I did sit down with my scraps, yank out everything I could find that was tealish blue, and start doing some of the blocks I mentioned earlier. It’s a good start, and I’ll keep doing this with different colors, mixing in shades and shapes until scrappy doesn’t weird me out anymore.

Also, I would say that there is a HUGE portion of the quilting community online that has yet to figure this out — I see them churning out quilt after quilt of “one line only” fabrics.

My suggestions would be two-fold: 1) purposely go to an actual fabric store, rather than online, find one fabric you like, and then wander around the store finding things to go with it from other shelves/areas of the store. You will start to find things that “feel” like they come from the same line even though they don’t. It’ll be easier to see what the possibilities are. and 2) Try working with contrasts rather than “colors”. A lot of scrappy quilts work b/c there is good definition between the “lights” and “darks” in the selection / so the pattern really jumps. Take a pile of scraps, divide into lights / darks and pair indiscriminately. See how that changes what your eye is looking for.

So excited for the little guy! I can’t wait to hear how the first day goes!