Originally Posted by sewingpup

My grandmother made a wonderful crazy quilt out of old wool coats.....very dull colors....I think it has just the regular stitched together seams...no fancy embroidery stitches like one thinks about with crazy quilts.....but...she did add a bit of whimsy....there is a bunny out of a gray fuzzy wool....and a funky caterpillar marching its way across in a few scraps of brighter colors....and a pinkish butterfly....it is also extremely thick and heavy.....not sure what the filling is....but it definitely is not batting.....we used to use it up at the cabin that only had a wood stove for heat up in northern minnesota....nobody ever said they were cold while sleeping under that quilt