Question for today is: What size is considered a crumb?
 

Hi all,

How many of you ever made a crumb block quilt?
I have never made a crumb block quilt. So, I would like to make a crumb block quilt.

1. What size is considered a crumb?
2. How do I sew these crumbs together in order to make a block from them?
3. How big are crumbs blocks?

Do anyone have a good pattern for a crumb block quilt that you have made or any pictures of your quilt?

Thanks and have a quilty day.

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This is a 'crumb' type quilt. I used many very small pieces, some larger than others. They were attached to a long strip, with a gap in between, cut in the gaps, more small pieces sewn on, some of these attached to long strips and cut again. Each small square about 6 inches, and several months of scraps used to make this quilt. Completed as a QAYG quilt.
The photo was too large to upload, so I have reduced/cropped it, and not sure how it will turn out in this post.

here is the only one I've made that I might consider a crumb quilt, though for me, I would consider peices less than 1" as crumbs. Anything larger is just a regular scrap to me.

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...psk2oyws9h.jpg

I had cut my scraps into strips and larger squares, and then used everything left over for this. I sewed smaller peices together to create bigger pieces, and then sewed them together until I had it large enough to trim to 8.5"

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c3...pslfahf2at.jpg

Your picture is fine and I'm glad you could show it! What a great quilt!

You crumb quilt is lovely! I'm currently working on a crumb quilt myself, using crumb blocks that are 6-1/2 square and hope it turns out half as nice as yours.

I think a crumb is anything smaller than you would find useful, so it can vary from person to person. For someone who likes to make big block quilts of applique, anything smaller than 12' might be a crumb. In my case, I like to do scrap quilts, so anything that cannot be cut into at least a 2"square or a 1x3" strip is a crumb. Anything under 1" gets chopped into confetti to use as filler for pet beds.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]607053[/ATTACH] I sewed all sizes of fabric scraps together, cut into 8 inch blocks then used black in between them.

Hmmm . . . this thread is making me want to do a crumb quilt! What a good use of scraps!

I cut all my scraps into squares and strips, and store them in drawers. I don't do "crumb" quilts or string quilts, and for me, that's anything smaller than 1.5" (my smallest cut square or strip). Those get thrown out.

That is a great looking quilt, really like it. As you are sewing the fabric scraps together, do you press the seams open, or to one side. Then when you are assembling the 8" block, how do you handle the seams, just let them fall where they may?
Thanks, and your quilt makes me want to try one.

Any piece smaller than 1 1/2” square is a crumb to me.