PurplePassion

You could try making an I Spy quilt for a kid. that way you can use a variety of different prints or solids.

mountain deb

Enjoy the hunt and tame the stash. Enjoy the whole process and do not overly think about it. Quilts usually turn out better that way.

Lavada

try missouri star quilt company they show blocks made with scraps

solstice3

I agree with QuiltnNan...string quilt.

WMUTeach

Ditto on looking at Quiltville.com. I went there a year ago and I am still stash busting and have many, many more to go. Bonnie Hunter has so many good ideas to use that stash that one could be busy for years and seldom have to shop for fabric, only backing and batting. Have fun. Watch the board too because so many of the wonderful participants are using stash to make beauties!

EvelynJ

I too had many different odd sized/colored fabrics from clothing and project I had done for family and friends so I used them to create a quilt top that is my first large quilt I plan to create. It is my test model and is just for me so the 'quilting' police don't matter too much. I have a green material with sunflowers bordering the sides and the top and bottom borders are black and white leopard spot material. It is very colorful and odd. I'll try to add a picture so you can see it and you can tell me what you think about it. I love feedback as this is my first large one and I am a beginner.

sewbizgirl

I have to really like the fabrics together before I start the quilt. It's a gut feeling... If you are uneasy about throwing your pieces all together, I'd trust that feeling. You won't like the finished quilt, either.

I would wait and start collecting more fabric... looking for things to go with what you have. Get a feel for what you want to do with each type. It's worth it to wait to collect enough of the right pieces to go together. That's the artistry of quilting.

GrannieAnnie

You could do some preliminary sorting---------------

by color, either by design color or maybe even background color.

or by design (animal, floral, kiddy)

or wovens vs. prints

sort solid separately, easy to grab what you need that way.

#1 AAA quilter

I sort mine into darks and lights. then you can choose to make dark blocks and light blocs.. or darks on one side and lights on another side of the same block

skothing

I agree there are great causes to donate a quilt .