Need help understanding why I don't like to do certain quilts or blocks?
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Need help understanding why I don't like to do certain quilts or blocks?
So here is my dilemma I recently saw a family member do a scrap quilt and it was very pretty. But I have never been able to put one together. I have a lot of different pieces of fabric that I could use for a scrap quilt I just don't want to. Right know I am trying to put one together but the only way I was able to is to put solids with the prints. I'm not sure why but it really bothers me to put together colors/prints that don't go together. It stresses me out to the point were it just looks like a big mess or I'm afraid it will look ugly. I think some of it might be my ADHD because I do the same thing with printed paper if there is too much going on with it ---I can't look at it. And couldn't imagine why anyone would want to. I would like to know your thoughts.
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I wouldn't worry about it. We all like different things. I really like quilts with white in them. I really like quilts with four or four shades of the same color in them. Not everyone likes the same thing. It sounds like you like quilts that have a place for your eyes to rest. I like those too. I also like scrappy quilts, but I am not interested in making one.
There is room for all of us in the quilting world. Oh, yeah...and my favorite quilt is something purple. Like I said, room for all of us. It would be so boring if we were all the same.
Dina
There is room for all of us in the quilting world. Oh, yeah...and my favorite quilt is something purple. Like I said, room for all of us. It would be so boring if we were all the same.
Dina
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I understand exactly where you're coming from.
I myself have to have a certain "orderliness" to what few scrap quilts I have done. If you look at my avatar, you will see what I consider to be my most "successful" scrap quilt (a Bonnie Hunter pattern). I HAD to have a certain amount of "order" or "continuity" to it, otherwise it would make me nuts.
Just willy-nilly is completely beyond me.
I think for me, it partly due to vision problems - certain amount of color-blindness as well as poor vision in general - and me being a little bit OCD.
So, don't feel bad, you're not alone!
I myself have to have a certain "orderliness" to what few scrap quilts I have done. If you look at my avatar, you will see what I consider to be my most "successful" scrap quilt (a Bonnie Hunter pattern). I HAD to have a certain amount of "order" or "continuity" to it, otherwise it would make me nuts.
Just willy-nilly is completely beyond me.
I think for me, it partly due to vision problems - certain amount of color-blindness as well as poor vision in general - and me being a little bit OCD.
So, don't feel bad, you're not alone!
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I can't do a random scrappy quilt either! What I do is controlled scrappy, where I select some scrap yardage, buy the rest if I don't have enough for that pattern/size and combine these for a quilt. Usually I am grouping based on colors first, then print/value.
I have fabrics that just never seem to "fit", and I just donate those to others making charity quilts who need fabric. It just isn't worth it to try to force ourselves to make something we don't like!!!
I have fabrics that just never seem to "fit", and I just donate those to others making charity quilts who need fabric. It just isn't worth it to try to force ourselves to make something we don't like!!!
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I love scrappies but I do have guidelines. I like batiks and white or off white. The batiks carry the color in the quilt and the off whites or whites give the eye a place to rest. It can also be done with black as long as it carries some form of uniformity. I have a really hard time with mismatched prints.
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I am very careful with the pattern I chose to do. I hope to NEVER make another quarter square triangle quilt again. Give me my strip piecing and I am happy as a lark with no problems. Just choose whatever patterns you want to make and don't worry about what others are doing.
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I also much prefer a 'controlled' scrappy. for instance, specific color choices, a single repeating fabric in all the blocks, a neutral sashing etc. As previous posters have said, there is such a wide range of quilting options, you can have the luxury of choosing to do only what appeals to you. No one said you have to like them all!
#9
I consider quilting an art form. I certainly don't like all styles of art equally, but I can appreciate the effort and the talent that goes into each piece nonetheless.
Quilts are the same. I don't like scrappy quilts at all and have gone almost 50 years without making one. I do, however, understand the pleasure they give to other quilters and users and that's what matters I believe.
There's no real need to understand 'why' you don't like making them is there? It's just not your taste/style. Simple as that. Better to pour your time and talent into a quilt style that you love because that love always shows in the end product.
Quilts are the same. I don't like scrappy quilts at all and have gone almost 50 years without making one. I do, however, understand the pleasure they give to other quilters and users and that's what matters I believe.
There's no real need to understand 'why' you don't like making them is there? It's just not your taste/style. Simple as that. Better to pour your time and talent into a quilt style that you love because that love always shows in the end product.
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It's easy: You don't like it so don't do it. I don't like bargellos so I won't ever make one. With all the different patterns and fabrics out there, the options are huge. I wouldn't spend precious time on something that doesn't give me joy. Now that said, I have started projects and found out that I didn't like it much after I started. Sometimes I passed the project on to someone else and sometimes I decided to finish it, just to say I did. Generally though, I have a pretty good idea what works for me and what doesn't.
As for the fabrics and colors, have you considered taking a color class? It really opened my eyes to what actually goes together and what doesn't (and why).
As for the fabrics and colors, have you considered taking a color class? It really opened my eyes to what actually goes together and what doesn't (and why).
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