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Scrap Buster Project ~ Tiny Ticker Tape Quilt Tutorial from Amanda Jean
We fell in love with Amanda Jean’s Ticker Tape Quilt the moment we saw it at Crazy Mom Quilts. Most of the pieces are around 1″ x 2″! It’s beautiful!
Of course, we’ve come to expect to love everything about Amanda Jean’s creativity and her blog, from her stunning array of quilts (look on her right sidebar under “Quilts Finished in 2009″ to view quilt after gorgeous quilt…) to her generosity in sharing free tutorials. We’re all so lucky because Amanda Jean generously shares her Tiny Ticker Tape Quilt Tutorial here today. Enjoy!
Materials needed:
- 16″ x20″ piece of each, white fabric & a print fabric
- 16″ x 20″ piece of batting
- assorted scraps** of various sizes. most of mine measure about 1″ x 2″
- 1/4 yard for binding
1. Make a quilt sandwich that consists of the white fabric on top, batting in the middle and a print for the bottom layer.
2. Baste your quilt sandwich. You can either spray baste or pin baste. I chose to use pins.
3. From your pile of scraps, chose any fabric scrap.
4. Using your walking foot, attach the first fabric scrap to the quilt sandwich, leaving about 1/2″ to 3/4″ from the outside edge. This will allow room for binding the quilt later.
I back stitch a bit at the beginning and the end of the seam.
5. Now the first patch is sewn on. The beauty of this quilt is that imperfections are ok-it is not fussy at all.
6. Continue adding scraps, working the pieces together like a puzzle, attaching each one with your walking foot.
7. Fill in the scraps until the white space is full.
8. Bind the quilt.
Yield, one 16″ x 20″ doll quilt.
**A few things to note about the scraps. I have a basket on my worktable that I have designated for small pieces (all measure less than 2.5″ square). I collect them as I cut for other projects. I do very little additional cutting of the fabrics for this quilt, I only trim a sliver here and there as needed. I like the random sizes of the scraps to dictate the layout of the quilt.
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Too clever!!
I love this! I saw it recently somewhere on a bigger quilt! I will make one someday!
I love this so much. Almost obsessively. It’s such a perfect idea for using scraps and very realistic too. You could almost have little quilt-sandwiches ready and waiting for the scraps that accumulate.
this looks so easy, really on the top of my ‘to do’ list.
Beautiful! I love a quilt that doesn’t require much cutting!
I love this idea — very unique!
I love this idea. Thanks to Amanda for sharing it!
Very cute! What a great way to use up everything.
i LOVE this. and am always looking for neat quilt ideas to stitch up out of my daughter’s favourite outgrown clothes – this will work perfect for her 2nd b-day quilt coming up soon. thanks!
I have LOVED this idea ever since I saw Amanda Jean’s large quilt. This is a project I definately want to do!
wow this is such a great idea, great way to use scraps! thanks!!!
I love this little quiltie! And how it goes together, without much fuss, and uses all those little bits of pretty fabrics — brilliant.
Thanks Amanda Jean! It’s a great idea. We often do “Teddy Bear Quilts” for charity in our guild. I’m so gonna try one of these.
I love this! Just made my first doll quilt and it was so satisfying. Can’t wait to try this technique and use up my cute (and tiny) scraps.
I fell in love with this one too. Glad to have a tutorial for it! Thanks for sharing!
I, too, loved this quilt when I first saw it on Amanda’s blog. Question: Is there any reason that you couldn’t hand quilt this if you wanted to? It strikes me as a great small project to take with. Many thanks.
This is so cute! And thank you for this wonderful tute – I`ll keep it in mind!
I absolutely adore this quilt. I’d love to do a big one like Amanda did, but I think this doll quilt is a much more attainable goal for right now.
I love this idea!
absolutely stunning
This is so cute! I can’t wait to make one for my daughter!
This is brilliant.
So easy! And I bet any little girl would love it! Especially if it were made from scraps left from clothes made for her.
I la,la,LOVE this!!! and now I know EXACTLY what I’m going to be doing with my tiny tiny snip-its!!
Thanks for sharing the how to with all of us! I hope to make one of these this weekend for my 5 year old daughter. It will be the perfect project for us during our “Mommy and Me” time together.
Love from Texas! ~bonnie
Now that is my type of quilt! Maybe I’ll do a twin sized one for my daughter… but with purposeful picking of pieces, because, gasp, I throw my scraps away!
Adorable!!!
That is just a wonderful idea and sooo adorable. Going to start one right away. This reminds me of a sewers “candy jar”. Thanks.
