ccthomas

Nice quilt.

Terry99

Great quilt - nice job!

jmoore

Great job, wonderful colors...congratulations on your first scrappy finish.

rryder

Good job! Scrappy quilts are fun to make and when you're "winging it" it can take longer than if you're following a preplanned pattern, but as yours shows, it is time well spent!

Rob

fred singer

great job

Gannyrosie

For some reason, the quilts I've design as I go are the ones that keep me up at night. If I have a pattern and planned quilt it bores me quickly. Love the colors, so bright and cheerfully.

joyce888

Great job and love how colorful it is.

Mariposa

A delightful scrappy top! Fun colors too!

twinkie

Love your corner stars.

Blueridgebeverly

Thank you, everyone, for your words of encouragement. As a beginner, I'm a bit like a sponge right now. I appreciate the advice and feedback.

I do like to wing it....with some new skill or block to try out. I'm new at quilting, so when I said I did a scrappy quilt, there's a limited scrap pile to pull from. I had a fall table runner, baby quilts I've been sending to Annaquilts for her local NICU, a baby quilt I made for a friend, and a couple of classes from JoAnn's. Apparently, I like pinks and oranges together. ��

This morning I stumbled on these useful tips for scrappy quilts at generations-quilt-patterns.com. I think they are very useful for a beginner like me. But I'm going to have to wait until I have a more substantial stash to follow them.
To make a controlled scrappy quilt use the following guidelines:

• Choose a focus object of pleasing colors

• Choose fabrics for the project stash that are friends, but not clones, of your initial choice

• No fighting between choices (trust your gut)

• Use simple rules to choose fabrics for each block such as each color can only appear once

• If you want a certain ‘color cast’ to your quilt change the rule

• Enjoy the process; revel in the new combinations this method brings you