Slab
 

Can anyone tell me what "slab" refers to in quilting? I saw an article that referred to "Slab Quilts". Is it a size of fabric cut like a fat quarter? Excuse my ignorance!

I'll be watching this one, I have no idea!

go to, crazy mom quilts, she has information on them, type of scrap quilt

Google "slab quilts". Lots of info!

Awesome info thank you!

I've been making slabs for years and didn't even know it ;-)

Yeahy...me too!

Interesting- had never heard that term before! Learned something new today.

Looks like a 15.5" square made out of rectangles. Love the one shown at the site. Different material, same hues of color.

What she said.

Is a slab a big crumb block? This is what it looks like to me

Just a bunch of pieces of fabric sewn together to make another larger piece of fabric. Usually done in the one color.

I'm going to stick to a slab of clay or concrete slab, these fabric slabs are far to random for me.

Don't feel bad. I've been quilting, teaching, shop owning, designing patterns for over 30 years and I didn't have a clue what "slab" referred to either!:confused:

The only "slab" I know is the one my Texas house was built on. Had to follow Kitsie's google idea and opened a whole new world!!:)

Jan in VA

The only slab I knew was ribs. Thanks for the learnin'.
Joan

I'm tired of learning new words or abbreviations. my head is full to over flowing now.

Never heard the term used in quilting either and I have been quilting for over 30 years !!!

Debra, you're a woman ahead of your time.

Here in Australia, a slab is what we build a house on but it can also be a box of beer.

awww ..i know what you mean!...my dear brother told me that after 50 our heads are so full of knowledge that we have to 'forget' something everytime we learn something new.
now i will google 'slab quilting' i love doing crumb blocks so maybe i just didn't have a name for them.

I posted this on July 5th
http://www.quiltingboard.com/picture...e-t225176.html
I had never made a slab before but I sent the 4 pictured in my post off to Canada for flood victims. It isn't too late if you would like to do one or two and send yours off. The information is in my post.

You made me laugh, Jan. Yes, my Texas house is built on a "slab" of concrete.....and sometimes these slabs shift and you end up with fine cracks in your walls. That's Texas soil for you.

I had never heard the term "slab" when referring to a quilt, either. We're adding to our descriptive language today.

New term to me also. Little research on this one. :)

Thanks to all of you who told us what a "slab" is. Now I know!! New term for me.

Sparky's Mom missed your thread. This was the first time I heard the term. Considering the hours I spend on quilting sites, kind of amazing.

A box of beer? Is that anything like boxed wine?

When you google "Slab Quilt", and go to images....they don't make sense. I mean there is no rhyme or reason to them. Never heard of this term in reference to quilting before.

ha! yes, i know the house reference, but not the beer one. I'll have to use that in conversation soon ;-)

now that i know what a 'slab' quilt is; how does it differ from a 'crumb' quilt, if i make the crumb blocks all one colour?

I personally think the term slab quilt(ing) is this person's way of pretending she has something original and can "sell" the idea.........so much of that seems to be happening between tutes and blogs and Pinterest, etc........just re-hash an old idea and give it a new name.

It looks like "slab" quilts are just more organized crumb blocks, everything seems to be in rectangles and monochromatic. I really like the look, personally. I'm always looking for a new creative way to use my scraps.

Exactly what I think also. It is someone's idea of a "new way" of marketing an idea that is really not new...just the term/title is new.