Hello Dear Reader,
This may all look like a dreadful mess but it’s actually part of the creative process of crumb quilting and using up all the bits of old projects. I keep all the spare bits and eventually have enough to make a random quilt.
I’m using it all up and sewing it into strips and then sewing the strips together and adding it to the rest of the crumb quilt. We are keeping this one for our home. It will probably go on the back of the sofa to add to the warmth in the winter or will be another quilt for a bed in the home. Nothing matches, there’s no pattern and it’s simply an act of using everything up.
I often learn a new block and then add that the the quilt as I go along. I’ve a bit more to add tonight and another strip is done and will be sewn on.
I have two quilts on the go at the moment and the other is taxing me…………it will be finished………eventually. Especially as it is for DB!
Any other scrapaholic quilters who add their leftovers together to make blocks and eventually a quilt?
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx
I do not quilt as i have said before i do not have the patience but each time i see your quilts it inspires me , I have seen a cheap day bed that will make an alternative sofa or one of our sagging sofas that are going thread bear , so i want to try and make one for covering the mattress so it looks like a sofa x
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That looks lovely, Froogs. I like it best of all the quilts you have shown on your blog.
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I had a huge box of strings and boxes of pieces in various sizes. I took most of the strings and sewed them into 10 inch blocks for quilt backs. Ended up with 385 blocks. Then I found a pattern that uses 3.5 inch squares and got out that box and sorted out 288 of them or a patriotic quilt and another 288 for a child's quilt. I love to use scrappy leftover fabric. I donate most of my quilts to a children's psychiatric hospital where each child admitted gets a quilt. Or a home for women and children. They need things to start over and a quilt helps everyone.
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Crumb quilting IS good fun. Have you come across Victoria Findlay Woolfe - she does amazing crumb quilts? Actually your 'crumbs' are quite big pieces!
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I know it isn't planned but it is still beautiful!
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I started a crazy quilt when I was ten, all on my own with no input or suggestions from anyone. My mother always told me I was doing it wrong, that there were supposed to be squares. I had seen one like I was making. I don't know how she could not know about a crazy quilt. Well, I suppose that is what you call it. Looking back, it was beautiful with satins and velvets. Finally, when I was about 25, I threw it in the trash because my husband did not want to carry it to the next house. I highly resent both their attitudes. I have never made a quilt yet, and I am almost 68. I should have kept it and finished it.
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I love the colorful randomness of your quilt. I've never seen one done exactly that way before. Most patterns that I see show more of a pattern-there is one that is just one piece (there may be more than one, actually) repeated over and over again in different fabrics. I've not gotten past using my scraps for doll clothes so far, but maybe when I'm too old to do much else (I'm 71 now) I will just sit and sew and knit all day long. Somehow, I doubt it! The Dresden Plate pattern is also a good one for using up scraps. I just took ownership of one from my Mom's house—her sister made it years ago, and I spent a lot of time while taking care of my Mom patching some worn spots. She continued to use it until she had to go into assisted living. I even have more patches cut already, so come winter, I may be mending it again for my own use. Mom is finished with it now, as she passed away at the age of 95 years, 4 months in January 2014. She was a great cook but didn't do so much sewing. Some quilts, for use, not for show. I was the one who took most to sewing and still do mending and hems for my sisters, my daughter, and my granddaughter. She also did a lot of embroidery when she was younger. My daughter does embroidery too. Funny how we each find something different from the others.
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That is a lovely idea, Ana!
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I really love the idea of a 'crumbs quilt'. I'm just learning to quilt but will definitely be saving all my little scraps of fabric to make one of these in the future. I only hope it turns out as beautiful as yours. x
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Our local hospital has someone who collects mini quilts (17″ x 21″) for the premature baby unit. So far, or club has donated 200 . They have just asked if we can make some 17″ x 15″ for even tinier babies at specialist hospitals elsewhere. Maybe a hospital near you has a similar scheme? It's a lovely way to use up your smallest scraps.
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Its never too late to start. By joining a local group you should find someone happy to teach you and share their passion.
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I think this is probably closest to the original idea behind quilting, don't you?
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