🪄 🪄 MAKE BONUS BLOCKS FROM YOUR SCRAPS - IT'S ALMOST MAGICAL

Looking for a fast and easy quilting hack that gains you more scrap blocks while working on another quilt? I call them bonus blocks, so stick with me as I show you how to do it!

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[JustGetitDoneQuilts]

I love making bonus blocks. I can embrace my scrappy energy and keep MT Scrapmore under control and so much more. I hope you’ll try them

[charlenesmith]

I finally got to retire - at 81 - so have even more time to sew and quilt. But I miss the interaction of being out in public - so I watch your videos for company on a slow rainy day ! The best part is I get to learn something in the process . I really like the way your mind works - thanks for the company !

[kimberlyleet]

Karen, I watch so many of your videos, that I feel like we’re buddies. Thanks for all your tips tricks and strategies.

[gabriellapettit]

Sometimes I just want to sew aimlessly - this is perfect!

[tfrankum]

I can’t sew without my leaders/enders! Started as a Bonnie follower years ago. Love to see others using this method. I was also excited to see another scrap block video from you today. Looking forward to another quilt vlog or watching you assemble a quilt or make an after quilt. You are so enjoyable to watch! You are my nightly video fix before bed. 💝. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos! They are so enjoyable.

[terryhenderson]

My grandparents came from the radio era and my grandfather was an ardent baseball fan. Even with their early 1960's TV in a hilly area, each sat in thier chair through hours of baseball with the TV volume down listening to the radio; at least to my barely toddler self it seemed like hours. Next to my grandmother's chair was her basket of squares from which she would make 2 patches she turned into 4 patches, cover a button, or make a quick repair to a rent or t-tear. When the stack of 4 patches got so high in the basket she would pack them off to a shoe box up on a high shelf in the closet. Based upon the number of filled shoe boxes, she'ld pull them down from the shelf, open them up and shuffle 4 patches to, in her own words "see what I've got" and start thinking about a quilt or quilts.

[lisawallace]

This is brilliant! I am the sort of person who creates systems and who loves efficiency along with creativity so this method of the extra blocks is catnip for me! Many thanks for sharing!

[Happybidr]

Just as an aside, I enjoy watching you and your channel so much when I see that you have 330, 000 Subscribers! (Yeah!) It tells that this is a successful vlog and that means it’s likely to keep on the air, so to speak. Your great interviews, tutorials, and wonderful voice make you such a perfect YouTube fit.

[yvonnemoretti]

Last night I was ready to sew, I reached for a leader, then I remembered this blog so I sewed a bonus block and then kept on going. Thank you for this timely message. From Maybrook NY

[wendygilbert]

I have been making 16-patch blocks in monochromatic color schemes (mostly) in between projects or to relieve a little stress. Or to accomplish "something" when I can't seem to get anything actually done. I'm not sure why the 16-patch has such an appeal as I have done great rectangles in the past, but who am I to argue with the quilting goddesses? The result after a couple of years is not only an impressive pile of blocks (over 90 at last count), but as you said, my skills and accuracy are improving. I can whip a 16-patch together in less than 10 minutes! After watching your video, I am definitely ready to move on to something else. That square in square looks like just the ticket! Thanks again for the video. You are a great teacher and inspiration!

[bonniedilorenzo]

I have been looking at your videos on scrap blocks using up jelly rolls recently so I can send blocks to Quilts for Survivors.

[arvettadelashmit]

I believe you showed me this tick in another video. After watching that video, I have been doing this at home. The first time I sewed bonus blocks while chain sewing a project in a classroom, I upset some people who were sewing near me (who were working on their project one block at a time). I was asked what I was doing, so many times, that I wanted to pack my things and go home. My friend, Janet, has gotten comfortable with the way I sew; and, she sometimes answers their questions for me. Your method works for me. I'm very glad I paid attention to you and gave it a try. It keeps my old Singer sewing machines running smoothly; and, I don't waste so much thread and time anymore. Thank you.

[dc]

Karen's best video yet! After using leaders all these years, I never thought to do this. Brilliant!

[paulinechapman]

From one Canuck to another..my favourite is you..anything you say or do is so entertaining and yes most useful…stay as you are..its uplifting on a dreary Canadian weather day..be well..🇨🇦

[lynnp]

I have watched your videos for some time and you continue to teach me new ideas.

[coreygilles]

Learning about bonus blocks was such an upgrade to my quilting habits. I love when I have a ton accumulated and I can make something completely random

[christinebravomom]

So fun ... I've been doing this for years. For the past couple of years, I've been on a campaign to actually use them. <3

[gwynwellliver]

I have been staring at a pile of 2.5 inch squares cut from my latest projects (corals, blues, and golds), trying to decide what kind of bonus blocks to make. I keep getting new ideas. Last time I ended up with a blue and yellow checkerboard.

[connieking]

I love the idea of marking between rows and blocks. I mess up at this level more than any other time. The transfer from layout to sewing is so frustrating for me. Love this video.

[TG-mxwb]

I started making log cabin bonus blocks and found that I liked it better than the rest of the piecing I was working on. To the extent that I was putting in extra leaders and enders where I didn’t need them. And then they began taking over. It’s low stakes, takes less mental energy, they’re easy blocks, and I just make two or three kinds at a time so I don’t get bored. I have a couple more complex quilts to finish, but thanks to this method, I have found what I really like, and figured out ways to cut down on what I don’t like to do. It’s made quilting more enjoyable and made me infinitely more productive.