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    Old 09-05-2012, 05:35 AM
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    I love and admire all the quilts - from the scrappy string to the intricate paper-pieced medallion quilts. In a way, they reflect some of the personality of the piecer/quilter.

    And I really admire a finished quilt! I am surrounded by so many UFO's that I must be an Alien!
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    Old 09-05-2012, 06:35 AM
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    I'm taking a class on modern quilting and learning about "wonky". She's teaching how to do "wonky" very gently. At first, I thought I wouldn't like the modern quilting at all and now I love it and I thought for sure I wouldn't like the "wonky" and now I love it too. Boy, I love batiks now. What's going on with me? I'm changing. I'm liking a whole different kind of quilting now. I use to only like traditional. Now this modern quilting is something I'm really getting into. I just bought a bunch of solid colors, just what I need for this modern quilting. I would never have bought solids a year ago. It would have all been floral. I'm moving, I guess.
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    Old 09-05-2012, 07:00 AM
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    I've never liked scrappy. If I can't see a pattern of some sort, it doesn't appeal to me at all. However, I do love crazy quilts, there seems to be some method to the madness in those that I like. Tastes change, so, who knows I might come to like scrappy, but for now I'm staying with blocks where I can see a pattern of some sort.
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    Old 09-05-2012, 07:11 AM
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    I have made both the more traditional and the wonky and I have liked both. I really look at the color and composition of the quilts I look at (even of scrappy quilts) -- the ones I like seem to use the lights and darks or shades of two colors in a carefully thought out way. I am wowed by some of the landscape and portrait quilts I have seen -- and I am in awe of the applequed quilts. To me, all quilts are special given the amount of time and effort that the quilters have put into them, but I still have my favorites.
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    Old 09-05-2012, 12:59 PM
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    Originally Posted by LyndaOH
    I Stepping outside your box can tap into another part of your brain, and while you may not get hooked on something "wonky", it may have a positive effect on the traditional quilts you do create. Just like "muscle memory" is good for doing FMQ because the doodles and designs stay with you, exercising a new part of your brain can get things going in other ways.

    I think that's one reason the Quilting Board is so successful. There are so many kinds of quilters here; there's no way you can be expected to love all of them, but being exposed to so many different creations can only be helpful.

    Quilt on!
    So true. I couldn't agree more.
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    Old 09-06-2012, 02:55 AM
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    There is a ruler set to make Wonky Blocks. You have to know what you are doing and piece correctly. Really neat for kids quilts to use with panels or for blocks that need a little added interest.
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    Old 09-06-2012, 03:01 AM
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    i am not a fan of string, selvage, wonky or patchy quilts. it is obvious to me that there is somewhat care in creating these, but they don't give the eye a place to rest. to me, they feel "scratchy" and irritating. i make more "thoughtful" patterns and do my best to make them attractive while learning new techniques.
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    Old 09-06-2012, 03:48 AM
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    I was originally an apparel sewer, made clothes, wedding gowns, and lots of window treatments, duvets etc. I am still having great difficulty getting past the "seams MUST match" idea. Therefore I don't do scrappy or wonky well. I love the looks of the ones other people have made, I still have the "matchy matchy" mentality and am having a huge struggle with myself to get past that. I have been collecting my scraps faithfully, have made some dog beds with the snippets. One of these days I will get my courage up and do a really scrappy quilt. Right now the jelly roll strippy tops are what I enjoy. It is as close as I can get to scrappy so far.
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    Old 09-06-2012, 04:57 AM
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    Personally, I'm not a fan of the wonky designs. To me, they look like some small child got carried away on mom's sewing machine and wallah a creation was made! But to each their own...
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    Old 09-06-2012, 05:44 AM
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    I do lean towards the more 'ordered' patterns. I've considered 'wonky' but the ones I have considered are wonky blocks set in an orderly fashion.
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