I have a crumb quilt top finished. I took my crumb blocks and made them into a "square in a square." They look really nice.

I looked at this post before and can't wait to see all of those blocks made into a quilt. I have thought about making a crumb block quilt.

I make most of my quilts for donation to veterans. I never meet them, so there is no way to decide how to make or who to make what for.
I almost always try to put one "kid" block in so that when baby girl comes to visit Papa in the veterans home, she can say, "Oh, Grandpa! Look at that cute little kitty!"
And, they will have something to talk about.
I looked at your pictures and realized you had placed them on the very answer that makes the difference between a spazzy quilt and one that looks absolutely planned for - - the background!
If you specifically plan for the sashing, the spazzy blocks aren't so much, any more ...
I empathize with your scrap bin that is getting to overflowing! I grab those old scraps and start whipping them into shape .... and, GLORY BE!
The bin is now fuller than when I started, and I am through three quilt tops!
I don't know how to explain it, but I think clean air has something to do with it :wink:
you might enjoy the quiltville.com website ... Miss Bonnie does some amazing things to get those scraps into control ...

http://quiltville.com/

Keep stitching on ... if you get one block a day completed, that is one less bit of scraps to fill that old bin .... <g>

Oh those look gorgeous! I can hardly wait to see how you put them together, it will look so nice! :)

that is the exact look of my first crazy quilt and my 5 year old grandson gave me 5 stars and a kiss!


Darlene....the beginner....well novice quilter!

Wow!!!!! they are great.

Oh wow! Now you got me wanting to make one. :wink: I can't wait to see it all done. Keep up the good work

I love the way you seperated the colors. I am going to do the same,don't know why I didn't think about that. I have made 2 Big Quilts one with all colors and the other Black,white and grey. I didn't use paper, I used used,washed and ironed Dryer sheets. That way I didn't have to remove anything. Dryer sheet stays there. A little on the heavy side if you use cotton. So I used the low loft puffy Poly batting work great.
Thank you for the idea of seperateing colors.
BillsBonBon

I like them - they are very pretty

I like it a lot!