This is perfect for a Christmas gift I have in mind for a small friend. She will love it.
This is very cool. I am going to try it and it will be my first quilt attempt. Great quilting blog also. Thank you for sharing.
This is a good size for this technique!
And I recognize some of those scraps…
I know what I am going to make for(a very special little girl in my son’s life)for Christmas!!
and I think I’ll try and do it in reds and greens. maybe throw in a few yellows. or maybe an all pink one. she loves pink.!!Man so many chooses and sew little time.
How sweet! I’m a quilter-wannabe. This looks like a perfect first-time project.
This sounds like a very fun project. So bright and pretty.
I love this so much! So very smart!
Thank you for sharing this. I had to look at the quilt for a few minutes to figure out how you made it. So much easier with your instructions. I think my eight year old can make this!
Amanda,
Thank you once again for so generously sharing your creative spirit with all of us. I love this.
Jane
I LOVE this! Totally labor intensive but so cute.
I love this sooooo much! Thank you for sharing how you did it!
Thank you for the wonderful tutorial!
I am so happy you did this tutorial. I was planning on doing one for my daughter (who is getting a doll cradle) for Christmas!
I love this, and the great tutorial. thanks so much.
Kathleen C.
villagequilter@gmail.com
I love this quilt! I can’t wait to try it.
brillante!!!! thanks Amanda!
this is so cute and clever! i love how all the pieces fit together.
I love the SCRAPINESS of this quilt. I am a committed NON-QUILTER (I don’t know–all that perfection makes my feet itch) but I would absolutely make this quilt. Love it. Thank you.
Beautiful! Just sparkles.
You are my kind of person. Perfection is over rated. Thanks for the eye candy and inspiration.
Beautiful!
Wonderful! I may try this for my girls for Christmas.
This is so cute, looks so different and seems easy to make.
This is so sweet, and easy enough that even I could do it. Well, up until the binding step, anyway. Thanks for sharing.
So so cute! Definitely will give it a try one of these days. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
Amanda continues to amaze and woo me! She can make the ordinary into extraordinary, and her mini ticker tape is just one amazing grain of sand on the Crazy Mom Quilts Creative Beach.
Mad, mad, mad love for the mini TT! Thank you Amanda!!
It really is FABULOUS. I hate throwing away the smaller scraps of my favorites, but I never had a good use for them until now. I see lots of baby doll blankets in my future!
what a GREAT idea. The colors you work with are beautiful and makes this quilt so sweet. Thank you for sharing!
I’m planning to make doll quilts for each of my four grand daughters this Christmas. I want to to book themes for each one, but this looks so much easier! I may just go with this!
So cute! This reminds me of playing Tetris. What a great way to use those very cute, but also very small pieces.
Really cute – gotta make one for each of my granddaughters.
Love the scrappy little doll quilt – my dgd would love it, too!!
I LOVE unique and new pattern ideas. This is so fresh. If you made a bigger sized one, when you washed it…wouldn’t it be “Fray City?” I’m wondering if flannel would be ok since it frays fluffier. ??? Otherwise, I still love the pattern and might just stitch around the edges to avoid fraying.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Just lovely! Perfect first quilting project for me and my 5 year old. :0)
this is amazing!
I love this. Can’t wait to put one together for my girls.
I love this idea! I always want to find something to do with those teeny tiny scraps. This is perfect, adorable and useful.
I LOVE this and can’t wait to make one for Sophie! I used to have a fear of raw edges but now I’m so over it!
I love this idea! So clever and quick.
I need to get more scraps for all of these great projects. Thanks for all you do here, sew mama sew.
That is SO cute and looks so easy. Thanks you for sharing it with us.
This is so cute. Maybe I will make one for my five year old granddaughter, Olivia.
Genius!
I love this! I am so not a plan ahead, exact sewer so this is just my speed! I could happily do this all day. The bad news is I just convinced myself a few weeks ago to pitch those little tiny scraps… I wonder if there are still some in the trash…
I LOVE this! It is so cute and perfect for any little girls on your Christmas or birthday lists!!
What a wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing.
Love this one. It seems easy enough that a novice quilter can do it too.
Love this! I’m off to sort my scraps right now!
Such a cut quilt and it seems simple. I love that.
Oh, I love this! Thanks so much for the tutorial!
I knew that I have been saving all of those scraps for SOMETHING…
I love the brightness of the quilt. I would probably do a funny meander stitch and not have to start and stop all the time. I really like your look. Some child is going to love the doll quilt; I know my grands would.
Nancy in IN
This is so pretty.
Oh that is too smart! I would have loved to have one of those for my dolls when I was younger!
