Picking "random" pieces
10-14-2010, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by teacherbailey
Make the worst matches possible, except for not putting two of the same together. When made, it will look perfect!!!! (You are trying too hard....)
10-14-2010, 10:39 AM
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I'm trying right now to do that, and I just can't get past the colors that I don't believe go well together. Fortunately, a lot of my fabrics do coordinate, but if I run out a one fabric, then I'm in trouble. But I look at every scrappy quilt pictured on this board, and I love them all. I even look very closely to see what the fabrics are, but I just can't seem to pull it together.
10-14-2010, 01:16 PM
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When I make scrap quilts, usually 9 patches, the squares go into a brown paper bag. I randomly pick them out a few (5 or 6) at a time & use them all before picking out others. If I were to judge each 9 patch, I'd puke! Put them all together & it's gorgeous! Keep going!
10-14-2010, 01:37 PM
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I know what you mean. Scrappy quilts are dones this way sometimes but I need to try to control. That's why I don't accomplish as much. I would suggest sorting darks and lights into different bags and pick from these. At least you will get a dark when you need it and not a light. Good luck. I really like the first one.
10-14-2010, 03:01 PM
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OK, doing better with the random, HOWEVER!, my 7 1/2" white rectangles were cut (yeah, by me) 7 1/4"!!! Oh well, just the first 8 of them that I did trial blocks from so at least I caught it now! The rest of the stack are the correct size. Probably won't even unpick too much as I have lots of squares.
10-14-2010, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
Even tho I put all my little squares (about 500) in the dryer to tumble them and then in a plastic bag to be shaken even more, when it comes time to reach in grab some and sew them....I CAN'T DO IT! I just have to arrange and re-arrange. Please help me!! Black bag, little hole? Ask GS to pass me one at a time?
What do you do? Maybe I'll have to sort just a bit. Light, med and dark for eg. Do love the fabrics, tho!
What do you do? Maybe I'll have to sort just a bit. Light, med and dark for eg. Do love the fabrics, tho!
10-14-2010, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
OK, doing better with the random, HOWEVER!, my 7 1/2" white rectangles were cut (yeah, by me) 7 1/4"!!! Oh well, just the first 8 of them that I did trial blocks from so at least I caught it now! The rest of the stack are the correct size. Probably won't even unpick too much as I have lots of squares.
10-14-2010, 07:02 PM
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My son is now 25, but when he was 3 or so, I let him choose what square was next. He felt so proud, he was helping mommy, and for years I had a remembrance of our day together. He had this large space to fill up with colored squares
You know, he still has what I call an 'engineer' brain. Even when given a coloring book, he'd make a geometric design on the paper, like the picture wasn't even there, very engineer-like
He grew up to do something in computer networking, I'd explain it but that would mean I have to understand it!
You know, he still has what I call an 'engineer' brain. Even when given a coloring book, he'd make a geometric design on the paper, like the picture wasn't even there, very engineer-like
He grew up to do something in computer networking, I'd explain it but that would mean I have to understand it!
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