This week I have been busy quilting a few quilts made by a long time customer of mine.
I have always admired her use of colour and how she plays with different layouts. Her quilts are often what are referred to as scrap quilts. When someone has been quilting for many years those scraps accumulate and seem to grow when stored away.
Some of her quilts such as this one is just a bounty of colour and prints, they are so much fun to look at and explore the variety of prints.
Making simple blocks and utilizing same colour families in individual blocks is another technique that plays with colour.
The variety of colour and prints against a solid or solid reading print in this next quilt would really use up some scraps and sure makes a fun quilt to look at. Many of the most fun scrap quilts have easily pieced blocks such as half square triangles.
Allowing yourself the freedom of playing with your scraps over time, will help to grow your colour confidence.
One of the most freeing decisions that I have made in my personal scrap quilts is that I let go of stressing over the placement of blocks.
When discussing some of my scrap quilts with this customer and long time quilter, we both agree that a simple rule of no two same fabrics should touch but it’s alright if they are close by.
Allowing yourself to play and make scrap quilts just for the pure enjoyment of sewing and creating will I believe help to grow colour confidence,
This quilt, made by my Mom was made in an attempt to use up stash and is a wonderful example of years of acquiring scraps from projects and putting them together into a quilt that will be enjoyed for years to come! Happy Birthday in Heaven today Mom!
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