[quote=RUTH ANN MUNDY]WARNING - - CRAZY QUILTING CAN BE ADDITIVE

What on this board is "not" addictive! :)

I have seen one crazy quilt that was double bed size with no blocks. The quilt was started in the middle and all the crazy pieces were built around until the entire flat double sheet was covered. All the embellishments were added and a plain backing applied in the "birthing manner" previously mentioned. This was made and designed to be hung on the wall in order to display all the embellishments and creative top stiches round each attached piece. I hope to make a smaller version of this quilt and to use it as a wall hanging. They were meant to display ladies elegant dress, drapery and historic fabrics which were embellished with lace, fancy buttons and pieces of costume jewlery. The embroidery stitches were to show off the ladies creative stichery. The quilts did not have batting sice they were wall hangings and not bed quilts.

There are books on crazy quilting and they probably tell you how to finish them. I recently made one and put batting in it to help hold the embellishments up. Then I put what I call a 'knife edge" on it. I guess others here call it birthing. I use knife edge because that is a finish you could use when making a pillow. Anyway, I hand quilted it in various places to hold front to back. I didn't use a pattern, just random places so it was evenly distributed through out the quilt. It was only a wall hanging.

no batting in the old ones....if the front has fancy fabrics, you would want soemthing that at least looked fancy (cantry things like velor for a durable yet fancy feel) or you can use a thin batt, as i have done with recent ones. bind as you usually do. a seperate binding would be more authentic.

I am going to make a scrappy quilt similar to the crazy patch for my uncle in the Vets Home, but I am going to use wadding as the base and sew as you go so both sides are done at the same time.

Beautiful quilt!

Beautiful quilts ladies! thank you so much for sharing!

HGTV-Alex anderson short video on birthing a quilt...
http://www.hgtv.com/video/birthing-a...deo/index.html

Jean:
1.Place quilt top and backing fabric ~ right sides together.

2. place batting on top of the backing fabric.

3.Using a 1/2" to 3/4" seam, sew around the edges. Leave an opening big enough to fit your hand through.

4.Turn the quilt right side out.

5. smooth out the inside of the quilt with your hand or a pointed object, in the corners especially.

6.Close the opening with hand stitches.

7. stitch round the outside quilt with a 1/4" seam allowance, this makes what is referred to as a "false binding". or add regular binding if you choose.

i call it a "quick turn"