Patchwork pages are very popular at the moment in paper crafts so I had to have a go at a page myself and they are great for using up your scraps and odd strips of paper. I tried a herringbone pattern for my page, as they are easy shapes to fit together with out worrying about them all fitting together perfectly.
I started off by making a template - cut a 1.5" strip of paper, then fold the corner down until it meets the otherside of the paper, making a triangle and forming the point, cut the triangle off. Then measure down 1.5" from both points and draw a line between them, and cut the paper. This should give you a nice parallelogram (sounds like school). Then you can cut some 1.5" strips out of your nice papers and use the shape as a template. Not always being a perfect measurer myself, I found that you can overlap the shapes a bit as the main thing for this page is that the points look straight, and also if you ruffle the edges of your paper shapes it can hide a multitude of measuring sins. I do this by taking the edge of scissors and scraping them along the edge of the paper or using an emery board or light sand paper, then I crumple and fold them a bit too. To make my page look a little more patchworky I machine stitched around each of the shapes, and then arranged and stuck them down on the page. I added a place for journalling behind the photo on one side, and then a white picket fence I had lurking in my stash on the opposite side. I mounted the photo on some red check paper, and some green K and Co paper which I edged with scallop scissors, then a little bit of bakers twine too. The rosette flowers are American crafts as are the thickers, the papers are a mixture of cosmo cricket, october afternoon and my little shoebox as I found these small shapes great for using up scraps of paper. Here are some more shots of the page.
I hope that has inspired you to have a go at using some scraps and making your own paper quilt.
Katherine
I have loads of scraps, thanks for a great idea for using some of them up. Lovely layout. x
Posted by: Debbie | November 14, 2011 at 06:54 AM
oooh what a gorgeous photo and a super way to use all those fab coloured scraps, too!
i'll be having a go at this...tfs :0)
Posted by: Alix | November 14, 2011 at 08:39 AM
I've just bought a smaller sewing machine to do this kind of thing. I love the Colours, Shapes & the photo you used. A lovely eye pleasing layout xx
Posted by: jayne | November 14, 2011 at 09:01 AM
This is wonderful! Love the colour and shape choices but the picket fence as a 'gateway' into your page is inspired!
Posted by: Gabrielle | November 14, 2011 at 12:58 PM
love your LO... very pretty and the colours are fab.
Mandy
Posted by: Mandy | November 14, 2011 at 01:50 PM
Turned out so cute!
Just really amazing :)
Posted by: Mary Jo | November 14, 2011 at 04:26 PM
It's a really fun, cheerful layout, and I love to see the close ups, almost clear enough to touch.
Elx
Posted by: Eleanor | November 14, 2011 at 07:53 PM
Lovely, I love the way you've included so many patterned papers together.
Thanks for all the tips.
Posted by: Lynne V. | November 15, 2011 at 07:51 AM
I love the colours in this layout, very happy and fun.
Posted by: ifa | November 15, 2011 at 05:54 PM
Beautiful scrapbook page.
Erika.
Posted by: Erika | November 16, 2011 at 07:22 AM