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I know there are no quilt police but I have a question about scrappy blocks. I have a lot of scraps that I am thinking about using for the Dutchman's block. Most of them do not match at all. All kinds of colors, and deigns. Many of the scraps will only make a small part of a block. Will this look alright? I have made amny scrappy string and crumb blocks but never one with a traditional block. Guess I could make up a block and see how it looks.

I guess it is all a matter of opinion.

I have seen traditional quilts with traditional blocks out of totally unmatching scraps and I loved it! Some were antique quilts and some were new.

I have done log cabins in scraps and I liked it. I like the look of scraps, esp with varying styles and colors. The unmatching part makes it charming, to me anyway.

When I was first quilting I made a Contrary Wife top out of the UgLIEST fabric I could find. The uglier I tried to make it, the cuter it got. It just got better and better.

Go for it girl!!!!!

If you look at the quilts that Bonnie Hunter makes at www.quiltville.com or look at the Scraps to Treasures Challenge quilts (go to one of Jayardi's posts & click on My Photos) you'll see that a lot of the time it's more about value (lights, darks, mediums) as opposed to the "matching" of the fabrics. Sometimes it's about color families (for instance, pull all your blue scraps), but still making sure to look at the value placement in the blocks. You can do it! And they'll look great

"Color gets all the credit, Value does all the work".


Just read that somewhere, can't remeber who to credit it to...

Each pinwheel a different color

#2 every pinwheel is alike but rest are scrappy

#3
each block alike

#4 scrappier

Guess it depends on the look you want. I love #4 and #1

Oh, I think I just descovered another neat quilt. Thanks for all your suggestions. Scrappy it will be.

This is Dutchman's Puzzle. Is there another block called Dutchman? I thought this was the one so many people are making now.

This makes it look more traditional but still uses scraps.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: EvelynB,

Oh my! I love them all...bur I agree #1 and #4 for sure. These are fantastic Evelyn. it's great getting an idea of what it might look like before doing all that work.

Put on point and colored differently. I used to love Quilters Newsletter because they gave several color variations. I love EQ because it allows me to play with colors without buying the fabric. Some combinations are just wrong.

...wow isn't that one on point pretty - never would have thought of that and I really like it. Thanks for the show ... it was fun

Evelyn...I love the joy you put into quilting...makes it more fun for all of us.Great show.

Looks like lots of possibilities.

Thanks Evelyn...I have thought about buying EQ but am afraid I would spend even MORE time on this computer. That said how long would you say it took you to become familiar with the program?

Owie, have you seen this scrappy Dutchmans Puzzle pattern? It uses a dark background fabric.

Thanks, Bozie. no I have not seen that before. Sure enough to think about.

Sandy,
I'm a teacher so have summers off. I bought my first EQ program at the beginning of summer and a friend and I worked thru the wonderful tutorials together. I think we did it every morning in June. It was fun to do together and very helpful. I learned a couple of things yesterday about the program. It's very powerful but I use it for simple quilt planning. It's got good instructions and is well written. Planning and dreaming is such fun to me. After all I can't afford to sew 24/7 anyway. LOL
Evelyn