Just love the Ticker Tape quilt and great tutorial. Plan on playing with some scraps and trying this. What a good idea for all those pretty pieces we can’t stand to discard.
Thank you for sharing this.
What a clever way to use those pretty little pieces that we just can’t seem to throw away. Thanks for the idea.
I love doing doll quilts, this one will be at the top of my to do list! Thanks for the tut!
this is so beautiful and clever!
Very clever! Great tutorial.
this is so cute.
THIS I love!! I love the almost antique-y look you get with the white background- mixed with the raw edges… very cool!
I love the fact that you don’t have to piece little pieces together. Neat idea. Thanks for the idea!!!!
I love this idea. I’m new to quilting and can only quilt by going in straight lines – i wouldn’t dare do free-hand. But, by using this method, above, I think I will be able to brave it and come up with a lovely quilt with my scraps.
What an inspiration!
Oooo, I love this idea!!!
Wow I love it. Thanks for a great tutorial and it is so good to have something for really little scraps!
Love this!! Can’t wait to try it out!!
Adorable-my dd would love this!
oh my…this is the first quilt experiment i am going to try! lovely.
absolutely love this! want to make a lap quilt for someone and think this is just the thing! thanks so much for the tutorial and idea!
I love this idea too! I’ll bet its very cute after washing too. I love the softness of washed edges!!
What a great use for those little scraps! I wonder how those edges would hold up in multiple washings because I’d love to try this for a larger quilt.
LOVE THIS!
Love. It.
love the look of this!
I love this quilt! Thanks so much for sharing it – I was trying to figure out how to piece my sisters t-shirt quilt together (I have already put all the fusible web on it) becuase all the t-shirts are different sizes this would give the piece some “order” by using a back fabric as the base – thank you thank you thank you – I will also use it as a way to make a little quilt for my little one:)
Love this. I want to try one a bit bigger.
I LOVE your blog and all the projects you show. This darling little quilt is so colorful and such a wonderful way to use up all the itty bitty scraps many of us save “just in case”. I will definitely be trying this one. I have been teaching my granddaughter since she was 4 how to sew and quilt and this would be a wonderful project to do with her. She would be so excited! Thanks for sharing! And please enter my name into the drawing for the scrap bag – it’s right up my alley!
I love it. Check out her blog for the large version that she made for her studio wall. It’s amazing!
Great! I’m on a roll making doll quilts for our Guild’s Christmas collection. This will be another “fun” one4, or two, or three to add to my pile.
Love this, will definitely be trying one!
Love this AJ! Thanks for sharing your process
Love this quilt! It looks simple enough even for a beginner!
I love all of Amanda Jean’s ’stuff’ My little girl just walked up and saw the quilt ~ I think I’ll be making her one soon
What a simple, great idea. I love it!! I will have to make one of these very soon.
I love the contemporary look of this quilt. Thanks for the tutorial.
Terri S.
Very clever! I love Amanda Jean’s blog.
Thanks for the step by step. I’m turning this into a mother daughter project with my 6 year old……
This is so great. I definitely need to make one of these!
I love Amanda Jean’s blog and especially this quilt. She is a very generous giver and sharer of her knowledge. Kudos!
What a neat idea. I, too, have a bag of scraps under my machine….I see a few of these quilts in my future.
This sound like a really cute quilt and easy to make in full size if you just buy 2 flat sheets the same size. But I can’t see any of the pictures. Is it my computer or the web page?
Angie
P.S. I would love to win a scrap bag!!!!
love it!
I love this doll quilt… Pretty sure I’m going to be making one for a Christmas present this year!
Yaknow … I see FIVE of these (one for each kid + one for me, cuz I’m sentimental that way) in my future!! I was looking for a way to incorporate all of the baby blankets that I made for my kids thru the years into baby quilts for them to use with their own kids one day, and I think this will be it!!
THANK YOU for sharing this wonderful idea!!
I can’t wait to make one of these quilts,I need to retire to
get all the ideas into quilts!! Thanks heaps…
I love, love, love this. A large one to cuddle up under in front of a fire on a cold winter night is a must. I’m adding it to my list.
So sweet looking!
Amanda Jean always has such creative ideas! I love this little quilt!
Okay, so I just moved to a new small town and somehow got roped into going to my first ever quilting meeting…I don’t know how to quilt…but it sounded fun and a good way to meet people! After seeing this…I think I found my niche though. Looks easy enough and I LOVE LOVE LOVE to mosaic…same thought…different medium!
