Sometimes the most fun projects start with a fabric you would never think to quilt with, and that is exactly what happens in this brilliant new tutorial from Steffanie over at Gettin' Stitchy. She takes a stack of plain bandanas, the kind you can pick up almost anywhere, and turns them into a vibrant scrappy patchwork with a clever cutting and arranging trick that does most of the design work for you.
Here is why this one is worth watching:
- An unexpected starting point. Bandanas already have lovely printed borders and patterns, so when you slice and reassemble them the design feels rich and intricate without you having to fussy cut a single piece.
- A simple technique with a big payoff. Steffanie walks through the cutting and layout step by step, and you can see how a handful of inexpensive bandanas turn into something that looks far more complex than it actually is.
- A wonderful way to use up odd prints. The same idea works beautifully with mixed novelty fabrics or your bolder stash pieces, so it is a really lovely scrap buster as well as a bandana project.
Have you ever quilted with bandanas before, or is this the kind of project that would tempt you to start collecting a few? We would love to hear in the comments how you would colour your version.
