Originally Posted by sewjoyce
All of the blocks look so wonderful!! But I really have a stupid question for the people who make blocks out of scraps. I have a bin in which I've placed all those nice pieces that I just couldn't bear to throw out and now the bin is running over. How do you pick what goes with what? My daughter says that I'm "color coordinated" challenged so sometimes I can pick some real losers in quilt fabrics. How do you decided which scraps go where?????
I practice the "bag technique" ... I put everything in a bag I cannot see through, and then just start pulling pieces out and put them where they will fit. Are there clashes? oh, yeah! but, as you can see through the other pictures ... in the end, it all looks good.
As I have gathered more scraps, I don't have to do that any more, but I do the same thing .. just grab and sew ... it is almost mindless. I comfort myself that when I finally get all my scrappy blocks together, I will pick sashing that is one thing ... everything else will looked planned, even though, none of it was! (That is my theory, anyway <g>)
As far as being color challenged? I appreciate almost all the colors, though I do have my favorites! But, daughter is always telling me that pink and brown, blue and brown (and, some other combinations) don't go together ... yeah??? Well, they do when I like them. Even when I am just pulling and sewing, if there is something that really doesn't please me, I go get something else!
when I started picking colors, I was learning to knit and I put together a four piece pincushion - - blue, turquoise, yellow and hot pink ... might have been strange in the early 60s, but it wasn't too long when it became the "norm"!
To all who have become interested in the "Scrap Saver System" at the Quiltville site - - GOOD GOING!
I agree with the one who wrote - - I bought it, might as well use it!
and, all those little pieces? I figure: the more seams, the more layers of fabric, the more warmth will be enjoyed
I may be wrong <g> ... but, it seams to make sense to me. And, as long as I quilt slowly, my machine doesn't seem to have any trouble with my scrap quilts.