"Stash Buster" Quilts
01-23-2013, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by MTS
It's not so much a question of color, but rather one of value.
If you divide your scraps/stash up into at least lights/med/darks and use the them in the appropriate patches, you can successfully make any block look great.
Value is more important than color.
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And if by chance they all happen to the exact same value (unlikely, but bear with me), you can break them into color categories - brights vs. darks., warm vs. cool colors, etc.
There has to be some sort of contrast, otherwise you get ....mush.
And sometimes that might be what you want.....mush. Makes a great interesting background for applique.
The problem is when one doesn't want mush, and the fabrics used in a block don't have any, or very little, contrast - value or color.
Or you want a mush background, but it's all over the place and the applique pieces don't stand out - they get swallowed by all the noise in the background.
If you divide your scraps/stash up into at least lights/med/darks and use the them in the appropriate patches, you can successfully make any block look great.
Value is more important than color.
eta:
And if by chance they all happen to the exact same value (unlikely, but bear with me), you can break them into color categories - brights vs. darks., warm vs. cool colors, etc.
There has to be some sort of contrast, otherwise you get ....mush.
And sometimes that might be what you want.....mush. Makes a great interesting background for applique.
The problem is when one doesn't want mush, and the fabrics used in a block don't have any, or very little, contrast - value or color.
Or you want a mush background, but it's all over the place and the applique pieces don't stand out - they get swallowed by all the noise in the background.
01-24-2013, 03:57 AM
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I really like the frugal block on quilter's cache. It takes 1 1/2 inch pieces. It does require a scrappy neutral but I am using anything in the cream/tan family for mine. I have a lot of muslin scraps that fit in this category.
01-24-2013, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by KarynneStorm
All the really great "stash buster" patterns I find require a large amount of white, or black, or neutral.
01-24-2013, 10:36 AM
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I knew I could count on all the lovely people here to talk me off my ledge. I am new enough to quilting that I hadn't thought about using the value of the color to make distinctions and contrast. Of course I asked here right before I started searching for other scrap quilts. I found one called "attic stairs" I think, that I really like, it's all scrap all the time and I think perfect for what I have on hand.
I don't have a link to the pattern, but it's pretty straight forward. Here is a link to the pinterest photo I found.
http://pinterest.com/pin/13159023883398103/
I don't have a link to the pattern, but it's pretty straight forward. Here is a link to the pinterest photo I found.
http://pinterest.com/pin/13159023883398103/
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