Use more fabrics in your quilt | No more two color quilts | Scrap Quilting | Fun with color

In this video I want to illustrate why I no longer use just two or three fabrics in my quilts. Have you ever run out of fabric for your quilt and needed to scramble to find more of it? Do you ever wonder why some quilts just look dull or too matchy matchy? Take a look at this video and learn how to add more color to your quilts.
Quilt Patterns Shown are available on our website CabinQuilters.com
Trellis Rose: Available in print and PDF download: cabinquilters....
Diversified Diamonds: Available in the book All Scrapped Out!: cabinquilters....
Scraps of Fall (Leaf Quilt): Pattern coming soon. Stay Tuned.
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[@user-gs5tw3nj5c]

Such wonderful strategies and beautiful results. I will no longer be held back by another fruitless search for a perfect match! Thank you!!!!

[@CabinQuilters]

You got this! Thanks for watching.

[@mariecolello4222]

I LOVE this leaf quilt, your dashing idea, and most of all…the FREEDOM you give yourself!!! 👍🏻👏🎉

[@CabinQuilters]

Glad you like it. Thanks for watching.

[@papercents]

Thank you for your video! Your leaf quilt is phenomenal! Happy scrappy quilting!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much. Thanks for watching the channel.

[@lisascenic]

You are speaking my language! Your quilts are so lovely!

[@CabinQuilters]

Well… thanks for stopping by and taking the time to watch my channel.

[@helenpeddycord2241]

Thanks to you! I now have a new mantra💕 NOT “Does it match?” But… “Does it coordinate?” Thankful to find this chanel💕🧵

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for stopping by.

[@beckypetersen2680]

Thank you and thank you for showing actual quilts that you made as examples! Your leaf quilt ended up wonderful! Love it!

[@CabinQuilters]

I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@lorim2074]

I love your happy accident! I'll never lose this perspective. ❤❤❤

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for watching.

[@SandraGustin]

Just found you after watching MANY quilting youtubes over the past year. Thank you so much for this video. It was a game-changer for me. I'm 76 and have been quilting for a year after not sewing since the early 1970's. I've completed 2 quilts, have one waiting to bind, one waiting a border, two UFO's, and ideas for another six quilts. My most recent quilt had the problem of not enough fabric. Three weeks after buying the sashing material at JoAnn's, I cut it out and started putting it together ( it was an I SPY quilt of 5 inch squares around a panel with sashing between squares and rows of squares. After sewing the rows together, I started to attach the rows together and realized I didn't have enough sashing. I went back to JoAnn's (actually I went to four different stores in the same day) to get more. Each store had the same color name from the same manufacturer, but none were the same dye batch, so NONE of them matched. Hence, my first UFO. After watching this video, I'm ready to get it out and finish it with other material. Thank you for the permission to mix materials! Hoping to not make the same mistake again. Also, your leaf quilt was really beautiful. I hope to find a pattern for it on your website! You are very knowledgeable, and encouraging. Looking forward to learning more from you on future youtubes. Keep up the great work!!!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for the kind words. Im glad you found me too. Thank you for stopping by my channel.

[@wendyflowers2297]

You ARE a game changer for me too! So creative and yet easy to follow! Thank you!❤

[@LTDQuilting]

You are so right! I also adopted this idea years ago, and it works so well!

[@CabinQuilters]

Absolutely. Less stressful and more colorful. Thanks for watching.

[@karenraabis5296]

I think it is a gift to be able to coordinate. I would love to be confident about this!

[@CabinQuilters]

When all else fails use the dots on the bottom of the fabric.

[@karlabergwalker3332]

Magnificent Leaf Quilt! Love this quilt! Can't wait for the pattern to be available!! Love scrappy quilts!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you so much. I will try to have it out by July.

[@Purplemoosedesigns]

The Queen of Scraps shares the secret sauce!

[@CabinQuilters]

It’s magic.

[@janhatchett7834]

I think the subtle variations between the coordinated fabrics adds additional interest to the finished quilt and also is a great insurance from running out of fabric.

[@CabinQuilters]

I agree 100%. Thanks for watching.

[@peterivkovich2314]

from Gerry- What a great idea and yet so simple. I'm glad I found your channel. Blessings.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for watching. Blessings to you.

[@lorilawson6421]

Gorgeous quilts.I love digging through my stash and making something beautiful out of bits and pieces.

[@CabinQuilters]

My favorite kind of quilting. Thanks for watching.

[@terridrimel1056]

Your feed came up on YT today. Been binge watching. I absolutely love your practical and fun approach to quilting. :) The leaf quilt is stunning.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for watching. New videos coming soon.

[@AvaGld2309]

I love your philosophy.

[@CabinQuilters]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching.

[@ellenhofer3343]

Just found your channel.looking forward to viewing all your videos.

[@CabinQuilters]

Glad you found me. Thanks for watching.

