Hey! I saw a chat about crazy quilts between Janie Curry and ...uh...somebody else....my mind is asleep in bed where I ought to be. But, I hope you won't mind if I put my two bits in on that topic. I saw where one of y'all mentioned that you'd use 9 x 9 blocks. Now, I don't know a whole lot about crazy quilts, but how crazy is a quilt gonna be if you immediately start off with a particular size of blocks? :D
After all...that doesn't make it too wild and crazy, eh?
I'm gonna start buying just ends and strips and things that are left over at the fabric store...I was thinking satins and ribbons and velvet all the stuff I couldn't afford a half yard of for a whole yard! Then a pkg of braid that had been ripped open that was fit expensive...but marked down.
Do you see where I'm going? I'll make it "crazy", but still have a general idea of where I was going. So, I won't make it so unsightly that nobody would want it, even for the cat to sleep in. Later on, when I get better at it, I'll try my hand at including scraps from my great-granddaughters' dresses and stuff. I think it would be a memorial thing for each of them - like of the dresses and pants and hair ribbons they wore before they started school - then maybe one for each school grade.
Can I get a little encouragement here? :shock:
I don't have a cat...but the dog would sleep on 'em if they're too bad!
Have a good day tomorrow!
Belle Thomas