Crazy Patch Quilt
Are you feeling down in the dumps, restless, and just do not know what to do with your idle time? You are not able to decide if you want to stay indoors or to do an activity outdoors. It is an undecided crazy emotional moody type of day. Quilting artists, this is your day to design a crazy patch quilt.
Your restlessness and undecided emotional swings are great for creativity. It reminds me of a caterpillar getting restless and moving about until it breaks out of its cocoon and becomes a beautiful butterfly.
Pull out your scrap fabrics, a sheet of paper, and a pencil and start designing your block or blocks. No hard rules are needed to design a crazy patch quilt. Be loose and open to trying new things. Place no restrictions on yourself. Do one block. If you are not happy with your design, throw the sheet of paper away and draw another.
After you have your drawing completed, look at your scraps and arrange them to meet your completed illustration.
Your idle time is no longer being wasted; time is now precious and needed to make a crazy patch quilt.
Two projects can now be accomplished. Pull out some construction paper or white paper and paints. Cut the geometrics or figures into make-believe fabric scraps. Draw or paint designs to mimic what you will be doing with the fabric scraps. Paste or glue the pieces onto a larger sheet of paper.
This will allow you to preview your crazy patch quilt before you actually cut your chosen scraps and stitch them into position as planned. This first project may be framed, placed on an end table, used as a wall hanging or placed in your quilt idea scrapbook to be used as a future pattern.
The second project is the stitched crazy patch quilt. You may choose to make one block or many blocks depending on the size of your project.
Since it is one of those days, consider converting your square quilt to a round or triangular shape. After assembling the pieces cut into a large circle or a triangle; a new world will immerge.
If you are hesitant to cut the fabric return to your paper drawing and cut it. Are you too nervous to cut your paper quilt? Make copies of it and cut the copies.
Crazy quilts are great because:
- All types of embellishments can be used
- Utilize any fabric scrap types and textures
- Mix muted colors or bright colors
- Arrange prints, stripes, and novelty fabrics in any order
- Choose your colors including light, medium, and dark
- Fabrics can be wool, cotton, satin, velvet, sheers, netting, ribbons, suede, leather, polyester blends, and more
Assembling your crazy patch quilt:
- Cut your fabric swatches into desired shapes of squares, rectangles, petals, hearts, triangles, octagons, hexagons, as well as irregular shapes. Connect the different pieces using the standard ¼ inch seam allowance.
- Place these irregular cuts on any fabric of choice. Use muslin, cotton, or any other fabric which suits your quilting project.
- After all of the pieces of the crazy patch quilt have been stitched together, use a square ruler to measure accurately and cut away excess fabric for the desired size. Or as mentioned earlier, cut a large circle, triangle, or any other shape you desire.
- Be wild and crazy with embellishments. This is your time to stitch the decorative icing on the cake. Use trims, beads, sequins, feathers, cording, buttons, jewelry, ribbon, embroidery, appliqués, yarns, fabric paint, and stenciling. These items are not only decorating the entire block but they are also covering exposed seams or errors.
- After the crazy patch quilt block has been completed, attach borders, batting, and backing and finish it as you would with any other quilt.
Discover the crazy patch quilt today. Visit the hobbies section of Infotrish at http://www.Infotrish.com Review Quilting Gems. Do not forget to download your free quilting pattern.
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