Scappy Quilt Question
10-19-2011, 05:49 AM
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Some people put all scraps in a bag and sew by pulling scraps out randomly. I sit down, empty my scraps and FQ and pull out the color groups or by theme like 1930 I want to use. So mine are controlled scrappies. Once I have a good amount of scrappies gathered I spread them out and squint to see if any pop in a bad way or if it looks like it will give the result I am looking for.
10-19-2011, 06:12 AM
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I do like scrappy quilts. I make both controlled scrappies and random scrappies. They all have turned out nice. Sometimes I use a certain pattern and make all of the blocks a different color or sometimes it is just random.
Scrappy quilts is a great way to use up scraps, but they seem to multiply like crazy!
Scrappy quilts is a great way to use up scraps, but they seem to multiply like crazy!
10-19-2011, 08:24 AM
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I love the scrappy quilt photos that have been posted.
Beautiful!
Those are the kind I like, an organized scrappy. The ones I dont like are those that are just helter skelter and look like a dark mess.
Beautiful!
Those are the kind I like, an organized scrappy. The ones I dont like are those that are just helter skelter and look like a dark mess.
10-19-2011, 12:37 PM
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LOVE THIS SITE !!!! I have found out that I have fallen in love with SCRAPPY QUILTS !!
Originally Posted by Chele
Try this site for inspiration: http://quiltville.com/
Bonnie has tons of free patterns on the right hand side.
Bonnie has tons of free patterns on the right hand side.
10-19-2011, 02:35 PM
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I love scrappy quilts and I have this one in progress. It's the same design as Patches and Pinwheels from quiltville.com but in a bigger size. Same as the one DebraK posted but in more muted colors. I'm using my stash for everything except borders.
I have a book by Lynn Roddy Brown called Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts and I have found it helpful in learning to rely on value rather than color for a scrappy quilt. The one in the photo is from her book. This is about half of it...will be queen size when it gets borders, etc. It's been fun to piece but I used the Triangulations pdf file for the half-square triangles as those are always a challenge for me.
I have a book by Lynn Roddy Brown called Simple Strategies for Scrap Quilts and I have found it helpful in learning to rely on value rather than color for a scrappy quilt. The one in the photo is from her book. This is about half of it...will be queen size when it gets borders, etc. It's been fun to piece but I used the Triangulations pdf file for the half-square triangles as those are always a challenge for me.
Scrappy based on values rather than colors
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10-19-2011, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by StitchinJoy
I like the controlled scrappy look, like the one in my avatar. It's got all whites and blacks in the pinwheels and brighter mediums everywhere else. (Bonnie Hunter's Patches and Pinwheels pattern, free from her www.quiltville.com website.)
I usually start by finding a pattern that I like. Then I decide on what sort of feel I want the quilt to have. Do I want a bright happy kid quilt? Or a dark masculine quilt? Or a vibrant autumnal quilt?
When I decide on that, then I can go and choose scraps and FQs and strips that fit the theme. (I have some precut strips --2 inch and 2 1/2 and 3 inch strips--, so I have a good start on cutting. That helps move the process along.)
I pull a lot of different prints. Like a couple hundred. Most of my quilts have more than 200 different fabrics in them. I just like seeing how the fabrics play nicely together. My avatar quilt has modern Kaffe Fassett and Amy Butler fabrics, reproduction prints, kid novelty prints, Asian fabric, food fabrics like cherries and berries, batiks, you name it--it's in there.
To me, more is more. And it's so much easier if you have many different prints, because it's less likely that you'll end up with patches of the same fabric in blocks right next to each other!
Good luck. Please post when you finish. I love to see scrappy quilts!
I usually start by finding a pattern that I like. Then I decide on what sort of feel I want the quilt to have. Do I want a bright happy kid quilt? Or a dark masculine quilt? Or a vibrant autumnal quilt?
When I decide on that, then I can go and choose scraps and FQs and strips that fit the theme. (I have some precut strips --2 inch and 2 1/2 and 3 inch strips--, so I have a good start on cutting. That helps move the process along.)
I pull a lot of different prints. Like a couple hundred. Most of my quilts have more than 200 different fabrics in them. I just like seeing how the fabrics play nicely together. My avatar quilt has modern Kaffe Fassett and Amy Butler fabrics, reproduction prints, kid novelty prints, Asian fabric, food fabrics like cherries and berries, batiks, you name it--it's in there.
To me, more is more. And it's so much easier if you have many different prints, because it's less likely that you'll end up with patches of the same fabric in blocks right next to each other!
Good luck. Please post when you finish. I love to see scrappy quilts!
10-19-2011, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Chele
Try this site for inspiration: http://quiltville.com/
Bonnie has tons of free patterns on the right hand side.
Bonnie has tons of free patterns on the right hand side.
That is one fun webiste--- holy cow!! kinda got lost there for awhile :}
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