New to quilting, want to make a crazy quilt
#22
Originally Posted by dsj
gold would be the perfect touch. We have a pioneer village in our town. On my run this afternoon we ran to it and in the weavers cottage they have a crazy quilt laying on one of the cots. It is in terrible need of repair. I almost cried. I haven't stopped thinking about it. I think I need to rescue it.
Welcome to the board. A crazy quilt will be a good place to start since the pieces and stitches can be somewhat forgiving. Can't wait to see it in progress! :thumbup:
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I Greetings from outside Sacramento, CA. If you want to make a crazy quilt, I'd recommend using the foundation method where you sew your fancy fabrics to a foundation of muslin. That way nothing stretches/distorts, the weight of your fancy fabrics don't matter, and it gives you a great stable base for the embellishments/embroidery.
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I Greetings from outside Sacramento, CA. If you want to make a crazy quilt, I'd recommend using the foundation method where you sew your fancy fabrics to a foundation of muslin. That way nothing stretches/distorts, the weight of your fancy fabrics don't matter, and it gives you a great stable base for the embellishments/embroidery.
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Yo Yo's are a really cute and fun to make. It is a great hand pieced project. My first hand pieced project was a cathedral window. I am in the process of repairing a cathedral window now. She put little circles to cover where the windows meet. The background is an aqua color with white windows and white circles. It is adorable.
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