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Originally Posted by Krisb
(Post 5434052)
When you get to the bigger pieces on the outside, you can "prepiece" them. Join two fabrics to make an edge long enough to cover the raw edge on the previous piece and then join the oieced unit to the wuilt.
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Of course it will work, but the outside pieces will begin to get pretty big. But that's OK. You know you have to cover all the seams with some sort of fancy stitches, lace, etc and you have to put a spider web and spider somewhere in the mix. I know from experience that it would be easier to make the quilt in smaller blocks, say 14 to 16 inches, but what you are proposing will work. And if you con't like the big pieces on the outside, you can always cut it into smaller blocks and sew them together again. froggyintexas
Originally Posted by dotski
(Post 5433696)
how about a crazy quilt but only make 1 very large contunius square. say big enough for a lap quilt. start in the center and just keep sewing and flipping pieces of fabric. what's your honest opinion. do you think it would work ? how would you do it ? on just a foundation piece of fabric then layer batting and backing or stitch with the batting already on or with batting and backing already layered ? i'm boared and this is what happens i get crazy ideas..........
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Originally Posted by pjnesler
(Post 5438187)
As I was reading along, this is what I was thinking as well, maybe even incoroprate blocks you may have stitched as samples for other projects that just didn't make it - - - I sure hope you post your piece when done!
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Originally Posted by dotski
(Post 5433696)
how about a crazy quilt but only make 1 very large contunius square. say big enough for a lap quilt. start in the center and just keep sewing and flipping pieces of fabric. what's your honest opinion. do you think it would work ? how would you do it ? on just a foundation piece of fabric then layer batting and backing or stitch with the batting already on or with batting and backing already layered ? i'm boared and this is what happens i get crazy ideas..........
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I attempted that but it didn't really work too well. Then I just used office paper 8.5 X 11 and that worked much better.
Keeps everything much straighter and no ripping out. Am saving recycled paper from my printer mistakes for another one. |
Google antique crazy quilts and you'll probably see some does this way.
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You can do a quilt as you go with all the layers if you keep it small, table topper size. Anything larger you'll want to foundation piece it so you can get where you need to go as you work your way around. To get away from log cabin framing, try lopping off a corner to change up your shape. Another way would be to create wonky sqares the all end up ----inches and then join them. Possibilities are endless. I created some great purses from left over quilts this way.
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My Mom did her crazy quilts this way, but I was to young to know how she did them. I just remember us having them &, I remember she had even used curved scraps from the clothes she made. Times like this I really miss her. I'd like to ask her how she did them. Our's were big enough for a bed.
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I remember having a crazy quilt it was 50 years ago - I remember studying it trying to figure out how it was done. I think it was all one big pieced piece.
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Originally Posted by dotski
(Post 5433696)
how about a crazy quilt but only make 1 very large contunius square. say big enough for a lap quilt. start in the center and just keep sewing and flipping pieces of fabric. what's your honest opinion. do you think it would work ? how would you do it ? on just a foundation piece of fabric then layer batting and backing or stitch with the batting already on or with batting and backing already layered ? i'm boared and this is what happens i get crazy ideas..........
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You could always do something like 12 x12 squares and then sew them together. Or if you make one big piece and don't like it, then cut it into squares up and sew it back together. I think it sounds very "think outside the box", which I love!
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Our entire family was blessed with quilts from my grandmother made this way. Since we sewed our own clothes, there were odd shaped scraps left and she USED them. She started with an old sheet as foundation, started laying out the crazy pieces from the corners in to the center. It was all done by hand. She did the herring bone stitch in crochet cotton to hold the folded edge of the next piece over the previous piece placed down before it. (does that make sense?) She sorted her fabrics - so there were some quilts made of corduroy or doubleknit polyester. Those were heavy enough not to need batting once a heavy duty backing was added. My daughter still uses the cotton and cotton blend polyester one of flower prints on her bed. My mother brought us that quilt top after my grandmother died. Mom offered to handquilt if I sandwiched it with batting and backing. It was big stitch quilting an inch in from the edge of each piece. The hard part came when I was trying to square it up for binding. My mother and I would run one side along the edge of the ping pong table and then wonder how much we'd have to cut of the other 3 sides to make 90 degree angles on it. We laughed so much, that my father, the electrical engineer had to come "help". He too threw up his hands, but we finally accomplished the impossible. My daughter makes me repair the patches that are worn every so often. Yep - Grandma's generation never threw anything out.
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Originally Posted by pattyskypants
(Post 5434118)
This is what I did back in '70 when there weren't any quilt books in my library and I had to figure it out by myself. I took an old cotton flannel blanket and started in the upper left-hand corner and sewed little pieces of fabric on by hand using the blanket stitch in black sewing thread. My primary sewing activities up to that point had been making clothes for myself because I was so poor. When I finally finished it, I bought some horrible fabric for .50 cents a yard at Sears and a cotton batting that still had bits of seeds in it and had my friends over for a "tying party." I think the guys had more fun than the girls and the big pitcher of Sangria probably did no harm (lol). I still have the quilt, although the first time I washed it the batting wadded up like you wouldn't believe. I removed the ties (just bits of yarn and embroidery floss) and the batting and put a new backing on it and it is still really one of the coolest quilts I own. The scraps were from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's and I guess the reason it is still in good shape is because I stopped using it on the beds about twenty years ago. See, this is why I love being an "old lady:" happy memories!
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Originally Posted by dotski
(Post 5433696)
how about a crazy quilt but only make 1 very large contunius square. say big enough for a lap quilt. start in the center and just keep sewing and flipping pieces of fabric. what's your honest opinion. do you think it would work ? how would you do it ? on just a foundation piece of fabric then layer batting and backing or stitch with the batting already on or with batting and backing already layered ? i'm boared and this is what happens i get crazy ideas..........
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I sort of did this I think...
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Originally Posted by dotski
(Post 5433696)
how about a crazy quilt but only make 1 very large contunius square. say big enough for a lap quilt. start in the center and just keep sewing and flipping pieces of fabric. what's your honest opinion. do you think it would work ? how would you do it ? on just a foundation piece of fabric then layer batting and backing or stitch with the batting already on or with batting and backing already layered ? i'm boared and this is what happens i get crazy ideas..........
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I have done this on muslin with batting on top. For the crazy quilt I used small patches of velveteen cut random and embroidered. After I had the size I wanted to work with I cut out the fabric to make Christmas stockings and other things. I think it would have made cute small handbag. I got the idea from a book.
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I have done this using muslin for the backing and batting on top. Using cotton velveteen of random sizes and shapes and embroidery. I can't rember where I began applying the velveteen....maybe I can find the book I got the idea from. When I had the desired amount for the project I remember making Christmas stockings for the mantle. I think this would make a really cute handbag for the holidays.
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Sorry for the double post...............I thought it didn't post so I did it all over again. lol
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Creative ideas come from creative people not afraid to TRY. IT should work and so what if it doesn't? Sounds like a fun project to me.
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I just remembered that I do have one of my Gram's quilts still. It's only partially done, but I can post a pic of it, tomorrow.
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Originally Posted by LadyElisabeth
(Post 5545639)
Creative ideas come from creative people not afraid to TRY. IT should work and so what if it doesn't? Sounds like a fun project to me.
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