Interesting discussion... I have never felt any negative connotation from the word "scrappy". Scraps also cost $9- $14 a yard. Scrap quilts are harder and more time consuming than quilts with bigger pieces of fewer fabrics, repeated over and over. But they are the only kind I want to make anymore because they are so much more interesting and fun.
Why is "made from my stash" any better? Aren't ALL quilts made from our stashes? Once we bring the fabric home from the store it's part of our stash! 'Made from stash' is NOT necessarily the same as 'Scrappy'.
Maybe we need to get over trying to make the world value our quilting. You can't make people value anything... So you just pursue what you love, whether others pat you on the back for it or not.