River Scraps Quilt Pattern
This post may contain affiliate links which won’t change your price but will share a commission.If you are looking for a quilt pattern that can use the scraps in your stash, you will want to look at the River Scraps quilt pattern!
I had fun digging into my batik stash for this quilt and also used a neutral batik for the background color. Many times I use a premium muslin for my background fabric. If you really want to get scrappy, you could use a variety of neutral prints as I did in the baby River Scraps quilt.
I have 2 four foot tables that I put together and use as one cutting table and a place to pin my quilt tops for quilting. This works a lot better any more than doing it on the floor. My poor knees can’t take that anymore.
Update: I am so glad to have my huge cutting table set up again!
5 different sizes
There are five different sizes of quilts that you can make. This is the baby quilt that is 40 inches x 54 inches. It would also make a perfect lap quilt.
- Crib 40 x 54
- Throw 54 x 66
- Twin 57 x 79
- Full 75 x 93
- Queen 93 x 93
Get River Scraps – there are 5 different sizes
I always like to include plenty of color diagrams in my patterns to walk you through each step of making the quilt.
River Scraps would make a perfect baby gift in this size.
I always have fun putting my blocks up on my design wall and then trying to decide just what I want my quilt to look like.
For the backing, I had a piece of quilt fabric that was white with purple dots that I picked up at Joann Fabrics some time ago. Many times I don’t use batiks for the backing because they are expensive and I prefer to use them just for the fronts of my quilts.
Get the River Scraps quilt pattern!
Before you go…..
Learn how to make the River Scrap block in different sizes and also see the scrappy baby quilt!
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About Connie
Hi, I’m Connie Kresin Campbell, the quilter, writer, and photographer behind Freemotion By the River. I enjoy inspiring others with my quilt tutorials and patterns. You’ll also see my sweet adopted dogs from time to time.
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Really like your quilt. I hope to make a similar one . Hope things slow down after the holidays and I can get back to more quilting . Love the sumac tree . We have a tree in our yard in Colorado that I call the weather tree . .It starts to change color from green to different shades red / orange to yellow and then the wind comes over the rockies and blow them down & the deer come and eat the leaves …no raking . Have a nice Christmas
Thank you so much for the free pattern. Hoping that this link is still open. My company just flew back out west last night!
Beautiful quilt. Thank you for the pattern. Happy holidays.
Thank you for the River scrap pattern!! It is gorgeous! Merry Christmas & a SEW Happy 2025!!
Terri L
Thank you for the pattern. I enjoy your patterns. This is another good one to have for my stash.
Happy New Year!
Connie, thank you for the pattern. It’s such a pretty quilt. I hope your family Christmas is fun and delicious today. Ours is Saturday. I so enjoy your blog. Thank you. Rita
Connie, thank you! This should be a great project for starting the new year. The quilt is beautiful and I can use up leftover scraps from this year’s projects.
Thank you for the River Scraps quilt pattern. I have enjoyed making your quilts and will add this to my new year projects.
May you have a Happy Healthy New Year.
Looking forward to another year reading all your updates.
Thank you Connie for the lovely Christmas gift, best wishes for a lovely new year 2025
Lisa Jones
Thank you so much Connie, for the beautiful quilt pattern.
Merry Christmas and happy days to you and your family.
Dawn Jennings
Thank you for the beautiful pattern, I will definetely make it. I always enjoy seeing what you are doing, lovely work Connie.
Merry Christmas to you and your!
Best Wishes
Lora
Feliz Natal!
Thankyou for the pattern. It’s a very pretty quilt, and goodness knows I have a lot of scraps. Lol. Have a blessed Christmas and Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year Connie.
Thank you so much for the free pattern.
Kind regards
Tonee
Merry Christmas, Connie!
Thank you for sharing your awesome patterns! I make sure they are saved on my Drive, so as to have easy access to them, knowing that they will not be lost!
Best wishes,
Margaret Burnett
Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year. Thank you for all the wonderful patterns and great ideas you share l enjoy reading your blog and your adorable dogs. My cat has become my sewing room and spends most of her time with me nothing leaves this room without a few cat hairs.
Thank you so much, Connie! This pattern is definitely on my to-do list. Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Merry Christmas! And thank you for the River Scraps pattern. 🙂
Merry Christmas Connie!! Thank you for the lovely gift! I look forward to making it.
Happy quilting,
Danielle
Thanks so much for the pattern, Connie.
Merry Christmas!
Thank you Connie. Ironically I am doing that same very block as leaders and enders. It’s been laying dormant for years. I just fished up a bow tie block quilt from scraps by doing it as leaders and enders. It takes a little prep often to do it that way. But I should mention it makes a very little dent in the scraps as you well know. They breed in the night.
Thank you so much Connie!
Love the qiult it’s on my to do list after I finish 2 wedding qiult a and a just because qiult so very glad mr mickey is feeling better I truly am be safe love reading yo emails Linda thomas
I would like the printable for the blocks in the different sizes, but am not finding it anywhere.
So many ads on the page one can’t get anywhere.
I have many scraps and would like to make this quilt
Wish you had a Print option for block.
I agree! I don’t want advertisements, just the instructions for the block and placement for the quilt layout. Nice stash buster block!
You can always look at the post for the block and download a pdf. https://conniekresin.com/river-scraps-quilt-block/
Where is the pdf? I am not finding it.
You’re like me you made a beautiful daughter and she made one too!! I’m so proud of both my girls, and I know you are too!!!
I am finishing the River Scraps top today and have thoroughly enjoyed making it Your directions are great and it goes together quickly after all the organizing and cutting is finished (YEA). Thank you for this pattern
OMG this is such a beautiful design to make. I made a cot sized quilt with this pattern. Thank you so much!
I love this one and just organized some of my 2.5” squares. I need to have a stronger variety but this project reminds me leaders and enders work well to get something like this going!
Great idea! “Leaders and Enders”
Quilt blocks made for a second quilt! 🤗💕