Quilts made from our stash
12-31-2015, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by RST
Do you really think that "made from my stash" conveys more meaning or a more positive meaning to a non-quilter? In common usage, stash probably connotes marijuana more than anything else -- just saying.
12-31-2015, 11:39 AM
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Interesting discussion... I have never felt any negative connotation from the word "scrappy". Scraps also cost $9- $14 a yard. Scrap quilts are harder and more time consuming than quilts with bigger pieces of fewer fabrics, repeated over and over. But they are the only kind I want to make anymore because they are so much more interesting and fun.
Why is "made from my stash" any better? Aren't ALL quilts made from our stashes? Once we bring the fabric home from the store it's part of our stash! 'Made from stash' is NOT necessarily the same as 'Scrappy'.
Maybe we need to get over trying to make the world value our quilting. You can't make people value anything... So you just pursue what you love, whether others pat you on the back for it or not.
Why is "made from my stash" any better? Aren't ALL quilts made from our stashes? Once we bring the fabric home from the store it's part of our stash! 'Made from stash' is NOT necessarily the same as 'Scrappy'.
Maybe we need to get over trying to make the world value our quilting. You can't make people value anything... So you just pursue what you love, whether others pat you on the back for it or not.
12-31-2015, 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by sewbizgirl
Interesting discussion... I have never felt any negative connotation from the word "scrappy". Scraps also cost $9- $14 a yard. Scrap quilts are harder and more time consuming than quilts with bigger pieces of fewer fabrics, repeated over and over. But they are the only kind I want to make anymore because they are so much more interesting and fun.
Why is "made from my stash" any better? Aren't ALL quilts made from our stashes? Once we bring the fabric home from the store it's part of our stash! 'Made from stash' is NOT necessarily the same as 'Scrappy'.
Maybe we need to get over trying to make the world value our quilting. You can't make people value anything... So you just pursue what you love, whether others pat you on the back for it or not.
Why is "made from my stash" any better? Aren't ALL quilts made from our stashes? Once we bring the fabric home from the store it's part of our stash! 'Made from stash' is NOT necessarily the same as 'Scrappy'.
Maybe we need to get over trying to make the world value our quilting. You can't make people value anything... So you just pursue what you love, whether others pat you on the back for it or not.
Maybe no descriptive title at all...just give it a name and call it that! And I agree...don't worry about what others think and just 'quilt on'!
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12-31-2015, 02:21 PM
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Somewhere, recently, I can't recall where, I saw that some authority tried to decree that a quilt is not scrappy unless it has more than 80 different fabrics and no repeats in different colorways. I think that's kind of silly to put a specific number on it, and there is no way I am going to expend time and energy counting fabrics in one of my quilts. But it did make me laugh to see someone try to create parameters for a category which pretty much is defined by not being bound by parameters. It's like saying -- that's not improvizational, becuase you thought about it too many minutes before actually starting to sew.
12-31-2015, 05:04 PM
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I just did a google search on the term "scrappy." So many definitions! Of most interest is the fact that, in the US,"scrappy" tends to refer to someone (or something) who works very hard and succeeds beyond expectations. By contrast, in the UK, it refers to someone who's badly organized, takes cheap shots, etc.
No wonder we can't agree on whether or not it's a positive descriptor for the luscious quilts we make!
No wonder we can't agree on whether or not it's a positive descriptor for the luscious quilts we make!
12-31-2015, 06:04 PM
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Have you done a google search for the common meaning of "stash"? Items hidden away, most commonly drugs, weapons, or ill-gotten money.
I was thinking about why people choose to call attention to the fact that a quilt is "scrappy" or "stash". Maybe it's a way of deflecting criticism -- I know that isn't a perfect color match, but it's a stash quilt. Or maybe it's to forestall comments about money spent-- yes, I know I said I was cutting back on credit card debt, but this is a *stash* quilt. Otherwise, it's just a descriptor, kind of like-- this is a Tula Pink Parisville quilt, and this is the scrappy one I did last year. . .
I was thinking about why people choose to call attention to the fact that a quilt is "scrappy" or "stash". Maybe it's a way of deflecting criticism -- I know that isn't a perfect color match, but it's a stash quilt. Or maybe it's to forestall comments about money spent-- yes, I know I said I was cutting back on credit card debt, but this is a *stash* quilt. Otherwise, it's just a descriptor, kind of like-- this is a Tula Pink Parisville quilt, and this is the scrappy one I did last year. . .
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