Originally Posted by
GingerK
So what's wrong with a controlled scrappy?? It is beautiful and the pattern would have disappeared if you had made it totally scrappy. I think you did a great job!
Yes, I agree. This is beautiful and I don't like "searching for the pattern" in a totally scrappy quilt--unless, of course, it is a 1 patch with just a bunch of squares.
To the OP--It's beautiful! And yes, it has been a bit more difficult than I thought to make the scrappy--and letting go and working with value is something I'm working on.
Also, Bonnie's tend to be very "controlled scrappies". Just read through her patterns--often she is working with lights/darks and/or blues or greens or oranges or reds or yellows, etc. There is usually quite a pattern there--