Originally Posted by
twinkie
Most times scrappies don't have a color scheme. Here is one I am working on.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...t-t224562.html It has so many different materials I am having trouble choosing what color border to put on it. They were scraps that I cut into strips, sewed together, cut into squares and cut them from corner to corner. I have also seen them where you take scraps as they are shaped and sew them onto a piece of backing material and they remain in the shape they are in and just placed randomly. I think you will be able to make something great out of just little pieces. Many times when making a quilt, I take the little pieces that are cut off and sew them together to make four inch blocks that I have put into a container. One day I will sew them together to make a quilt. I call it "Making More Material". LOL
That's a beautiful SCRAPPY quilt.
I think one important thing is to have a strong geometrical element, like the diaganol lines through your quilt. Another is to rely on value to make the pattern.
There's a new type of scrappy shown in Jean Wells Kenan's book.