Scrap Attack Challenge

Scrap Attack! is our guild theme for the year. Helen H & Claire F are challenge coordinators for the year.They will be creating fun and provacative challenges around the Scrap Attack! theme this year.

This is a brief summary of the presentation about the challenge:
 
Why scraps?

• Environmentally sound
• imple Living/Spiritual choice (less is more)
• Inspirational (especially if someone else's scraps)
• Fun
• Challenging

APPROACH: What reflects you - can be random, improvisational or structured/architectural. Examples of both were shown at the meeting.

ORDERING: Try different things and decide what works for you. Examples:

• Ruth cuts all into standards sizes and shapes
• Claire sorts by shapes but doesn't cut down; has separate containers for rectangular, triangles, orphan blocks, strips, odd sizes/shapes. 
•  Some people cut certain sizes, such as 2.5" squares, 5" squares, 2.5" strips, etc
• Others sort by color

Can further refine by size or color. Throw UFO's, old linens & clothing into your scrap mix if they work with your style.


COLOR:

• Don’t need to use all scraps at once, apply same color rules you use for new projects
• Replace solids with tone-on-tone (“acts-as-solids”) in color of your choice
• Similar or contrasting intensities, pattern sizes? Apply same rules as for new
• Choose palettes thoughtfully, let them reflect your own sensibilities.

DESIGN & USES

• Small projects (journal covers, block centers)
• Make new fabric by sewing scraps together and cut shapes for a project from this new 'fabric'
• Crazy quilt
• Show off scraps with single color sashing or field background
• Cut ugly fabric into small or skinny pieces
• Consider embracing randomness and improvisation
• Think architecturally/structurally
• Consider “slash” techniques
• Level of effort? "How much do you love the recipient?"

HACKS

• Line up varied sized rectangles by size, sew, trim ends with ruler for an elongated quadrilateral.
• Match with opposing angles strip for new rectangle
• Resizing rectangles to desired size using cross ratio math or, graphic arts diagonal method.

THE CHALLENGE

• Surface 18” X 24” or larger
• All scrap or stash
• Rectangles or squares are dominant feature
• Colors & patterns that please you
• Due April 2017 Meeting

 

RESOURCES

• Successful Scrap Quilts from Simple Rectangles –Turner/Rolfe
• Patchwork City – Elizabeth Hartman
• Quilts in the Sun – Kaffe Fassett
• The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters – Sherri Lynn Wood
• Setting Solutions – Sharyn Craig (old)
• Various Bonnie Hunter publications such as Addicted to Scraps and Adventures with Leaders and Enders
• Sunday Morning Quilts
•  Scrap Patchwork
• Scraps Inc