Scrappy vs Many Fabrics
#22
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IMO, I make 2 types of scrap quilts. Both are using left over fabric. The 1st is using scraps from my scraps, not paying too much attention to placement. The 2nd type is a controlled scrappy where I pick certain colors from my scraps to make a quilt. My scraps are either scrapes I have from my previous projects, or scraps I have either swapped to get or someone has given me. I consider my scraps different from my stash. My stash is new fabric I have bought but not used yet. So I would not consider a quilt using my stash as a scrappy quilt, even though it looks scrappy.
#24
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Scrappy means a large variety of fabrics to me. They do not need to be random. I am currently making a scrappy quilt focusing on three main colors chosen to go with a border fabric. I am using about fifty different fabrics. In the past, I would have chosen just 3-4 coordinating fabrics. I love the shades and textures that you get by using a variety of fabrics.
A sampler plate sounds like lunch to me.
A sampler plate sounds like lunch to me.
#26
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just me.. but I made a quilt recently that I wanted to look scrappy. SO I bought 10 different fabrics that I knew worked well together. I think of that as a version of a "controlled scrappy"
I am now cutting fabric from left over fabric into 2-1/2" squares. They are all different and don't necessarily go together. That is what I think of scappy
I am now cutting fabric from left over fabric into 2-1/2" squares. They are all different and don't necessarily go together. That is what I think of scappy
#27
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I have a bit of a problem with the word "scrap" -
to me, that is what goes in the wastebasket or to recycling.
How about these other words?
oddments
remnants
bits and pieces
snippets
odd-shaped precuts? (That one is a stretch!) As far as I know - many precuts are cut again into different sizes or shapes - or even made to be the same size.
to me, that is what goes in the wastebasket or to recycling.
How about these other words?
oddments
remnants
bits and pieces
snippets
odd-shaped precuts? (That one is a stretch!) As far as I know - many precuts are cut again into different sizes or shapes - or even made to be the same size.
#28
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It's my observation that these so-called "scrappy" quilts are the product of people who have excess money to spend so buy yardage as if it grew on trees and/or lack the math skills to precisely calculate the need for a given design, and either overbuy or underbuy to such an extent that they have unpredictable quantities of fabric.
In my youth, the scrap bag truly was the scraps -- well worn odd bits which were used again to create functional but not artistic homegoods. Every inch of a new bolt was conserved and when we cut, it was with a thought to the most economical method possible.
I do find some of the new "scrap" quilts visually pleasing, though I can't imagine the waste!
In my youth, the scrap bag truly was the scraps -- well worn odd bits which were used again to create functional but not artistic homegoods. Every inch of a new bolt was conserved and when we cut, it was with a thought to the most economical method possible.
I do find some of the new "scrap" quilts visually pleasing, though I can't imagine the waste!
#30
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Another thing that I thought of after I had originally posted was the part of speech that both words are. Scrappy is an adjective, meaning that it describes the type of quilt; scrap is a noun which means that it is a thing ( fabric remnant). Just one more thing to think about.
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