Mile-A-Minute Snuggle Quilts – 2001 and 2003

I found a great pattern for using up scraps (I thought) in an issue of American Quilter Magazine called “Mile-A-Minute.”  It looked like a great technique for making scrappy snuggle quilts.  I made this one for myself.

The technique is to take a strip of fabric and sew scraps along one side.  Cut between each scrap and press the seam however you wish.  You don’t have to be too careful about the size of your seams or the angle of the pieces you lay on the strip.    Sew these cut pieces to another strip of fabric, cut between each and press.  Continue in this manner until you have made a new piece of scrappy fabric big enough to cut a block from.  For my quilts, I used a 6 1/2″ square ruler and angled it on the fabric for a wonky block.  You can save the pieces left over from cutting your block for more scrappy blocks.  I then sashed the blocks and joined them using corner squares.

I liked this process so much that I made two more quilts for my grandchildren.  For these, I used bright scraps and fun, juvenile fabrics for the corner stones and backing.

I found after working on these quilts that it seemed as if I created more scraps than I had used up.  Go figure!

Here is Boo posing on a stack of snuggle quilts.