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04-16-2011, 03:56 PM

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Fox54

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Just take a chance! In quilting there is no right or wrong just whatever you want to put together. lol :thumbup:

04-16-2011, 04:10 PM

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Grandma Peg

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I use to have a real hard time with this until I saw a few quilts where you knew the quilter did not match, just crabbed. They were gorgeous!!! So now it is much easier and also think the more you make the easier it is. Good luck.

04-16-2011, 05:40 PM

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madamekelly

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Originally Posted by kwhite

Yes I think we all "arrange" our scraps to a certain point. It is not a problem. If you don't like what came out of the bag then go back for another.

We promise not to tell the quilt police. :-)

04-16-2011, 05:47 PM

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glenda5253

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I always thought it was lights and darks. Putting a 'medium' in the mix makes perfect sense!

04-16-2011, 05:51 PM

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brushandthimble

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I call these my "controlled scrappy" I do this more often than not, but not all the time.

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Originally Posted by erstan947

I'm a scrappy quilter, I have found that I like a quilt that has a lot of the main fabric (muslin, white on white, etc) I also will choose a color or two and use it more often then the others (like blue and yellow). All the other colors will work and I go for it. If this is just not your bag....do the quilts that you like to do. I enjoy looking at art quilts but have no desire to do one. What ever you choose~enjoy the process:)

04-16-2011, 06:02 PM

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Annz

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Yea I think there has to be some form of organization to a scrappy but very limited.

04-16-2011, 06:14 PM

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sylviasmom

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I start out to make a scrappy, but end up making something else. Right now its 3d bowties. Maybe I, too am scrappy challenged.

04-16-2011, 07:43 PM

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My time

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A quilting friend one told me it's called being "Selectively Random". LOL I love that term.

04-16-2011, 10:01 PM

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Jammin' Jane

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I like scrappy, scrappy...unless 2 scraps next to each other are the same. Scrappy quilts are so fun!

04-17-2011, 07:00 AM

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Iris P.

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Quote:

Originally Posted by egagnon291

When making a scrap quilt, do you just randomly select pieces and put them together? I have a terrible hangup with this. I'm always worried that I will get two of the same material together or that the colors will clash. It seems I spend more time "arranging" my scrap quilt than actually starting it. As a result I put it aside and haven't touched it in years. Is this a common problem with newbie scrap quilters or is it just my own hangup. What do most people do?

Scrap quilting presents its own difficulties, as you have pointed out. For me, I find that there are several ways in which I learn how to make scrap quilts: looking at other's quilts and trying to see what they did that I like; making small quilts to "test out the waters" before I try a large quilt; and going to sites that have patterns and explanations. For the latter, I have recently found that Bonnie Hunter's site is invaluable to me, and has an amazing amount of patterns to choose from (over 40 of them!). Here is the site if you are interested

http://www.quiltville.com/

Very many happy quiltings to you! :-D :-D Iris

Here is a quilt with limited color palette using courthouse steps, but it is still a scrap quilt.

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