CoriAmD

This is exactly what I do... you will be surprised how those fabrics that didn't go together look so nice in a scrappy quilt. Post photo when done. good luck :)

Sheepshed

You dont have to just draw out pieces with a blindfold either... if you take, for instance, *autumn colors* golds reds oranges greens tans autumn colors, maybe scrappy off white/tans for background, you can have a gorgeous scrappy without it being *blind mans bluff*....

You could use any color scheme.. 20 blacks 20 reds 20 greys 20 whites... these are all gorgeous scrappies too

PiecesinMn

I love scrappy quilts and just grap and go with them. I understand your view because if you don't like it, you aren't going to finish it. Maybe a semi scrappy quilt might work for you. By that I mean one part of the block (the center or star points) would be the same color or fabric and maybe that would coordinate it for you. Just a thought.

Dotsie

I love to make scrappy quilts. I made several bleuish quilts and for the scrappy ones I love to use blue or navy to combine and that ends up very well. Amazing how well blue combines all the colours

Stitchnripper

Here is my favorite scrappy quilt I recently made. I thought all the fabrics were very ugly and all I did was put lightish with darkish and turns out I love the results. I think that's the "beauty" of scrappies. Have fun with it. Sorry it is so blurry. There are some patterns in the fabrics and they don't follow any rules either.

sewingsuz

I just read you should make 4 piles. dark, light, and medium light and medium dark. I have my scraps by catagory. Baby girl, baby boy, western, flowers, 4th of july, vegtables, woodisy , southwest, xmas, fall, haloween. I think it will work for me. I also have to get into what is not scraps to help put it all together. Hope this helps a little. It is difficult with Scraps.

kwiltkrazy

That's the best way I know to do it, or else you end up getting matchy, you do it without even knowing it. They always turn out so beautiful. Just jump in and do it. I am dying to do another one, but have too many unfinished projects I have to get done.

penski

thats the way to do it , but i have the same problem you do , i want to change things around !!!!!

DonnaB

Make sure when you put your scraps in a bag, it's a brown paper bag, so you can peek while pulling.

If your really uncomfortable about doing a quilt scrappy, just do a small table top scrappy, and see how it comes out.

JenniePenny

Scrappy can mean so many things. The most recent one I did used lights, mediums, and darks. And there was a method for combining them.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-81391-1.htm

Another one I did was a Civil war fabric scrap quilt. It would not have worked if there were novelty or children's or bright colors thrown in. However, it did have over 50 fabrics.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-39328-1.htm

I think that picking out a pattern first has helped me make scrappy quilts. Knowing which pattern then helps me organize my scraps and use them to get a good effect.