Scrappy quilt question
#71
Originally Posted by bjeriann
I want to make a scrappy quilt but I'm having a problem. I always coordinate my fabrics on a regular quilt, so using scraps are hard for me because they don't all go together. How do I get past this? I read somewhere to cut all my lights and darks - then put them in a bag (1 bag with lights and 1 bag with darks) then pull out 1 from each bag and sew it together. Is that pretty much how it works? I can use all the help I can get on this please.
#72
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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
You could use any color scheme.. 20 blacks 20 reds 20 greys 20 whites... these are all gorgeous scrappies too
#73
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.
me too. no offense, but I don't like the unplanned scrappy look. I need to like what I do.
Originally Posted by grandma Janice
Originally Posted by maryb119
I make "planned scrappy" quilts. i use scraps but I like to put colors that look good next to each other. I can't just grab and stitch. I'm picky I guess.
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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.
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#76
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.
#77
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.
#79
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.
If your really uncomfortable about doing a quilt scrappy, just do a small table top scrappy, and see how it comes out.
#80
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.
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.
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