I made a few just love them I made them out of cotton scraps,velvet and even used jeansfabric from old pants to make one i wash them and all.I embroider things with the machine and fit it in with whatever.

crazy quilts
 

i've made a few crazy quilts- visit (evening star designs) for some inspiration- and lots on information-
the first one i made i mixed many many textiles- used velvet (and there are different types of velvets---cotton velvet washes up nicely-wools, silks, satins, laces, corduroys, upholstry fabs---what ever (worked) at the moment- it is a Beautiful quilt- was a gift for my youngest Brother's wedding- they keep it draped over an overstuffed leather love seat- it's held up well for over 10 years now- lots of embellishing, embroidery, beads, charms, crystals---- a try crazy quilt-
i made one that the center section is a crazy quilt- mostly silks, bamboo's, cottons, again- lots of embellishments-
i have one that is mostly flannels, corduroys & denims---lots of decorative machine stitching-
and i have a wool one that is my (in the works) crazy quilt- which has wool background squares- with mostly wools, flannels & silks -along with laces & trims- embroidery- embellishements-
crazy quilts are (normally) not quilted- due to all of the embellishements- they were traditionally tied- many are used- gently- mine have held up well- were made to be used- my sister in law uses her brush attachment- and vacuums hers when it needs it- and has spot cleaned it a couple times.
there are many beautiful functional crazy quilts out there- once you start looking you will be 'blown away!'
first pic is my flannel/corduroy/denim crazy quilt-second pic a detail shot- third pic the one made from silks, bamboos, batiks, ... i don't have pics of the other one- or of my in the works blocks- but i should snap pics of those- they are soo cute

I think that you can use whatever you want in a crazy quilt--silks, wools, velvet, velveteen, lighter weight upholstery fabric, layer organza on it, fancy machine stitching on top of the seems, lace, Rickrack, ribbons. For a bed quilt, you would want a,l washable material, but for a throw or wall quilt, do whatever moves you. Add whatever buttons or glitter or whatever embellishments you want. At least I hope so--I'm saving all kinds of no traditional quilting fabrics for a crazy quilt.

Thanks so much for the information.I am just in the mood to try something different. I will look for the book on Amazon. Ty

I love the first picture of the flannel crazy quilt.

That is a pretty awesome website Murphy

Val ty fr the ideals. I appreciate everyone responding. And with such good ideals

What a great group of ladies. So, many ideals now. I can't wait to make one.
Thank you all so much.
God's Blessing to all of you

thank you --murphy 1 what a great blog----i am in the process of co-ordinating a groupe to make a wall hanging crazy patch style---love the medalion style one

I have made crazy quilt blocks and love them. I also helped with a crazy quilt for our Senior Center; it was "raffled" off. We did all the blocks by machine; did not add any extra emblishments. just machine embroidery stitches; it came out beautiful!
I would think that anything would go for a wall hanger or quilt that was for display only.