Scrap Quilt Choices
#1
I decided to use up my scraps and make a "squares" scrap quilt. Now I have over 320 of the 480 squares I need and worry about how to fit all of these squares together in a way that will look good and use all of these little gems. When there are significant variations in color and style, how do you decide where pieces should go? The pattern's design works in rows but that won't work if the rows are not coordinated. HELP!!
#4
Originally Posted by redbugsullivan
I decided to use up my scraps and make a "squares" scrap quilt. Now I have over 320 of the 480 squares I need and worry about how to fit all of these squares together in a way that will look good and use all of these little gems. When there are significant variations in color and style, how do you decide where pieces should go? The pattern's design works in rows but that won't work if the rows are not coordinated. HELP!!
if you have hundreds of squares, I don't know what I'd try. Maybe follow a color wheel in a corner do yellows, then oranges, reds, purples, blues, greens
#5
I just finished a top for my daughter out of scraps, 6" light and dark squares. Put a light on a dark, marked corner to corner, sewed on each side of mark, then cut on mark. Has made a beautiful top. Did a pin wheel design. King size and I had 360 blocks. 180 of lights and 180 of darks. Haven't learned to post yet, but that's coming.
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Originally Posted by Sapphire_Rae
Throw them all in a bag, take two out and sew them together. Repeat.
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Maybe the pattern you are using is not ideal for scraps. Let go of what your orginal vision was and go with a more random method.
If you really want you could use the value to direct the pattern you want. Use light sqares , and dark to give the design.
If you really want you could use the value to direct the pattern you want. Use light sqares , and dark to give the design.
#10
Originally Posted by luvTooQuilt
Originally Posted by Sapphire_Rae
Throw them all in a bag, take two out and sew them together. Repeat.
That whole random thing scares the pants off me! This is going on our bed and if a wild 'n crazy is next to a something calm and subdued but beautiful, it will get lost. When making squares, my one rule was- If I don't love it, don't use it.
I think I've created a MONSTER!
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