Scrappy Quilts
#41
Charming, I have gotten it down to a color tone, but when I get ready to sew them I don't like fabric a next to fabric d, etc. Yet, when I see scrappy quilts done by others, I love them! I am afraid my being able to make a scrappy quilt is out of my element and I love them sew much.
#42
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Indiana
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Thank you for all the great suggestions. I am going to try it this weekend. I will fluff all the cut rectangles in the dryer and then what ever comes out of the bag is what is going to get put together. It will be controlled only in the colors that will go in the quilt. I am usind reds, blues and ivory flannel. Wish me luck!!
#43
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Get 2 brown paper bags. Put light bricks in one and dark bricks in the other. Then add mediums to each bag. "Stir" thoroughly.
Then take one from the light bag and one from the dark bag and sew them together ... regardless of whether you think they will go together or should you happen to pull the same medium fabric from each bag!
Then take one from the light bag and one from the dark bag and sew them together ... regardless of whether you think they will go together or should you happen to pull the same medium fabric from each bag!
#44
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Dallas area, Texas, USA
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I think most people do their best creative work when they are enjoying themselves. If scrappy is not your personal bliss, why not do whatever makes you happy? I'm assuming quilting is your hobby and not an obligation. While you're making your structured project, it wouldn't hurt to do a little experimenting - as long as it's fun! - such as switching a few pieces around on your design wall to just see what they might look like. Then it's not a commitment to do that, just an opportunity to try a different way of looking at things. Tell yourself it's a quilt and nobody's life will depend on how you decide to make it. On the other hand, here is a place (plenty of good places, actually) in this world of quilting for highly organized people. Embrace who you are and let your project express you.
#45
I'm a die-hard scrappy quilter, have rarely made anything that WASN'T scrappy. As someone else suggested, if you go to quiltville.com (Bonnie Hunter's site) you will get lots of good ideas and she has a bunch of free patterns. If you're uncomfortable with the kitchen sink approach it can really help to have one or two consistent colors to pull things together, like white/cream sashing. I know I've made one of Bonnie's patterns that combined rectangles (bricks) with black & white 4-patches. There was an awful mishmash of fabrics in it but the black & white pulled it all together and it ended up looking super.
Good luck! I think scrappy quilts are the best.
Good luck! I think scrappy quilts are the best.
#46
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Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Wisconsin
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I just finished 30 blocks of a scrappy pattern, Fun With Bricks. Each block had 24 pieces of scrap fabric, 2x3.5 and four 3.5x3.5. I forced myself to not control the selections, just picked them up and sewed them. I like the outcome and will post a photo of the top when the blocks are sewn together. It will be a long time before I do another like this one, I took out more seams than I sewed together! But I like the scrappy look, and did not have to buy any fabric. I have uncut large pieces of scrap fabric for another quilt, but that is down the line. I will probably do a controlled one, next time.
#47
Bear in mind that this poster is completely incapable of doing true random------------but I can tell you about it just the same.
#48
I'm a die-hard scrappy quilter, have rarely made anything that WASN'T scrappy. As someone else suggested, if you go to quiltville.com (Bonnie Hunter's site) you will get lots of good ideas and she has a bunch of free patterns. If you're uncomfortable with the kitchen sink approach it can really help to have one or two consistent colors to pull things together, like white/cream sashing. I know I've made one of Bonnie's patterns that combined rectangles (bricks) with black & white 4-patches. There was an awful mishmash of fabrics in it but the black & white pulled it all together and it ended up looking super.
Good luck! I think scrappy quilts are the best.
Good luck! I think scrappy quilts are the best.
#49
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Delaware County, SW of Phila.
Posts: 610
I was told by many people to do the following: put all your pieces into a container or bag. Pull them out one at a time and sew whatever you have in your hand. I have done this and the quilts are great. The whole point of being scrap quilts is not to match or be organized. Try it. You will like it. I guarantee.
#50
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Sonoma County, CA
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I made a red black and white quilt that was pretty scrappy; my only "controlled" scrappy, actually. I did 9-patch blocks that were "controlled" in that each block was either reds, whites, or blacks, but which pieces made it into the block was not controlled. Then I put the 9-patch blocks together more or less randomly - my only rule there was no two matching blocks could touch. It's actually the first patchwork quilt I made...it's HUGE (120" square) and took me 3 years to get it done because I kept getting intimidated by it, but it's one of my favorite quilts now. Flaws included.
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