When making a controlled scrappy quilt......
06-05-2013, 05:24 AM
#21
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I am a true scrappy girl. Like Jan said first, the more different fabrics the better. Quiltville changed my world. I've made 14 of her quilts and only one was made with 7 fabrics. That one was a scrappy Trips Around the World. My friend from S. Africa does travel around the world and she saw this fabric when I bought it. So that was her wedding gift. Bonnie does lots of controlled scrappy and I do love them. Here are a few. The one on the end is string blocks which are a blast to make.
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06-05-2013, 05:35 AM
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This is me too. The more fabrics the merrier but I do keep my eye on value and in some projects limited color families. I probably obsess more over block layout than over block making!
06-05-2013, 06:18 AM
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06-05-2013, 06:27 AM
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That's a triple Irish Chain. Really easy pattern.
06-05-2013, 07:36 AM
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I love the scrappy look, with a ton of different unrelated fabrics but I like to see a color thrown in to pull it all together so I guess I prefer a controlled scrappy. ie: Bonnie Hunter's Sister's Choice, she made all the star points some shade of med-dark red (or green for her first one). The eight points in each block were from the same fabric. Each of her 9-patches in it were made from a different two fabrics. She used a ton of different fabrics but it was still what i would call controlled.
I love the quilts Judi in Ohio showed, especially the first one.
I love the quilts Judi in Ohio showed, especially the first one.
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06-05-2013, 08:44 AM
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And who on earth will actually have to count the fabrics in the entries?!
(Hmm, just for grins, I'd love to enter a quilt in that show and use only, oh, 73 fabrics.
)Jan in VA
06-05-2013, 09:05 AM
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Now I realize I did not describe the type of quilt correctly. I know all about scrappy. What I had in mind is making a 40" X 45" table topper 4th of July quilt with 5" squares. When previously making this type/size quilt, I liked limiting the fabrics to only 9 or so. At least that looked best to my eye. THX for all the helpful replies! I can't seem to remove the italics and underline here.....
06-05-2013, 09:24 AM
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I agree with Jans' post. Good description. Bonnie Hunters' site has a wealth of information on scrappy quilting. She's certainly one of our current experts on the subject.
Here's a link to instructions on making a scrappy triple irish chain.
http://scrapendipitydesigns.com/blog/?p=1047
It's on my list too!
Jane
Here's a link to instructions on making a scrappy triple irish chain.
http://scrapendipitydesigns.com/blog/?p=1047
It's on my list too!
Jane
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