Scrappy .... sort of

Linda PATCHogue, NY

Sunny-

I really don't do scrappy, but what I like to do is- maybe???- a version of scrappy??? If I was going to make a quilt of star blocks with red and blue and green for the stars, I would use a whole bunch of different reds- from raspberry to maroon, blues from cobalt to almost purple and greens from lime to pea green. That keeps me from being bored, uses up a lot of small pieces of fabric and makes the quilt much more interesting- IMO.

One tip- if you are MQing the quilt on your home sm, construct and quilt it in sections- 4 sections usually works for me, but you can use any number from quilting each block individually to just two sections. It's much easier on your body to not be wrestling the whole bed-sized quilt under the machine.

Good luck and have fun!

One of the graduation quilts I made was Turning Twenty. I used lots of plaid, deliberately cutting them a little wonky. Some of the plaids had a gold metallic thread woven in. The awful truth is, it still was rather boring. Thinking back, that pattern calls for a piece that is simply 8½" square and another piece that is 4½" x 12½". Maybe I'm too accustomed to doing crib quilts but those are mighty big pieces that just sit there and don't say much. Perhaps if the big squares were 4-patches and the longer big pieces were strips or HSTs . . . I don't know. I might visit that pattern again one day but I really can't recommend it as something you'd like to see every day. Polly

I think the "Turning Twenty Again" is a bit more interesting. It has a few more pieces to it. I think it is best suited for big prints like Kaffe Fasset or Amy Butler prints. I have pieced one of Amy Butler fabrics...

I need to add more borders to it so it fits my bed. I'll just add random lengths of left over fabrics.

Hi Sunny, Check out this site.....scroll down when you get there.....www.quiltville.com Bonnie has many scrap quilts that can be done in a specific color scheme if you like..... Mauvice in Central Wis.....

Once again, I recommend Easy Stash Quilts by Carol Doak as a well-explained method for combining lots of different fabrics into a harmonious whole. The basic idea is to pick your target color for each piece of the block. Then go through the stash and the scrap basket and pull out everything in hailing distance of the target. Then line up all the pieces of one color, stand back and squinch your eyes a little. Look at them from different directions, or whatever you do when you audition fabrics. One or two fabrics might pop out -put those back in the stash. Then you can cut your pieces, mixing up the fabrics within each color pile. When you piece the blocks, pull pieces at random so no 2 blocks are identical, but each block will have the same color placement. Roberta in D

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Howdy!

"Just do it."

snipped-for-privacy@sbcglobal.net/album/576460762310282273 Julia's Princess Quilt & (my favorite) Tossed Salads&Scrambled Eggs are scrappy. Very scrappy.

Here's another:

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R/Sandy

How 'bout a Log Cabin? Cut all fabric into (2") strips, putting darks in one bag and lights in another, and pulling out a strip without looking. One rule I followed was that the block couldn't have two of the same fabric - if I pulled out one that was a match, I had to use it in the next block. Worked for me. ME-Judy

PATCHogue, NY

That sounds like a perfect way to get a collection of fabrics for a TTA. Do you have pictures?

I just love that use of fabric. PERFECT!

joan

fabrics...

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You guys have once again given me tons of perfect advice. Thanks. It's obviously going to be awhile before I get this project even started, much less finished. But sooner or later there will be photos. Maybe just of the fabrics, but there will be photos.

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