Talk Scrappy to Me Challenge

[Edel]

My entry, a scrappy improv lap quilt.

Scraptastic quilt-talk scrappy to me challenge entry

The strangest thing about making quilts is that no matter how much scrap busting you do, the mountain of scraps is never any smaller. This is an improv style quilt, I like this style, but it can look really busy. So my “rules” for this kind of quilt is to use a fairly limited palette of colors and to use plenty of sashing to give the eyes a place to rest. My scraps are sorted into the boxes, purple/blue/greens, yellow/oranges/reds, black/white/greys. When I make a quilt I use scraps from just …