[@lucy7b]

I’ve always done what you’re suggesting. Thank you for your video.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for stopping by

[@andreamaclachlan980]

A revolutionary video!!❤❤ I love your leaf quilt, and your advice to co ordinate. I haven't really liked the 'blandness' of using just one colour/ shade. I love the idea of pulling multiples of the same colour type.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for watching.

[@MonaDidWhat]

I love the idea of using all the different reds. I did that on my Ohio Star Quilt. Thanks for sharing

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for watching!

[@jillthomas366]

Beautiful quilts! Your color choices are warm, love them!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you so much. Thank you for watching.

[@shirley1091]

I absolutely love the leaf quilt. I have seen smaller leaves but never this large. Your whole video is very informative. Hank you so much.

[@CabinQuilters]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching.

[@vivianjones9130]

It's beautiful and awesome. You're very talented.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@kathykaplan2451]

Gorgeous quilts!! And a great idea! Thank you🎉

[@CabinQuilters]

My pleasure. Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@beccachurch]

Beautiful coordinating leaves

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@veevee111]

I like your color coordination technique, it makes so much sense to me. I've been collecting fabrics, when I can catch a sale, and have a small collection of monochromatics not really knowing what I'll do with them right away as I am a newbie. And it all began because I can't afford to purchase large amounts of yardage at once. Id like to try your border technique, which will use up a nice amount of my stash. All of the quilts in this video are stunners; thank you for sharing 😊

[@CabinQuilters]

I use to buy lots of yardage. Now I prefer a library of colors. Thanks for watching.

[@MariaGarcia-zd3st]

You're a genius!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much and thanks for stopping by the channel.

[@ellenbarry758]

I love it. It’s gorgeous

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@bethnorris1361]

Hey this is really beautiful. Thanks for the video

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much for stopping by the channel. I’m glad you liked the quilts.

[@margedummitt7937]

Gorgeous, great advice thanks.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for watching.

[@loispalmer6782]

That really is a beautiful quilt.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you so much. It’s full of happy color.

[@yvethemetriccrafter688]

That is a stunning quilt

[@CabinQuilters]

Well.. thank you. Thanks for watching the channel.

[@lindajones7643]

Gorgeous

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@franpatzcraig6713]

Good advice! I love mixing coordinating fabrics. It can make a simple pattern look smashing!

[@CabinQuilters]

Totally! So glad you enjoyed the video.

[@judithlpn-quilter7757]

I have become very fond of strip quilts. I use 5-8 “ strips with a21/2 “ strip of black. I use many beautiful fabrics esp the larger prints and florals on black. They go together fast and I have a longarm quilter so they quilt fast and people love them. I get to use some of my hundreds of yards of fabric.

[@CabinQuilters]

You are definitely speaking my language. I have three books on scrap quilting using the strip piecing method from your actual scraps. Thanks for checking out the channel.

[@cathylocklin3215]

Great advice

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for stopping by the channel

[@sonjamclellan]

This is a great approach, thank you for sharing. Another option is just sew the cut pieces back together. Its funny that we patch fabric together to make quilts, yet we never think to just join two pieces of the same fabric to make a big enough piece to cut what we need.

[@CabinQuilters]

Great option depending on the quilt you are making. If the quilt has lots of points and seams you may not want to do that but otherwise… stitch away. Thanks for watching.

[@Ally-dz9us]

Terrific ideas!!💡🧵

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for watching.

[@susangrewing8446]

I like this style. I shop in my stash!

[@CabinQuilters]

Perfect! Thanks for watching.

[@kerryl4031]

Gorgeous leaf quilt. I've been doing scrappy quilts for a little while, I love the look of them. But I do like your idea of blending colours. Food for thought, thank you.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for stopping by the channel.

[@marjalammers622]

I think i already do that. It is indeed a great way to use what is in your stash. I have no made many quilts yet. About 5 or so.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for watching. Happy Quilting.

[@carolg.6838]

Very nice. The leaf quilt is so pretty. The pieced sashing looks perfect with the leaves because you used the same colors but a longer strip of pieced fabric so it let's you rest on one color and go "ooh and aah" over the next length of color.. And one wouldn't have to overthink because you are using the same colors as in the leaves. I often make something with fabric many years later and we change our mind on the pattern for it. Or it kind of looks dated or we change our taste. I like this kind of controlled scrappy idea.

[@CabinQuilters]

Absolutely. Thanks for stopping by the channel.

[@diannplatt-roberts8692]

Great ideas

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for stopping by the channel.

[@brendagriffin6437]

What I do is bolt my fabric on comic boards, use a 2 x 3 notecard with the name of fabric or line, manufacturer and where I purchased, Yardage amount. Then I clip that card with an alligator clip to my fabric. I've actually found the exact 10+ yr old fabric because I knew the info above. Maybe it won't work in every case but it's great info to have if you decide to try to find the same or another fabric in that line to coordinate with what you have. It works well for batiks as many batiks don't have the selvage info. It seems like it would be hard to do every time you purchase fabric, but if you get into the habit, it just becomes normal practice. Plus, by adding the yardage amounts, when selecting fabric for a project you already know how much is on the bolt. I also subtract any yardage I take on that card so I know what's left.

