Are you a scrapper?
05-17-2011, 09:59 AM
#101
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I plan any quilt. I love scrappy cause it uses up leftover fabrics, i am currently making a moda pattern, that called for one line of their fabrics, and the bricks are all now scraps, each one is different and white charm squares to separate them, I also love planned nice coordinated quilts as well. I take scraps from people, and make lots of charity quilts, soldier quilts and other blocks. And buy
what colors i like as well. Nothing worng with any way
you are the artist, it is your color bin of fabrics.
what colors i like as well. Nothing worng with any way
you are the artist, it is your color bin of fabrics.
05-17-2011, 10:18 AM
#102
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Location: Sunny Southern California, actually Riverside
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Both and a crazy quilter too. But I definitely apply the rule that it is my quilt and I can do it my way to all of my projects. I love quilting and need to do more scrappies right now as the left overs from about 50 quilts take up too much space in my sewing room. I am loving the board too!!
05-17-2011, 10:23 AM
#103
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I am not in here much, just a stalker, LOL but I had to reply to this one. I do mostly preplan quilts. BUT my husband takes my left over scraps and that is what he makes his quilts out of. Most of the times I like his better than my planned ones.
05-17-2011, 10:39 AM
#105
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Location: Northern Indiana
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Originally Posted by kwhite
Scrapper!!!! I am color challanged and this way anything goes and I have no worries. Plus, to me, quilting is a way to use all of those scraps from your life that had no place to "be" otherwise.
05-17-2011, 10:40 AM
#106
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Location: Largo FL
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Originally Posted by Murphy
Originally Posted by JulieTN
Or are you a preplanned few fabrics quilter? Either way, why do you like choosing that method.
Julie
Julie
05-17-2011, 11:03 AM
#107
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Location: East Tennessee
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Some of both. I do love making scrap quilts though. They are easier, somehow, and it's a good exercise in dealing more with values than colors. Besides, I love the old-fashioned designs that work so well with scraps. Most of the "planned" quilts I make are for gifts.
05-17-2011, 11:30 AM
#108
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Atlanta, Texas
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I love both kinds of quilts. I have some fabric matched up for future planned quilts and I also love scrap quilts.
The first couple quilts I made (a little over a year ago), I stressed over picking the fabrics and was not really pleased afterward with the fabrics I chose. Since then, I have been working on a lot of scrappy quilt tops and I think it has helped me to see that a lot of colors I generally would not put together actually do go together beautifully.
I still have a lot of scrappy quilts that I want to do, but I have as many planned quilts on that list as well!! LOL
The first couple quilts I made (a little over a year ago), I stressed over picking the fabrics and was not really pleased afterward with the fabrics I chose. Since then, I have been working on a lot of scrappy quilt tops and I think it has helped me to see that a lot of colors I generally would not put together actually do go together beautifully.
I still have a lot of scrappy quilts that I want to do, but I have as many planned quilts on that list as well!! LOL
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