Thread: question about string or scrappy quilts in general?

For the very first string quilt I made, I'd decided to use all of the "yucky" fabrics in my stash. I had a lot of those because I was addicted to buying scrap bags (still am, 30 years later). That quilt remains the prettiest string quilt I've ever made. It was such a success that I decided a string quilt made from a definite color scheme using fabrics I actually like would be that much better. It wasn't. Here's a photo of the first one - apologies for not being able to resize this one. If you look at the individual fabrics, they are really horrible but somehow it all works together.

I just put everything together and somehow it always works

When doing scrappy I think of the person who is going to receive it :male, female or child. I split my scraps between these three catagories when I am making scrappy quilts. There is no other rhyme or reason, I have found this works best for me. Good luck and have fun wit it too.

I make sure that I use them, for example, themes like Christmas, holidays, together and that colors don't clash. Other than that, anything goes, you would be surprised how lovely they turn out. I use muslin for the foundation or any thin material I have or find at thrift stores . I made one just sewing strips onto strips with no backing until I had miles of 2 1/2 strips and then cut to desired length and sewed strips to strips til I had the desired width.

My scrap stash was getting out of control so I have been making blocks and saving strips to make quilts that are truly scrappy from just the stuff left over no matter what the project. That way I have beach and outside use all the time quilts and those that I don't want used as hard would be of limited color schemes sort of thing. It really depends on what you want to do--clear out scraps or make a more formal quilt.