabric squares with various patterns and text, arranged in a geometric design and bordered with black edging, hanging on a white wall.

Add charm to your quilting with a scrappy log cabin design that uses leftover strips.

String Spiderweb Quilt

A large, colorful patchwork quilt hangs outdoors. The quilt features intricate geometric patterns inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns, using various multicolored fabric pieces and bordered by narrow strips on a muted maroon background.

Create a stunning spiderweb pattern with colorful strips radiating from a central point.

Scrappy Lone Star Quilt

A green quilt with a multicolored starburst pattern on the left side, featuring dots and geometric shapes, hangs on a white wooden fence. The scrappy strip quilt patterns create a vibrant, colorful striped border.

Create a striking lone star quilt using scrappy strips for a unique twist on a classic pattern.

Scrappy Pineapple Quilt

A colorful patchwork quilt, inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns, hangs outdoors, partially draped over tall grass and plants. The quilt features vibrant, multicolored fabric pieces arranged in intricate geometric designs.

Craft a playful pineapple block quilt using scrappy strips for added zest.

Tumbling Blocks Sunrise Quilt

A vibrant, geometric pattern of interlocking 3D cubes in blue, yellow, orange, and black—reminiscent of scrappy strip quilt patterns. "Leah Day" and a website link appear at the top and bottom of the design.

Construct an optical illusion quilt with tumbling blocks made from scrappy strips.

Wonky Log Cabin Quilt Block

Three colorful patchwork quilt blocks, perfect for scrappy strip quilt patterns, display polka dots, gingham, and stripes on a wooden surface. Each features bright, contrasting fabrics. "Coriander Quilts by Corey Yoder" is in the lower right corner.

Get creative with wonky log cabin blocks using a variety of scrap fabrics for a whimsical look.

Scrappy Patchwork Flying Geese Quilt

A colorful quilt with a triangle pattern in blues, greens, and whites hangs on a white ladder next to a small table with a potted plant, showcasing the charm of scrappy strip quilt patterns.

Soar to new heights with a scrappy flying geese pattern that uses strips for the wings.

Easy Improv Squares Quilt With Your Fabric Scraps

A handmade quilt with a grid of pastel pink squares, each displaying abstract geometric patterns in assorted colors and prints, inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns. The playful mix of triangles and irregular shapes gives it a fresh, modern look.

Embrace improvisational quilting with a scrappy design that allows for creative freedom.

Irish Chain Quilt

Geometric quilt pattern featuring interlocking diamond shapes with a checkerboard design in blue, red, and white, inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns to create a repeating lattice across the entire image.

Weave together a traditional Irish chain quilt using scrappy strips for a fresh take on a classic.

Rainbow Quilt

A colorful quilt featuring scrappy strip quilt patterns with rectangular patches in a rainbow design hangs on a weathered wooden wall in bright sunlight.

Create a bold and modern quilt using rainbow-colored strips for a vibrant finish.

Scrappy Hexagon Quilt

A colorful assortment of hexagon-shaped fabric pieces with various patterns and prints, arranged in a patchwork style inspired by scrappy strip quilt patterns, featuring polka dots, florals, and text fabrics in the foreground.

Piece together scrappy strips into hexagon blocks for a dynamic and geometric quilt design.

Woven Scrappy Strips Quilt

Construct a textured basket weave pattern using scrappy strips for a cozy quilt.

Improv Patchwork Trees Quilt

A colorful scrappy strip quilt featuring a repeating pattern of stylized Christmas trees in various shades of green, red, pink, and white is displayed outdoors before tall evergreens on a lightly snow-dusted lawn.

Celebrate the seasons with a pine tree block pattern using scrappy strips for a festive quilt.

Double Wedding Ring

A close-up of a patchwork quilt showcases interlocking ring designs, crafted with scrappy strip quilt patterns in vibrant red, green, and multicolored fabrics on a white background. Visible stitching adds texture to the cheerful composition.

Piece together scrappy strips into a double wedding ring design for a romantic and intricate quilt.

What Is Strip Quilting?

Strip quilting is all about sewing fabric strips together to build a larger, textured piece of fabric. You can piece your scraps in straight lines for a classic look or sew them at angles to add some movement to your design.

Once your strips are joined, you can cut them into specific blocks and shapes or use the entire section as a bold quilt top. It is the ultimate way to empty your scrap bin while creating anything from simple, colorful stripes to more intricate patterns like log cabins and string quilts.

Assorted fabric strips and folded triangles with pink and gray flamingo patterns are arranged on a cutting mat and table, likely prepared for a quilting or string quilt sewing project.

Organizing Your Scrappy Strips

Sort by Color: Arrange your fabric strips by color to help with selecting pieces for your quilt.
Sort by Width: Group strips of similar widths together to make it easier to piece them.
Iron and Trim: Press your strips flat and trim any uneven edges to ensure straight seams.
Use a Design Wall: Lay out your strips on a design wall or board to visualize your pattern before sewing.
Store in Bins: Keep your sorted strips in separate bins or bags to stay organized as you work.

strips sewn together and then cut into blocks all laid out

MORE QUILTING RESOURCES

Scrap Busting: 5 Projects to Use Up Your Fabric Stash
- Learn about five fun projects that will help you use up your fabric scraps, perfect for those looking to declutter their stash.
- https://www.patchworkposse.com/over-15-crumb-quilt-ideas/
How to Make a Scrappy Quilt
- This guide covers the basics of making a scrappy quilt, including tips on selecting fabrics and arranging your scraps for a cohesive look.
- https://www.patchworkposse.com/how-to-make-a-scrap-quilt/
10 Tips for Organizing Your Fabric Stash
- Discover practical tips for organizing your fabric stash, making it easier to find and use your scraps for quilting projects.
- https://www.patchworkposse.com/storing-fabric-scraps/
50 Quilts for Using Jelly Roll Strips
- Explore creative ways to use jelly roll strips in your quilting projects, ideal for incorporating into scrappy strip quilts.
- https://www.patchworkposse.com/50-jelly-roll-quilt-tutorials/
Scrappy Quilting: 5 Easy Blocks to Make
- Find instructions for making five easy scrappy blocks, perfect for incorporating into your scrappy strip quilt projects.
- https://www.patchworkposse.com/?s=quilt+block

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Becky Jorgensen

Becky Jorgensen is the creative quilter behind Patchwork Posse, the Patchwork Planner and her online quilt group Patchworkers Plus. You can find her patterns in books, magazines, and her quilt membership. Gather your quilting supplies, organize your sewing space, explore the process of disappearing quilt blocks, or finish a free quilt pattern. I'll help you use what you have, finish what you start and make your quilting journey fun!

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