Tell me if i'm crazy.......buti have an idea !!!!
#51
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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#52
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.
#53
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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!
#54
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..........
#55
I sort of did this I think...
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..........
Kyia
#56
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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.
#57
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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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