I had never heard of crumb quilts until I joined the board - Love your quilts and plan on trying one of my own in the future - have some crums left over from my granny and a neighbor lady who taught me how to quilt = great way to honor two great ladies

I do love your minis too! You are so good at them. I love to see all the differant ways you come up with to use them.

How are your patterns doing?

very nice, but way to small for me to work with.

A thanks to everyone. If you wanted to work with dyeing crumbs on a larger size I would suggest using a fabric dye in a tan color. Some say the tanin in the tea is hard on the fabric. With these little ones that will get little wash and wear I don't feel it's an issue. If I were to do a larger quilt I would use fabric dye instead.

I love your little crumb quilts. I've been making 6" crumb squares but now I know what I will be doing with the REALLY small crumbs.

Here is a tutorial on making crumb squares, for anyone who may like to try it:
http://static.quiltingboard.com/uplo...c0760_2513.pdf

Thanks for the tut, cpk. It's very well presented. With my little ones I often use an 1/8" seam allowance. It's not going to get any wear and tear and the foundation piecing gives it a little more stability. The only time I trim is when I square it up, so don't have very many scraps to deal with.

What would happen if you used a touch of food color to get that lighter color? Hmm another inspiration!

cute, cute!!

Yesterday, I was looking at a tutorial, on this board, for making beautiful Tiffany stained glass quilts. There are very good directions, within the tute, for coloring your backgrounds. I'll see if I can find it...be right back :-D

Here you go:
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-110571-1.htm
If you scroll down a little in her 1st post she explains how she "paints" the background using watered down fabric paint on wet fabric.

Like it! Iv'e never made any crumbs,but have plenty of scraps to do so.