MadQuilter

Isn't that what FQs are for?

FabQuilter

I do it all the time. And I love to work on scrappy quilts.

Battle Axe

When I started my first Bonnie Hunter (En Provence) my stash did not have many neutrals. And she seems to have plenty of weird neutrals that look good eventually, but they are things I would never buy on purpose. So I got on eBay and found a guy with lots of neutrals. To me, neutrals are boring. I buy color, so I was having a great deal of trouble gathering enough to do her quilt. I ended up arranging with this Frank's Bargain in New Hampshire (franks11 on ebay) to have him pick them out. I got 25 different neutrals with 4 yards of each one (100 yards) for 3.45 a yard with the shipping. I was most pleased and now I can take on any BH mystery quilt.

EmiliasNana

My idea of a scrappy quilt is a layer cake LOL

sandy l

Yes, that and layer cakes

citruscountyquilter

I am fascinated by the different definitions of what a "scrap". For me it is a small piece of fabric. For others you could measure it as yardage. When I look at pictures of scrappy quilts that have a lot of one color, white for example, and people say they used their scraps I have to wonder how big that white scrap was. For me that would be in my yardage stash. I have a lot of fabric in my stash but very few scraps. For example the cat quilt to the left was made entirely out of calico and other fabric that I had in my stash, most of which was left over from other projects. I still have more of most of the fabrics but they are stash and not small pieces that I would consider scraps. I do save the scraps but it will be quite a while before I have enough of them to make a quilt.

Boston1954

You are not alone! I've done that many times. My scraps are often too small to use in some projects. I feel no shame. :-)

carolynjo

I try to use what I have, but sometimes I just need to go get a color I don't have. I don't have many scraps now as I have just finished a string quilt--blocks that is, and I hope to get it basted soon.

wildyard

I always check out the remnant markdown section because they are usually a good deal and I can add a lot of variety in smaller pieces. I add these to my larger scraps or fat quarters and have them when I want to go scrappy, which is usually. LOL

popover

To me, the jellyrolls, charms, and etc, are scraps. A bit of this, a little piece of that....So yes, many people are buying scraps, and paying well for them.