What a lot of folks don't understand is that a scrappy quilt is rarely about just slapping together scraps. It is often one of the most difficult patterns to work on. One reason is that we all have our likes and dislikes and we all have developed ideas about what we want something to look like. Quilters like the reason and logic to their patterns. We like the balance. So to do something that throws these things out the window can be very difficult for many of us. I am totally in awe of the people who do these scrappy quilts - most are magnificent. I fear that there is not enough headache medicine for me to be able to put a scrappy together, much less have it turn out nice!