I love scrappy quilts for their beauty and their versatility - they seem to go in more different rooms than a "specific" color quilt.

I have an old Sizzix die cutting machine that I used for scrapbooking before I got my Cricut. I have ordered some of the old square dies, ranging from 1 1/2" to 3 3/4" and am going to cut my squares with the dies and make scrappies and hopefully clear out some of my scrap boxes. I figure I'm recycling the old die cutter and the old fabric. Can't wait to see what comes of it!

IM a scrapper thru and thru...
I save every lil scrap of fabric (nothing less than 1 hst- those are too itty bitty for me)... I do save 1.5 pieces for a fellow swapper - sheriR.. I know she will use them- as I wont..
I do have an Accuquilt GO cutter and my smallest die is 2x2.. and it is my most used die...
But i do believe i'm a controlled scrappy.. I cant dump them all in a paper bag and randomly choose.. I like to pick and choose what color i want where.. like the reds for example.. These strips were leftover cutting from from when I was straighintg the edge for my 10.5 layer cake swap that i host.. and I do have LOTS AND LOTS of strings..
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the 2x2 i guess really doesn't need to be controlled but has to be showcased somehow like this one.. Here I used uglies.... IMHO uglies are essential.. Honestly, at 2x2 are they REALLY seen as uglies?!?!?!

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Hello my name is Luv, and I AM a scrapper..

I started out with patterns, and had tons of scraps left over...partly because I always bought extra in case I cut wrong...so I ended up with a huge bin of scraps. This year I will start making my first scrappy quilts...it's not so much about the economy as it is about that huge bin! Also..I just haven't found the "perfect" new project to start on...I feel lost without a project or two going, so I am going to do a couple of scrappy quilts. I love the look of them!

Our Scrappy quilts originated from using leftover fabric from making clothing. We used to save all our scraps and send them to my grandmother, who made templates from cereal boxes and cut pieces with scissors, and we delighted in finding our dress or blouse fabric in one of her quilts. I still have some of them in my keepsakes, and one is so worn and used, it is pitiful, but I am keeping it just for old times sake. We use our quilts, and I am trying to use UP all my collected fabrics before that last ticket off this earth. Hope I make it!! I hope to post one here soon. ;-)

Have you seen Quiltville site. If there is anything the matter with you then Bonny Hunter is in real trouble. No, there is nothing wrong with you. Happy Scrap Quilting.
I'm a scrappy fan too.

I made a scrappy cathaderal window for my daughter years ago. I was resewing some of the points that had come unsewn for her. The more I looked at those scrapy windows the uglier I thought some of the fabrics were. I thought, "Man, this quilt is UGLY!" Then after I washed and dried it, I laid it on the bed and realized, "Man, this quilt is beautiful!"
You have to step away to see the beauty sometimes.

That's my passion too. Have a scrappy tumbler almost finished and am cutting for a thousand pyramids next.

Thanks for the pictures, Luv. Your quilts are great!!

Fabaddict, I'm with you. I make smaller and smaller seams as my pieces get smaller. A one half inch strip is still a quarter inch wide with two eighth inch seams. LOL I put all sizes together, and seldom care about the color of what is going next to what. I just try to get the sizes to match to make fewer seams.

And my "lint" goes into cat pillows for the local cat shelter. Have made several of them; some for me, too.

That is exactly how I feel. I, also, hate to waste the smallest scrap.

Scrappy for the sake of being scrappy messes with my OCD mind. I do, however, use my scraps for 'color organized' log cabins.

I am looking for a scrappy pattern to make for a fund raising quilt. (A fancy city wide hospital auction) I have a great collection of bright dot fabrics. Does anyone have a suggestion?

I've only been quilting 2 years and I love, love, love scrappy quilts. I've been collecting reproduction fat quarters like they are going out of style in order to make my stuff super scrappy.

I like scrappies but haven't made one yet. I think I will start with a log cabin. (On my to-do list!) LOL!

We did a lot of scrappy scripture comfort quilts through our church....we met every two weeks and each quilt that was completed we oohed and aahed over....they were each so beautiful....and there was not matching of colors....I love scrappy!!! We have moved to another town and I miss the quilt ministry VERY much....great ladies!!!

And your quilts are beautiful and your 10.5" swaps are FUN!!! Hurray for scrappy!

I love this!!!... I think my scrappies turn out the best...crazy logs..I love doing them...did a large quilt for my nephew that turned out not as nice as I would have liked..the blocks of 2"sq. were great but I didn't get the strips between the blocks as lined up as they should have, but it looks pretty anyway..scrapes can be used in so many patterns.

I am currently making a scrappy heart quilt. I found the pattern at about.com

Luv scraps quilts

Scrappy quilts are also my favorite! I agree that even the ugliest fabric looks good in a scrappy quilt. They are so colorful and go with anything.

