Do you agonize over what colors to put next to each other in a scrappy? I want this to look nice, and I worry that something will be close to something else that will not go with it.

YES!!!! I'm bookmarking this and will watch for answers! Thanks for asking -- I have 4 bins of scraps that I SHOULD do something with!

One of these days I want to do the paper bag method. Throw all the squares in a paperbag and the one you pull out is the one you sew next. That should be interesting to say the least.....lol!

the best part of scrappy quilts is nothing AND everything go together..It's nice to have a balance of lights, mediums, and darks in there, but mostly it's the random placing of the scraps that really adds to the character of the quilt, so be daring, go ahead, put a hot pink next to an olive green, put teal next to red, etc... the more opposites the better, that's why it's called a scrappy... :roll: :lol:

You're overthinking it. Just sew stuff together. Don't even try and match. Matching doesn't work for scrap quilts. Clashing is what makes a scrap quilt come to life and be stunning.

This is why I cannot do scrappy

Personally, I don't think there are any colors you can't put side by side. That is half the fun of a scrappy quilt. I don't look at color as much as value, light, medium and dark. That makes selection a lot easier. This is supposed to be fun....why make it harder then necessary? :D

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The most difficult quilt my obsessive/compulsive daughter ever made was a scrappy. She agonized over it. I told her to put her hand in the bag and grab and sew. Very hard for her. Once she got past the first few blocks she loved it. Do not try to make sense of it....and do not look at it and say What if? Have fun.

exactly! put them in a bin next to your sewing machine, and just grab and sew..your not suppposed to sweat about scrappy!
i know some can't do it..they gotta follow the rules and such, i have a friend who is that way! she just can't do it..! but she makes the most beautiful quilts, and she is very organized..

I'd like to draw from a bag, but it is a boxed squares pattern. Four pieces surround a little center square. Maybe I will relax a bit, if I can put them out in a row or something....