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Old 07-29-2011, 09:23 AM
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sarahrachel
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Originally Posted by tms
I'm so impressed with all these beautiful quilts!!! You are all so inspirational! I'm just a bit confused after looking at so many of them, and seeing quite a bit of yardage of one single fabric...I thought a "scrap" quilt was a mixture of "leftover scraps" of fabric sewn together, rather than a "scrappy" pattern? Or is it up to the quilter what is a "scrap quilt"?
I think it's up to the quilter, but that's what I thought to. I asked my aunt who quilts a lot and she said that with her scrap quilts, she likes to have 1 fabric that ties it all together, usually a solid like white, cream or black. then the pattern is all scraps from her drawers.
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