That's interesting that you feel there are more people doing scrappies. I thought that I was just noticing more scrappies--that it was just that I hadn't noticed them before. I have a growing love for scrappy quilts--I consider it part of my evolution as a quilter. There's certainly nothing wrong with you--scrappy quilts are the best!

I love scrappies. I also love when my friends give me scraps. I have a lot to make some great scrappy quilts.

I understand your scrap addiction. I sometimes wonder if something is not wrong with me because I would rather sew in my scraps than cut into my fabrics. It is weird and I have so much fabric that I really don't need to sew with the scraps...I just love sewing with them. I too get so excited when someone gives me scraps. I do donate the really tiny pieces to a lady who does dog beds for the Humane Society. I do this because none of my scraps go to waste and I use all $10 worth of yardage and none goes to the landfill. I love scraps.

I don't like to waste fabric, thus my scrappies are born. However...I have to admit, I do hate cutting out scraps because big pieces of fabric cut into strips seems a whole lot easier to me. I always like the end result, but do them out of guilt of waste more than love of the look!

I really like the idea of planning the scrappy and then looking at the results. It is very rewarding.

I sew scrappy to use up leftovers from quilts and my stash. I do like the look.

I love all kinds of quilts. My grandmother and her sisters all made beautiful quilts...some controlled and some scrappy. The scrappies were the most fun for me because I could look at them for hours and pick out pieces of fabric I recognized from clothing we all wore. They were kind of like I Spy quilts. The scrappies I make now don't have fabrics I recognize from clothes, but many are fabrics from other quilts. I also just love the freedom and randomness of a scrappy quilt. You can make multiples of the same quilt using different scraps and they will each have a personality of their own. They are just plain FUN!!

I also think that Bonnie Hunter may have some influence here as well.

I love scrappy quilts. So many different fabrics. I can't bear to throw even the smallest piece of fabric away. So, I'll never fun out of things to sew. There are so many scrappy patterns too. I don't know if it is a sign of the times or not. If so, it started long ago and will probably go for a while longer.

Personally I've never made a scrappy but I do have plenty of scraps. I collect any size and it has to be mighty small before I throw it out. I mean, if you can get each side to be sewn 1/4 inch and still be able to see the fabric...it's a keeper! Even if it is ugly I figure it'll look good somewhere giving it a nice permanent home! GOOD THREAD! :thumbup:

Perhaps we are automatically going back to the roots of quilting. Our guild had a lecturer (with lots of examples) and she had spent a lot of time researching quilting. The first quilting was simply patching. At some point it evloved into if you have to patch, why not make it beautiful? At some very later date deliberate design were started. We are simply going back to the roots of quilting!

Probaby the economic crisis is influencing us. How many of us recyle? Not because we "need" to, but because it helps us have a cleaner world. Why do we use up our scrapes? Many of us have huge stashes and could make "designed" quilts out of what we have, but the awareness that times are hard, that fabric prices are going up, and, of course, the beautiful scrappies we see others doing makes us want to do what our ancestors did long ago.... be thrifty and have fun using the pieces we have on hand. Even those who buy fat quarters for scrappies are influenced by the history, the "feel" of making quilts our of small pieces.

some of my scrappy quilts.
 

Thank you for all the wonderful posts............ here are some of the scrappy quilts I have done.

I agree - I am just not a fan of most scrappies at all. Some of them I can appreciate, IF they are somewhat controlled and have a color theme or some kind of unifying theme. I still keep my scraps in case I need something in that specific color.

Scrapquilter I love your scrappies. Looks like you are a Bonnie Hunter fan too.

I love the look of a true scrappy quilt, where someone just pulls a square from the bag, but I haven't made one myself yet. I have tons of fabric in bins that I've purchased on sale or had leftover from another project so even when I decide to pull from my stash, it ends up being color coordinated. I've been slowly cutting leftover pieces into strips though with the eventual intention of cutting them into squares and putting them in bags for a true scrappy Irish Chain.

I suppose it's like most things in life; for some scrappies may be a sign of the troubled economy and for others just a love of scrappy!

I like all kinds of quilts including scrappies BUT on my recent visit to Canada I realized that if I still lived there I would have to either give up quilting or work with scraps only. The fabric prices are outrageous! I went to a LQS and a chain store (Fabricland) and both had great variety of fabrics but I could afford to buy only deeply discounted ones. To give you an example - I like batiks and they were $22 per meter (slightly longer than a yard). So 10 yards of batik for my bargello would cost $220 + 12% tax . I bought the same amount of fabric in the fall in PA for $100. So yes, scrap quilts are becoming a necessity if you want to keep quilting, unless you have enough disposable income to feed your fabric addiction. If you do, all the power to you and keep on quilting.

I live in Canada and I mostly agree but there are great sales here so that's where I will try and get most of my fabric.