Appreciation for the "scrappy quilt"
#11
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Southeast Wisconsin
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Tend not to care for scrappy. But also don't like quilts where the blocks are all planed and marching in even rows! I guess planned chaos or planned disorder or flowy quilts (like bargello) are my favorite.
#12
I never cared for 'traditional' quilt patterns in the past, tho now starting to appreciate them. I was originally drawn to quilting because of the 'art quilts', landscape quilts, and watercolor quilts but mostly I love to work with scraps. My tastes might change again but right now I just LOVE scrappy quilts.
#15
Put me in the "scrappy" column..If my quilts don't have at least a variety of 30 or 40 different fabrics in them, I get a headache and get bored. I have to have a lot of colors and a lot of patterns in all the quilts I make. A nightmare to me would be making a quilt with like 3 colors. I couldn't get through one block of it.
#16
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Pensacola, FL
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I think we love the scrappy ones because to me they represent
warmth and love and comfort. Where the more planned and formal ones seemed to be a bit more formal and proper.
Kinda like a formal living room and a great room or den.
warmth and love and comfort. Where the more planned and formal ones seemed to be a bit more formal and proper.
Kinda like a formal living room and a great room or den.
#17
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Join Date: Jan 2011
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I just made a scrappy Split Decision and just started the blocks for a bow tie scrappy but - no I am just not fond of scrappy quilts. But I used to toss all but big scraps until a quilt teacher one day saw me and asked didn't I pay $10 a yard for what I just tossed out. I am cheap by nature but prefer quilt shop fabric so I realized I was tossing a lot of money
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