Originally Posted by bjeriann
I want to make a scrappy quilt but I'm having a problem. I always coordinate my fabrics on a regular quilt, so using scraps are hard for me because they don't all go together. How do I get past this? I read somewhere to cut all my lights and darks - then put them in a bag (1 bag with lights and 1 bag with darks) then pull out 1 from each bag and sew it together. Is that pretty much how it works? I can use all the help I can get on this please.
This is exactly what I do... you will be surprised how those fabrics that didn't go together look so nice in a scrappy quilt. Post photo when done. good luck :)