Go to this posting I noticed it right after reading yours so I hit the back button. She has regular blocks but between she has a scrappy sashing. It might be a good first effort if you don't want to do totally random. the posting it titled

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I am working on a scrap Spiderweb quilt top. I must admit I have a hard time just grabbing a scrap and sewing it on. I tend to want to match a little with the one next to it. I like ckcowl's idea of separating the lights and darks, perhaps that idea will free me from being a "matchaholic". :-D

It took me a bit of courage to just sew and not think about the fabrics.. But the results can be quite wonderful.
I will admit that I collect my scraps and put them into bins, bases on colors and type , blues , browns, batiks and non-batiks etc. And tend to work through a bin at a time, maybe trowing in a few handfuls from other bins to give some extra ..interest. If you look closely at the scrappy quilts you like you will find the reason you like them.. jewel tones, equal amounts of light an dark..etc ... each person has their own taste , you can have it work for you in a scrappy, just do a bit of prethink ... then just do it ! Give one a try !
One tip .. smaller pieces of fabric allow the colors to visually blend together. I don't do scrappy with anything wider than 1 3/4 inch .. and prefer 1 1/2 inch.
Log Cabins are a great first step in scrappy! Just have a bag of light and a seperate bag of dark.

thats a wonderful idea........

Someone said "Scrappy Retarted". That would be me. (As long as the fabrics are of the same quality.

It is hard to let go of the control LOL Some patterns are easier for me to go totally scrappy than others :D:D:D

I think if you using a dark colored sashing between the scrap blocks, it will help bring the whole quilt together. I'm working on two right now....and (after looking at many people's quilts here), decided to try using bold colors--one with red and one with a bright blue...It really does make a difference.

The soft, muted colors (for sashing) don't give the definition to the blocks as well as the brighter colors. I've got SO MANY scraps that I'm going crazy trying to use them up--or at least under control.

Well then I must be "scrappy retarded" too.LOL! That is exactly the way I do my scrap quilts. We like to keep the old time tradition of scrappy quilting :thumbup:

Ditto.

What pattern are you using? Some quilters just aren't cut out to be scrappy - it takes guts. The whole point of a scrap quilt is that has no reasoning. But if you can't do it, try a controlled scrappy quilt - using the same neutral, for example, or using every-other scrap the same color.