patdesign

Your comment about work being so structured is a real clue here. I am a retired Interior Designer, for years the perfect getaway for me was tent camping, AWAY from all the structure and details that ruled my daily work life, even though it was creative it had to fit a particular structure.
Pat

asimplelife

I think you've summed it up very well! Sometimes I call it "mindless" sewing, it's very freeing to me. And, I love looking at all the small pieces of fabric in scrappy quilts. I have learned a lot by seeing what colors pop out and get ideas for future "controlled" scrappy quilts. Right now I'm so drawn to 2 color or even monochromatic scrappy quilts which is unusual for me. Usually I'm the more colors the better!

Sew Freak

ditto on Pat625

dcamarote

Wow. You said it all. I love not only using up my fabric but not having to coordinate colors, styles, pattern,etc. They are so much fun to play with.

Mariposa

I didn't like scrappies when I first started quilting. The OCD part of me just had a hard time with it. But things have really changed, and I love scrappies now! My favorite quilts are scrappy samplers, with all kinds of sizes of blocks, a variety of patterns and techniques too. ( like paper piecing, applique, etc.) A bit of lots!

MargeD

I started out making very "controlled" quilts with each block matching and color coordinated. Then my "inner quilter" decided to make a quilt for a family reunion that was behind held at my house. Being bold, I asked them to send fabric in their family color (the previous reunion, each family wore the same colored T-shirt so that my long-lost uncle from CA could tell who belonged to whom. Colors ranged from black, red, orange, purple - you get the idea, so I really had to "let go" of my very "controlled/coordinated) quilts, use colors I wouldn't normally use. I've lost count of how many reunion quilts I have made, with family members sending fabric in a color I choose (although some "free spirits" chose not to comply), and I have come up with some very beautiful scrappy quilts. My favorite was when I asked for blue fabric I wound up with blue fabric, mostly in the bright, medium blue and I made the "best quilt I'd ever made" to use my one brother's words, who also wound up winning the quilt. I'm challenged to make a beautiful quilt in an assortment of colors, fabric, etc. and I've become a better quilter because of it.

trolleystation

Scappies are 'old timey' to me and also are my favorites.

Boston1954

Well put!! I love the macaroni and cheese comment. I have been known to cut up fabric on purpose to get more variety into a quilt. I like a lot of color.

Luv Quilts and Cats

I like scrappies because they are just too cute! They remind me of being a kid and having a scrappy patchwork quilt on my bed. I'm not sure what happened to it, it probably fell apart at some point. But I remember snuggling in it on a cold winters night and being warm. That's what scrappy quilts are to me.

ube quilting

You just created the "Scrappy Creed". I also love scrap quilts and the only thing I bother with is choosing the pattern I want to make. Taking unwanted fabric and turning it into something that can be used and loved gives me a great piece of mind and satisfaction.
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