Originally Posted by Terryl
I guess being raised by "Hippie" parents has really set me free, I have no qualms about fabrics not matching, no hang ups with random fabics coming out of the bags, I just go with what I grab. I love the quilts I get with this abandon and if someone I want to gift with the quilt isn't so enthusiastic about it,I then ask what would you prefer and make them a new quilt. My scrappy abandon quilt then finds a new home with someone less structured. I have 2 DD's one is a structured "control freak" (her words, not mine) the other goes with the flow. Structured DD is learning to quilt now and I am slowly getting her to mix fabrics that she doesn't think match.
Terry, I wasn't raised by hippy parents, my mom was a bit of a control freak but I'm very random and pretty much do as you state you do, whatever my hand pulls up goes on the quilt and I'm made some pretty darn nice quilts with this method!