I’m making one right now. The size is about 50″ x 55″. It is a great way to use the small scraps up. One doesn’t have to be so perfect with this one. I love the scrapyness of it. Amandajean is the bomb
The longer I quilt, I find I am saving smaller and smaller scraps of fabric! I wonder if it’s a mix of “I can make something with that someday” AND I love all fabrics and don’t want to part with any smidgen of them! I have 2 granddaughters that will be receiving these little quilts for Christmas!!
That doesn’t sound hard at all! And it looks fantastic.
I just love AmandaJean’s stuff. She makes me want to be a better me…
What a great little quilt. I bet I have enough scraps left from the Halloween quilt I just finished. I’m going to pull those scraps out of the sewing garbage.
I’m going to a quilt retreat next week. I bet I will be able to pick up lots of pieces that others are throwing away too. Think of the possibilities. Free Christmas presents!
I just so love Amanda Jean’s creativity. I sure will make this quilt in some stage.
That is the cutest thing I have ever seen and so very simple. My two daughters NEED these for the dollies. Thanks for the tutorial.
This is the cutest thing I have ever seen. My two little girls need one for the dolls. Thanks for the tutorials.
ticker-tape moved to the top of my ‘to do’ list the minute I saw it!
My problem at the moment appears to be that most of my scraps are too big – go figure!
You’re soooo good Amanda Jean. Thanks so much for taking the time to blog for the good of crafterkind!
I love this. A chance to use those tiny, tiny scraps I keep getting grief over saving! Thanks!
oooohhhh thanks for the tutorial! LOVE this quilt (and that adorable baby cradle!) If only I didn’t have to go to WORK this morning–I’d be starting one NOW!
I love amandajean’s website. I even made her stacked coins baby quilt for my little one, due in about 3 weeks!
I have never heard of this type of quilt. Wow… you learn something new every day!
I have to admit when I first saw this quilt, I thought it would be really difficult because of how small all the little pieces were. When I read the tutorial… holy heck! I’m loving this project. Almost obsessively. Its not only beautiful, its something that I might realistically do someday! I can already see myself making my daughter a mini version of her quilt for her dollies. Thanks!
Thanks so much for posting this tutorial! I love the ticker tape quilt and how it uses the smallest of scraps that I can’t seem to part with!
Amazing what you can do with just teeny tiny scraps!
I love this! So pretty and it looks like something really fun to do as well.
what a great idea! i think i will make a big version. the colors are so cheerful!
This is such a cute quilt! I think I’m going to have to make some for Christmas gifts for my granddaughters! Thanks for the tutorial.
I love this and plan to do a ‘larger’ one (youth sized) in the very near future!
This is a great idea! I have been doing traditional hand quilting all of my life, and have just recently discovered the new way to quilt. I love it!
Love this technique! I do have a bin full of these tiny pieces that I’m just too frugal to throw out! Doll blankies here I come! And maybe even a couch cuddler quilt too….I’ve got Plenty of scraps!!!!
I love it! It’s really OK to leave all those raw edges on a larger version? It will hold up OK?
How simple & how beautiful! I am new to quilting, meaning I just completed my first block (Jan Mullen Stargazey style)this week – but I KNOW I can do this too. In fact, I’ve been working with Halloween themed fabric and as soon as I saw this, I knew EXACTLY what I was going to do with my scraps. Thanks to Amanda Jean for sharing & inspiring.
This is great. I love how soft and cuddly it looks.
Love this quilt. I am going to have to try one soon. Thanks for the tutorial. It is informative and fun!
this is too adorable. usually I get frustrated with scrap ‘management’ but this might make it worthwhile.
wow, I love this! I have to pull out my scraps an try this out!
*Love* this! Will be making up a few for our child care center’s toddlers and preschoolers to cozy their doll-babies in.
Absolutely love this technique, it’s brilliantly simple!
I just love this. Gonna make xmas presents for the dogs, since I don’t have any little ones. Can’t wait to make my first. Thank you so much for the tutorial. This is the greatest.
I am going to make one of these for my daughter for Christmas!
I think I’d like to try this.
It’s a great idea for use all that pieces of fabric…me encanto y de seguro lo hare!! gracias por compartir.
Great idea!!! Fantastic!! Thanks so much from Italy!!
oooohhh this is awesome and so easy for us beginners…..thank you very much :0)
*hugs* Heather x
I adore this!!! A new project for me and my MIL for sure! Thank you!
I’ve admired this quilt for awhile and LOVE baby version!
Now I know what to do with the “too small” squares of flannel from raggedy time blankets I’ve made! Thank you for this wonderful idea!!
oh- I am so making one of these — i’ve too many little bitty pieces – and here is the perfect spot to use them up! LOVE IT.