I had the same feeling about scrappy quilts, love to look at them but when it came to make one for myself.........just couldn't. Too much a control freak so I tried making a controlled scrappy quilt.............using only 1-2 colors of various fabrics. Worked for me and now I can let go when I go really scrappy. Have made 3 controlled scrappy and 3 totally wild scrappy quilts so far.