profannie

I'm doing a major clean out of my scraps and I have a Ton of solid white leftover.
I use a lot of white in my quilts, but it's sometimes snow, sometimes bone, sometimes pdf white... so my scraps are various shade of white.
I know what to do with low volume fabric scraps, I know what to do with grey leftovers, but I have no idea of how to use several shade of solid white in a quilt.
I'm a very "controlled scrappy" girl; I don't like to have my quilts look scrappy, in fact so I usually work with a very limited and specific color scheme.
I would love to see your quilts made with different solid white scraps. My main goal for 2019 is to put a real dent in my extra large bin of white leftovers!

Tartan

​I would use them in a strip quilt blocks like the Boxes Of Strings QB tutorial.

Sephie

What about Converging Corners? Here is an example of a gorgeous scrappy-background one.

loisf

What a great pattern. Different whites would be perfect in this one. Any log cabin block would also work. Just be sure to mix the whites up well, so it doesn't look like a mistake. I made a quilt once with a white background, and then bound it with a different white. I never noticed it until I was handing to my friend as a gift while standing in bright sunlight. I almost cried, but I just kept my mouth shut. I'm sure she never noticed it, and if she did, it wouldn't matter to her.

Watson

I have a bag full of fabrics just waiting for me to finish my current project to start converging corner.

Go for it! It will look great with all your whites!

Watson

Chester the bunny

Thank you for posting this link. Love that pattern!

profannie

Ladies, thank you so much for your suggestions. I think a log cabin kind of quilt is the way to go to use those white scraps and make them look good. The Converging corner doesn't convince me (I love some symmetry in a quilt). But while looking for ideas, I've seen a Beads Log cabin (the colored section create a round shape). Now, that's my type of quilt!!! Any idea where to find a pattern for this (and will it require 100 hours of cutting?)

-Loisf, I know what you mean. I've done a three time a quilt that ended up with one single tiny piece of a slightly different white. It was not visible in my studio but it was on daylight! Each time, I was very upset, but each time, my customer didn't even come close to notice it.

nativetexan

I love quilts with neutral shades. beige's and whites. I don't have a specific pattern in mind though. they always look so good even if simple.

Macybaby

This was made using five different shades of cream - placed randomly. The pattern in Snake River.

profannie

This is a gorgeous quilt, Cathy! I think it would be less beautiful with only one shade of white or cream - the multiple shades add some depth.