Originally Posted by Pat G

I,too, have to have things either match or at least make sense when I first look at them. I find that if a quilt has too many diff. colors in it, I just pass it up without studying it to figure out the blocks.

Then I sort of broke my own rule. I started taking sm. discarded pcs. out of the waste basket. Just had a hard time tossing them out. I mean some very teeny pcs. Then I found a paper piecing pattern that was made from those "trash" pcs. of fabric. I've never posted a picture here but I will try. I call it my "Free Quilt". Even the sashing & backing were from my stash & had been there for sev. yrs. So it's all free for me. Pat