Crazy Quilt
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Hi, You need 18" to 23" repeats and you need eight of them so the pattern takes 5 to 6 yds depending on the repeat ant the background tales 5 yds I believe. I have made several and they are fun to do.. E mail me back if you need the pattern, good luck with your project, Sheila S
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Oh well time to confess, I only made one square,but like all your ideas. I think I like the plain one with all machine stitched pieces "scrapy" for a full quilt, Then I would like to make a wall hanging , with about 4 squares and load it with beads and other goodies. Right now it is in a UFO box. I'll get to it or suffer from guilt cause I bought a bunch of fancy pieces :roll: to put on it. Thanks all, I love all the help you get here
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Originally Posted by GramMER
Originally Posted by Ruth Camp
This is part of my first 12 inch square I want to add a little more to it. I'm not happy with it. Next I will try one color.
At 12 inches will make a nice crazy purse :roll:
At 12 inches will make a nice crazy purse :roll:
The lady who did it folded a sheet of newspaper into a triangle (once) and measured both sides to be sure they were 12 and 1/2 inches each. The extra 1/2 inch was the seam allowance. and then she cut the piece on the other two sides to make her square. She said that newspaper was alwyas on the square and there was no fear of "warped" pieces that way.
The next step was to lay a piece of fabric on the corner and add another random piece to it. She called it strip piecing, but it was a far cry from what the books call strip piecing. Her pieces eventually made a few strips, but mostly they were like the ones you show in your photograph.
The advantage I saw to her method was that the piecing went faster and the seams were very secure. She put each new piece onto the next one by laying it upside down where she wanted them to join. She stitched across to make a seam and then flipped the new piece down over the seam and pressed it. Then she was ready for another new strip or piece. She did not do the hand embroidery, but she did lap quilt each square before she put the whole quilt together. It really did look nice.
BTW, this is my first time posting, so forgive my mistakes on what/how to do it. I am a grandmother (GramMER) to 15 and need to get the show on the road if I am to make each of them a quilt before my time comes. :roll:
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