In days of yore, when the crazy quilts were made, they were made as one big continuous fabric. None of these individual blocks that are made now, for our convenience!
Oh how I wish I had the ones that belonged to my husband's Grandmother now ... they became cow blankets first, then later the dog's bed! *gasp* <<shudder>> |
Originally Posted by countryone77
I'm a little confused as to exactly what is a crumb quilt block.
They look like crazy quilt blocks to me, so what is the difference? Is it that they are all one type of fabric and have no added embroidery/embellishments? Or ...? Thanks, |
I must say I really enjoyed looking at all the tuts and links to crumbs. Iam working on a crazy quilt right now which kinda resembles, and I am using re used dryer sheets as a foundation. I do wash out the remaining product, dry and press them before using. They work great and add stability without a lot of weight. All the fabrics I am using are silky, satiny and slippery so the foundation helps.:)
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Originally Posted by QuiltE
In days of yore, when the crazy quilts were made, they were made as one big continuous fabric. None of these individual blocks that are made now, for our convenience!
Oh how I wish I had the ones that belonged to my husband's Grandmother now ... they became cow blankets first, then later the dog's bed! *gasp* <<shudder>> |
Thanks so much for the great tute.
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Originally Posted by Baloonatic
Originally Posted by Izy
Crumb is just another fashionable word for crazy ...
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www.quiltville.com is a great site, and has a Crumbs section~
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Originally Posted by countryone77
Originally Posted by countryone77
I'm a little confused as to exactly what is a crumb quilt block.
They look like crazy quilt blocks to me, so what is the difference? Is it that they are all one type of fabric and have no added embroidery/embellishments? Or ...? Thanks, EDITED: Here are a couple links you might find helpful http://www.thequiltshow.com/os/blog.php/blog_id/2414 Here is picture of a beautiful crazy quilt someone posted http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-113115-1.htm |
Thankyou, Izy. I think I must be a crumb/string & crazy quilter at heart. Love your quilt & yes: I DO have crumbs to play with.
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I have been making these for several years--didn't realize they had a name. I called them "crazy quilt blocks" Where have I been--sleeping I guess.
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Thanks girliegirl for the question and thanks Izzy for the answer.
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Originally Posted by Baloonatic
Originally Posted by Izy
Crumb is just another fashionable word for crazy ...
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I have sandwich baggies of strips and odd bits. Great tute, going to do this. From on, hopefully, every time I finish a project I'm making crumb squares. Very interesting quilts.
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Scraphappy, love your quilt. It is so pretty and colorful.
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Izy, your quilt is beautiful. Good job.
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Thanks! That helped me bunches!
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I loved all the great tutorials given and pictures shown! So creative!
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The tutorial and pics are awesome, but now I'm confused. To me, these are crazy patches. I thought 'crumbs' were those oh, so much smaller pieces.
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Originally Posted by soccertxi
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Here are the pics of my crumb quilt, front and back...I used the quilt as you go method and I sewed giant rick rack between the blocks when I quilted it, as you can see on the back...It was a Christmas gift for my DSIL and she loved it!!!!!
Front of quilt [ATTACH=CONFIG]240142[/ATTACH] Back of quilt [ATTACH=CONFIG]240143[/ATTACH] |
Originally Posted by Kellie G
Here are the pics of my crumb quilt, front and back...I used the quilt as you go method and I sewed giant rick rack between the blocks when I quilted it, as you can see on the back...It was a Christmas gift for my DSIL and she loved it!!!!!
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Pretty cool idea to use the rick rack. I have some flowered bias tape from somewhere??? that might be an idea to use it up on a quilt like that but with not much color. Thanks for the idea. 4js
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I make totes using the "crumb" method. I just didn't know that there was a name to it. I just use up my "available" scraps. The totes turn out to be "different" and folks like them.
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