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.