MamaQuilter

I was thinking about making a crazy quilt but I can't decide if I want to just sew it and go or paper piece it. How do you do yours?

QuiltE

To me a crazy quilt by definition is about randomness, and not following a pattern or a PP technique. Although I know there are PP patterns to do so.

Of course, there's no quilt police ... do what works best for you!

blueangel

Ditto.

sahm4605

you can do both if you want. just get a piece of paper and sew fabric to it like you would with pping but without the lines on the back side. and there you go randomness in a ordered block. hehe.

kkdolls

Absolutely

Kehoeta

I just cut all my foundation blocks the same size - and then - started pulling fabric out of my scrap bin. Making sure I ended up covering the entire foundation -

Then I trimmed to size - embroidered all the seams and VOILA!

It was fun and fast. I think the best part was - I didn't have to think about evenness, or matching points etc....

erstan947

I use "used" dryer sheets for my foundation. Then I don't remove them. It's part of the quilt:)

marymm

I'm a crazy quilter and think part of the beauty is the randomness. If you do a search online you'll find lots of tutorials. I use muslin for the foundation. That being said, there really are no rules. So, if you like the paper-piecing, no problem. (PS..They are great books on the subject, probably at your local library...)

Chicca

Crazy Quilts are fun and relaxing. There are so many ways to create a block...try out different methods and see what you prefer. They will all work together in the end.

greenini

I have bought the deli type paper from costco and used that as the base for crazy squares. I haven't done enough to put them together in a quilt yet, but it's fun to sit and rip out a few rectangular squares every now and then. The paper is really cheap and it also works well to cover stuff in the nuke!