True, it becomes "organized scrappy," which is just fine too. :)

Dina

The last scrappy I did was a extra large Christmas tree skirt. I made the rows with random charm squares, but I used the design wall to help keep the same squares side by side. That is about as random as I have done so far.
Mike

A design wall is a good idea, but I thought I did not have enough room for that.....until I saw a picture of one. I have something Jim made me with those black metal clips on a long board, to hang quilts and tops to take their photographs. I have just hung a moderate sized piece of batting on it. "Poof" I have a design wall. Thanks everyone. :)

I use dining table for kid sized quilts, my full size bed for full size or a tad larger. I mark rows with washable markers. Sometimes they still get out place because I turn a different way to sew. When thar happens I either rip or just live with it.

a friend and i discovered at a retreat that we can notice "mis-placement" of colors better when we look through the camera lens

I wish there were space for a design wall, but don't have it. Having one would really help on scrappy quilts. One reason why my seam ripper stays sharp and ready to rip!!

That is what I don't like about "scrappy". I find I spend more time "planning" layout for scrappy quilts than planned quilts.

I've done a few totally random, and then accept what I get. Most often what I want is not random, but a nice intermix of variety with as little repeat as possible. Doing that takes a lot of planning!

I use this method all the time. It surprises me what I find with a picture, that I did not see just looking at the design wall. Very helpful.

I can't do random. Hung batting on one wall, that is my design wall. Good luck. 😇

Try this: A wall hanging made with 9 Ohio Star blocks. Make all the star points in as many different color reds as you have that are near the same value or color saturation.

Make the star centers 4P or 9P in all blues close to the same color value or color saturation

Make the back grounds in all different off whites or creamy whites. Use as many as you can in each block

You can use what ever three color combination you want. Pinks, greens, creams; golds, purple, greens; teals, corals, browns.

This will give you some practice in choosing colors randomly for each color but the placement of the color is uniform.