What attributes does a really great scrappy have?
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here is one of my most recent scrappy quilts. Lights and dark of all styles of fabric.
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Home:
Pictures:
Sticky: Quilt Gallery
First post is by Cat- on- a- mac: Click on highlighted word " here", and it will take you to all styles of quilts to look at.
Hope it helps and inspires.
here is one of my most recent scrappy quilts. Lights and dark of all styles of fabric.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]569983[/ATTACH]
peace
#35
Don't forget to be aware of contrast in the darkness or lightness of your fabrics as you create you quilt.
If I work from my own scraps I can see my fabric preference but I can let go if I am working from others LOL
Check out quilts made by Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com to see quilts that have all kinds of fabrics tossed together and turning out beautifully
If I work from my own scraps I can see my fabric preference but I can let go if I am working from others LOL
Check out quilts made by Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville.com to see quilts that have all kinds of fabrics tossed together and turning out beautifully
#36
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The scrappies that most appeal to me are the ones where there is some continuity. Like some have a certain color piece at the same position in each block, or separated by the same color throughout, or the sashing is all one unifying color, or the whole thing is done in one to three color families. I hope is is helpful....
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I think that many quilters are drawn to certain colors or lines of fabric. I think that is why their scraps may be more cohesive. That's not the way I roll. I collect scraps from many sources and have a stash collected over many years. I think that is why my scrappies are more varied in fabrics. Here are two of my latest http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...g-t286754.html and http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...r-t286703.html
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I believe some people are just not able to handle randomness. I am one of those. I like Jeanne S's term "controlled scrappies." I find it totally impossible to operate without some kind of organizing principle. If I were you, I would develop an organizing principle to make it easier to put the quilt together. Whatever that principle is will depend on your personal taste in color and contrast. I sincerely doubt there is right way and wrong way; rather it depends solely on your likes and dislikes.
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To me, the best looking scrappiest are 'controlled' scrappies---they have have something that ties them together in a broad look. For example, they are primarily dark jewel tones, or light pastels, or bright primary colors. I guess the type or style of print doesn't matter as much as the overall color theme. I have just never been able to put a "true random" scrappy quilt together.
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Charlotte
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