[@CabinQuilters]

Keeping track of the yardage is a great idea. I used to do the same. As a designer, I got out of the practice of doing that as I clip off a few inches here and there. I still do that with batting scraps for baby quilts and tile runners. Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

Great advice!! The leaf quilt is lovely!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you and thanks for watching

[@lillianpalko]

Love your idea!!

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you and thanks for watching.

[@dorissimmons571]

Beautiful

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much for watching.

[@beatricevonkanel1630]

Thank you💝

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for watching.

[@sharonginger2997]

Lovely ❤❤❤❤

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you.

[@sharonginger2997]

Your welcome 🤗

[@PissedoffAmerican1159]

My fabric purchased / quilt plans must spend an appropriate amount of time in purgatory…😳😂🤣😂🤣

[@CabinQuilters]

Exactly. Thanks for stopping by the channel

[@quiltedbrownie]

@janna - 😂 that’s too funny - I can relate - my purgatory needs a storage unit 😅 - thx for the comment & humor

[@darleenross710]

First thing I noticed was the sashing. Quilt is stunning. Changes an almost boring top to fantastic.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks so much. I’m very proud of it. Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@quiltedbrownie]

🤩🙏 for the great vid - FABRIC COORDINATORS UNITE!! - YT suggested this one to me & was the first one of yours I watched - brilliant sharing of knowledge & examples 🥰 Thx again!

[@CabinQuilters]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@lucilaflores4912]

Great ideas, thank you for sharing!

[@CabinQuilters]

My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by the channel.

[@laurarose6829]

I like all your fabrics. I swear I’m colour matching inept but I have friends who help. Colour matching would be very hard for me

[@CabinQuilters]

Don’t match… just coordinate. You can do it. Thanks for watching.

[@sharonjohnson7458]

Absolutely Beautiful. I love it. I just gave it a thumbs up and subscribed. How do I get the notifications? I have liked and subscribed to many you tube videos, hit the bell, and never received a notification that I am aware of. You have a great talent to do what you do. I love this quilt as well as one I watched on another video of yours.

[@CabinQuilters]

Thanks for subbing! To get notifications you can hit the little bell on my channel or videos and that should notify you when I post something new. There will also be a little bell in the upper right corner of your KZbin account. Notifications can be found there as well. Cheers.

[@annablock8037]

Is there an actual pattern for the leaf quilt? It is stunning. I would love to use up some of my scraps.

[@CabinQuilters]

Not yet but based on comments I will get on writing it right away. I will announce its arrival in my newsletter and edit the video when the pattern is done.

[@annablock8037]

@@CabinQuilters I don’t have your newsletter. Just found you on you tube.

[@lucindawelenc2191]

A quilting friend of mine fell into the trap of "cut your leftover fabric into precut sizes like 2½ inches and 5 inches. So she cut out her quilt pieces, and then she cut everything leftover into two and a half inch strips. And of course the inevitable happened; she made a mistake, and she didn't have enough fabric in big enough pieces to cut another square or whatever it was she needed. And as you said it was older fabric, and she couldn't find it anywhere else. I didn't have anything in my stash, and she couldn't find it online. I don't know if she ever finished that quilt.

[@CabinQuilters]

It happens. Never ever ever cut up your fabric until the quilt is done. Thank you for watching.

[@loisbailey7393]

Just found you. My goodness you are a wealth of great ideas. Your less quilt is gorgeous. Where can I find it. Am 88 years old. Thanks

[@loisbailey7393]

Leaf

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for watching. Leaf quilt comes out in July.

[@judithjanes5738]

I actually met a woman who claimed that she didn't have a stash because she only purchased exactly what she needed for a project and never had any leftovers. Of course, I looked at her like she was from another planet. What if you cut your fabric incorrectly? What if the project instructions were wrong? Just couldn't relate...

[@CabinQuilters]

Many designers round up to the next fabric measurement when calculating fabric purchasing instructions so there should at least be a little leftover. Thank you for stopping by the channel.

[@victorianatheart7390]

Laughing !!!!!!

[@diannehanby1855]

Loved this, just disappointed you didn’t spread the red and white quilt out so we could see all of it.

[@CabinQuilters]

It may make an appearance in another video. Thank you for watching.

[@caroline-brisbane8577]

Great video. What about the background ?

[@CabinQuilters]

You can work the background the exact same way. Many of my scrap quilts are made with a scrappy background as well. I keep a scrap bin or white, cream and low volume prints. Thanks for watching.

[@conniesonnier9160]

Love the leaf quilt. I am a new quilter, is this one difficult ?

[@CabinQuilters]

It’s pretty basic but you should understand the basics of foundation piecing for the leaf tip and stem. It’s a great thing to learn and it will make your life easier.

[@sandrapresley5949]

Beautiful

[@CabinQuilters]

Thank you for stopping by the channel.