Making a scrap quilt - question
#41
I love scrap quilts because they remind me of my great grandmother's quilts....they used what they had. I like to pay attention to some colors so that there is a contrast of sorts. I lay the blocks on the (clean) floor and take a picture as somehow the picture gives a better view and then you can rearrange them to suit your taste. Best wishes on your endeavor.
#43
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Recipe for scrappy quilting. Do not fret over matching. Cut your squares and put the lights in one paper bag and the darks inanother paper bag. Pick one from each and sew. It will look like a mish-mash but it works. My daughter is obbessive compulsive and she made a quilt using this method. Muslin for sashing usually works well. Good luck on your adventure.
#44
Have you thought about a log cabin? it would create visual intrest, and the pieces would be small so that if you had any that didn't really 'go together' it wouldn't be that noticeable! Here is a great tutorial I've used for a sampler quilt - http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/2...eek-day-3.html
#46
There are many ways to approach a scrappy quilt.
I tend to favor using contrast: darks vs lights.
I'll find or design a pattern and decide the position
of darks and lights within the block and roll with it.
(Perfect example is my avatar using a block I designed.)
String quilts are so much fun!
You can randomly grab a strip of fabric and go at it..
Or you can plan the position of color values and use that plan on each block and turn out some very attractive quilts.
...and you will have never really looked at the colors while you made it because the values have done all the work!
I tend to favor using contrast: darks vs lights.
I'll find or design a pattern and decide the position
of darks and lights within the block and roll with it.
(Perfect example is my avatar using a block I designed.)
String quilts are so much fun!
You can randomly grab a strip of fabric and go at it..
Or you can plan the position of color values and use that plan on each block and turn out some very attractive quilts.
...and you will have never really looked at the colors while you made it because the values have done all the work!
#47
one of the most fun quilt classes I ever took was a scrap quilt from Mary Ellen Hopkins she had everyone bring some fabric lights and darks ant the lights went in a paper bag the darks in another and you drew one out of each bag sewed them together and we had some neat looking quilts oh yes if someone wanted to get chosy on picking a color they got blind folded and Marty Ellen is also the author of Its OK to sit on my Quilt
#49
Originally Posted by DebQuilter50
I think I would like my next quilt to look like a scrap quilt.
I know that scrap quilts are made from scraps (sometimes I amaze myself ;) , but do you put certain colors in certain areas?
I have seen some scrap quilts that I really love, and the colors don't seem quite right on others.
Need advice and direction.
I know that scrap quilts are made from scraps (sometimes I amaze myself ;) , but do you put certain colors in certain areas?
I have seen some scrap quilts that I really love, and the colors don't seem quite right on others.
Need advice and direction.
Have you been to http://www.quiltville.com
yet? She specializes in scrappy and you will get to see many free patterns with Bonnie Hunter's unique perception on scrappy <wave>
#50
Most of my scrappy are of the controlled variety. I tend to pick from a set number of colors and stick to that. I sort my scraps by color so it's easy for me to do it that way. The other way I scrappy is by theme. IE: Panda quilt, horse quilt, florals. So that still falls into the controlled area. I have never done a full out scrappy where you just grab and sew, although I will do that within my controlled choices.
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