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Old 04-18-2017, 09:21 AM
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Am I the only person that actually goes out and buys fabric to make a scrappy quilt? I know it defeats the concept of a "scrap" quilt, but I'm never satisfied with the real scraps I have.
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Old 04-18-2017, 09:51 AM
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No, you're not the only one! Sometimes I want a color that I don't have. If it makes you happy, go for it!!
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:04 AM
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My LQS sometimes has scrap bags for $10 and I have bought one when doing a scrappy to get more variety.
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:08 AM
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When I did a Bonnie Hunter mystery several years ago I hadn't been quilting long enough to have much of a scrap stash so I went around everywhere and bought several 1/4yd cuts of fabric from each place I went. My quilt turned out great!

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One of the ladies in my quilt group has a room packed full of fabric but doesn't want to deal with organizing it so whenever she wants to do a scrappy quilt she goes to Joann's to buy fabric then cuts it into scraps. Makes no sense to me but it's her fabric not mine, and it makes her happy.
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:19 AM
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I've bought fabric for a scrappy quilt too. Didn't have want I needed.
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Every quilt I make I try to use fabric that I already have. I want to use up what I have, but it seems I always have to go out any buy some more to finish the quilt. And it always feels that I have more fabric after I finish the quilt than when I started.
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Old 04-18-2017, 10:36 AM
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I have done it both ways.. and sometimes I am not thrilled with the out come either.

If I want a scrappy feel to my quilt but don't have the right colors I go shopping -- and that just kills me ha ha
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At one point in time the fabric for the scraps was purchased new. Same goes for fabric (shirts, dresses, etc.) was purchased and the clothing was made.
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...and sometimes, even when they're organized, and you have colors that will do, you're just plain tired of them! That's why I have to keep having giveaways. When I've used the same fabric enough times that it doesn't bring me joy, out it goes. In with the new.
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