What do you think scrappy means?
04-10-2011, 02:32 PM
#101
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Originally Posted by dljennings
i make a lot of scrappys they are my favorite... but i have to admit that i check to make sure that i don't have any like colors touching.ie red touching red or blue touching blue..
and i think nothing sets off a scrappy like black...
and i think nothing sets off a scrappy like black...
04-10-2011, 04:02 PM
#103
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Well.. I'm a scrappy-girl.
All of my scraps are really just... scraps.
Bits & pieces leftover from projects from days/times gone by and many of them not even my own!
My avatar is a prime example of my version of scrappy. :)
I even have 3 grocery totes with 2" strips sorted by light/medium/dark for string quilts.
I just reach into a bag of whatever value I need and use whatever comes out.
I say.. to each their own.
Work with whatcha got or get whatcha need...
just have FUN and ENJOY!
All of my scraps are really just... scraps.
Bits & pieces leftover from projects from days/times gone by and many of them not even my own!
My avatar is a prime example of my version of scrappy. :)
I even have 3 grocery totes with 2" strips sorted by light/medium/dark for string quilts.
I just reach into a bag of whatever value I need and use whatever comes out.
I say.. to each their own.
Work with whatcha got or get whatcha need...
just have FUN and ENJOY!
04-10-2011, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Rose Bagwell
I agree with you, yet you see all this scrappy qults with so much matching colors, is it really scrappy?
04-10-2011, 05:11 PM
#108
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To me scrappy means having a multitude of unco-ordinated fabrics. Then there is planned scrappy, which is a multitude of similar fabrics...like a scrappy batik or a scrappy floral or a scrappy Civil War reproduction. Many of us favor certain kinds of fabrics and avoid others (I love batiks and Orientals but hate homespuns and Thimbleberry) so if your fabric choices are not eclectic your stash, and hence your scraps, are kind of planned anyway. If I looked at your avatar picture would I see juvenile prints, depression era fabrics, novelties, florals, fruits and veggies, skulls, etc. In effect your scrappy quilt is probably kind of "planned" just by virtue of the nature of your stash/scraps.
And for what it's worth...I love planned scrappy but not completely wanton scrappy.
And for what it's worth...I love planned scrappy but not completely wanton scrappy.
04-10-2011, 06:20 PM
#109
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Originally Posted by sewcrafty
Your avatar is the real thing! OK, need to fess up here! I love scrappy's but haven't done one yet. :-( I'm very matchy matchy and have a hard time with just pull and go. it actually makes me nervous. I'm collecting 1.5 HST's and squares to do one though. So buy the time I get the 5-6,000 squares I need, hopefully I'll have the courage! :lol: I think I've actually found the pattern which is a HUGE step in that direction. ;)
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04-10-2011, 06:21 PM
#110
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Scrappy, to me, is taking all those little piece that no one wants and making a quilt out of them. Usually, the colors should be entirely random. If the pink fits best next to the red, so be it. Now, i do frequently separate the lights from the darks to give the quilt depth. Scrappy is all that I do. It may turn out to be a nine patch, four patch, or a one patch. Frequently, it is a string quilt, or the ultimate scrappy and my favorite, a crumb block.
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