Crumb quilts - I am in love!!
08-31-2011, 04:49 PM
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What or where is "Rainbows in a bottle" I goggled it and didn't find anything quilt related
Originally Posted by Murphy1
I am having fun doing something similar. Check out Rainbows in a bottle. The little pieces are separated by color and attached to muslin and framed in the dominant color. It is like working on a mosaic or puzzle. Lots of fun. I also used my scraps for a spider quilt with the scraps being the background for the webs. That is fun too. I love scappys, you never know what the end result will be.
08-31-2011, 05:09 PM
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08-31-2011, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Kappy
They all look so good, and the scraps all go so nicely together, what do you do if most of the quilts you've (OK I've done) have been in very divergent colors schemes, how do you get them to play nice together and yes, I am one of those that agonize over picking the right colors. It's not something that comes easily for me and thinking about just grabbing a crumb and sewing randomly together is almost causing heart palpitations LOL! It's not that I am so uptight about matchy matchy, but I don't want to get done and think...that looks like something the dog threw up...if you know what I mean.
I do, I also do 4 little crumb blocks to join into a square.
so the colors kind of go together. they are a great end-of-
the-night, not time to do anything else, kind of project.
I'm gong to set mine with black sashing.
08-31-2011, 05:41 PM
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I would like to add my 2 cts worth on crumb quilting.
Forget about matchy-matchy color schemes.
Forget about foundations of paper to be torn off later. Forget about muslin foundations that add weight.
Just grab, from your big bucket of assorted crumbs, 2 pcs having about the same length on a side. Sew edges together. Press, trim with rotary and ruler so you have straight edges on several sides. Attach another crumb of same length or longer; Whack off to fit later! Keep pressing and trimming after each seam---that is the secret to NO FOUNDATIONS.
I make mine 6 1/2" sq; larger than that means longer strips , and you lose the tiny-pc look that gives the crumb block its personality (and purpose).
I do at least 6 combinations in the 1st step, then press and trim. Go back to the machine and bucket of crumbs and add another crumb on any side to each; press and trim. In no time you will have 6 crumbs sqs finished and you will be HOOKED! Sometimes instead of using strings, I piece several small sqs or rectangles together to make a stripband to reach across either straight or diagonally; adds a lot of interest. Remember it is the TINY specks of color that sparkles!
Use the completed, trimmed to 6 1/2" sqs as star centers, or 4-to-a-lg-sq, or as a strippy quilt with 'wallpaper stripe' between. I have done a dozen Quilts of Valor with crumb blocks in all combinations.
Adding a spot of white in each block really sparkles, too. Diagonal seams add interest, keeps the eye moving.
Orphan blocks, wrong-sized, reject blocks, extra HSTs all end up in my crumb blocks, not just tiny cut-off corners. I easily whack up lg blocks into smaller pcs. Check out rwquilt's pics--lots of left over tree blocks used.
It does make a mess, but I am having so much FUN,FUN, FUN. Can you tell I am enthused about the tecnique? And think of all the money saved at $8-$10 a yd for new fabric. I must be making money, by now, don't you think? I dare you to try it!
. :lol: :lol:
Forget about matchy-matchy color schemes.
Forget about foundations of paper to be torn off later. Forget about muslin foundations that add weight.
Just grab, from your big bucket of assorted crumbs, 2 pcs having about the same length on a side. Sew edges together. Press, trim with rotary and ruler so you have straight edges on several sides. Attach another crumb of same length or longer; Whack off to fit later! Keep pressing and trimming after each seam---that is the secret to NO FOUNDATIONS.
I make mine 6 1/2" sq; larger than that means longer strips , and you lose the tiny-pc look that gives the crumb block its personality (and purpose).
I do at least 6 combinations in the 1st step, then press and trim. Go back to the machine and bucket of crumbs and add another crumb on any side to each; press and trim. In no time you will have 6 crumbs sqs finished and you will be HOOKED! Sometimes instead of using strings, I piece several small sqs or rectangles together to make a stripband to reach across either straight or diagonally; adds a lot of interest. Remember it is the TINY specks of color that sparkles!
Use the completed, trimmed to 6 1/2" sqs as star centers, or 4-to-a-lg-sq, or as a strippy quilt with 'wallpaper stripe' between. I have done a dozen Quilts of Valor with crumb blocks in all combinations.
Adding a spot of white in each block really sparkles, too. Diagonal seams add interest, keeps the eye moving.
Orphan blocks, wrong-sized, reject blocks, extra HSTs all end up in my crumb blocks, not just tiny cut-off corners. I easily whack up lg blocks into smaller pcs. Check out rwquilt's pics--lots of left over tree blocks used.
It does make a mess, but I am having so much FUN,FUN, FUN. Can you tell I am enthused about the tecnique? And think of all the money saved at $8-$10 a yd for new fabric. I must be making money, by now, don't you think? I dare you to try it!
. :lol: :lol:
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