I understand your feelings about scrappy quilts. I love the look of them, but to put them together...YIKES! I, too, struggle with matching and symmetry and everything being equal in color brightness. I have way too many scraps and pieces to not use them and on more than one occasion, having scraps and stash has saved my tush! I struggle with precuts because they are hard to organize equally. I love the look of all the mix of colors, but I always try to match up fabric patterns and colors and have some type of order. I just can't grab the next one in the basket and sew it down!!! That would be too chaotic for me!