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03-20-2010, 09:53 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
You're overthinking it. Just sew stuff together. Don't even try and match. Matching doesn't work for scrap quilts. Clashing is what makes a scrap quilt come to life and be stunning.
03-20-2010, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by lfw045
One of these days I want to do the paper bag method. Throw all the squares in a paperbag and the one you pull out is the one you sew next. That should be interesting to say the least.....lol!
03-20-2010, 09:57 AM
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Originally Posted by ctack2
It's funny that this topic came up today. I am a new new newbie...haven't got the first piece cut for my first quilt yet. I made a couple baby quilts, but that was like 30 years ago!
Last night while I was looking at patterns, I kept thinking to myself that while they are pretty, some beautiful ones out there, they just look like pieces of art to me. I'd see a pattern that I thought was nice, but kept thinking "that doesn't look cozy and comfortable like Mamaw's quilts always did" or "nice, but nothing as homey as Granny used to make". Then it hit me! The quilts that they made decades ago were all 'scrappy quilts', made from cloth left over from making clothes, or old clothes cut apart. I can't imagine either of them EVER went into a store with the intention of buying material for a quilt. Those were the quilts that you could spend hours looking at - looking for scraps from clothes you remembered someone wearing.....nothing says love (to me) more than a scrappy quilt made by my grandmother.
Carol B
Last night while I was looking at patterns, I kept thinking to myself that while they are pretty, some beautiful ones out there, they just look like pieces of art to me. I'd see a pattern that I thought was nice, but kept thinking "that doesn't look cozy and comfortable like Mamaw's quilts always did" or "nice, but nothing as homey as Granny used to make". Then it hit me! The quilts that they made decades ago were all 'scrappy quilts', made from cloth left over from making clothes, or old clothes cut apart. I can't imagine either of them EVER went into a store with the intention of buying material for a quilt. Those were the quilts that you could spend hours looking at - looking for scraps from clothes you remembered someone wearing.....nothing says love (to me) more than a scrappy quilt made by my grandmother.
Carol B
03-20-2010, 04:00 PM
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Sometimes I make sections in a scrappy "anything goes" manner. When I put those sections together, I try not to have any one color or value be overpowering.
I also presort my scraps and pull out the odd pieces that would not go. (I agree with maryb119).
I also presort my scraps and pull out the odd pieces that would not go. (I agree with maryb119).
03-20-2010, 04:10 PM
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Couple things....
Boston...to answer your original question, I made a scrappy looking lap quilt once. It was your sister that helped me make sure I didn't have exactly the same fabric next to eachother. It took us all morning. We just pulled stuff out of the bag, then arranged it a little. Here is one of the strips she helped me with:
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...nprogress3.jpg[/IMG]
In regards to tube quilting, I think Bargello's are made that way. I made my Stairway to Heaven like that. You pick what width you want. In the picture shown, she picked 2 1/2" strips. I picked 5 1/2" strips. You sew each strip in order you want. The picture posted went from darker to lighter. Mine was Patriotic for my Army son, so it had solid red, solid white, solid blue and overlapping flag print. I kept stitching until I had 16 strips with the same repeat over and over again. I knew I was going to have 16 rows. When I had all 16 strips sewn together, I stitched strip 1 to strip 16 creating a tube. You then cross cut on width you want. The picture posted was cross cut at 2 1/2". I cross cut mine at 5 1/2". Then I had 16 rings. Then, you pick out one seam for each ring. You have to plan where you pick the seam out so you can make your gradation go over one square. When the quilt was done, it looked like this:
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1252296210.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1252296212.jpg[/IMG]
Boston...to answer your original question, I made a scrappy looking lap quilt once. It was your sister that helped me make sure I didn't have exactly the same fabric next to eachother. It took us all morning. We just pulled stuff out of the bag, then arranged it a little. Here is one of the strips she helped me with:
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...nprogress3.jpg[/IMG]
In regards to tube quilting, I think Bargello's are made that way. I made my Stairway to Heaven like that. You pick what width you want. In the picture shown, she picked 2 1/2" strips. I picked 5 1/2" strips. You sew each strip in order you want. The picture posted went from darker to lighter. Mine was Patriotic for my Army son, so it had solid red, solid white, solid blue and overlapping flag print. I kept stitching until I had 16 strips with the same repeat over and over again. I knew I was going to have 16 rows. When I had all 16 strips sewn together, I stitched strip 1 to strip 16 creating a tube. You then cross cut on width you want. The picture posted was cross cut at 2 1/2". I cross cut mine at 5 1/2". Then I had 16 rings. Then, you pick out one seam for each ring. You have to plan where you pick the seam out so you can make your gradation go over one square. When the quilt was done, it looked like this:
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1252296210.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z...1252296212.jpg[/IMG]
03-20-2010, 04:26 PM
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My Mother made 32 scrappy quilts out of wool. Each of her children and each grandchild got one. Most were fabrics Mom had kept from sewing projects years before. We all recognized some of the pieces in our individual quilts and cherish them still today.
03-20-2010, 04:27 PM
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My Mother in law simply used the light and dark method, print, strip, floral, etc. But she did use light and dark of similar colors. I've got three queen size (she never made full size as the family members were all big, including her) she made for us as a wedding gift 51 years ago. They are still going, going, going, although a bit tattered. Made with love and scraps, the best kind. Silvia :lol:
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