Originally Posted by
oksewglad
Sometimes the biggest stumbling block is where to start. Personally for me I find I tend to think/design symmetrically...I like 9P's....yes my symmetrical thinking is another stumbling block. Crumb quilts are improv like. Once the block is done, do you square it off and put it in a traditional setting? Can you call that improv? (I'm asking rhetorical questions.) With that being said, I try to hop out of my symmetrical box once in a while. This full size quilt illustrates a crumb quilt with a traditional setting. This is a mini I am working on. Here is yet another experiment, made with 3/4" widths and imprecise piecing...yet to be finished
I love the sashed crumb blocks in the first picture - containing your improvisations in a more formal framework that brings it all together. Brilliant. I love making crumb blocks - you've given me some fresh ideas. Thankyou.