What a fun way to use up all those scraps of high quality fabric we do not want to throw out! I love the addition of the embroidery on the top. Thank you for the instructions. I want to try this!
Your crazy quilts are nice. I love to create beautiful Crazy Quilts out of left over scraps. Then I donate them to 'Senior Citizens in our community. There wonderful gifts for family, friends and acquaintance. Sew Fabulous (TM since 1995) is watching everyone's idea's. :)
In addition to daisies, have you stitched lady bugs on a large leaf, blue birds flying between paisley, or scissors & thimbles? Spider webs are considered lucky(?) I stitch roses in variegated thread using the bullion stitch for a bouquet. I look forward to seeing your other videos. 💕 Thank you.
thank you soooo much for the great video.....also the techniques for the leaf fern? stitches...I was thinking of doing this on my current quilt....definitely will now that I see how beautiful it is...I cross stitch so its great to see the stitches on a quilt...will be doing this in the future! :) thanks again
Thank you for making these video's. I can't wait to get started but couldn't figure out how to start. You do a very good job explaining things. That being said, I too have my volume all the way up and I can hear you, it's just that when you talk, your voice fades into a soft monotone as you're explaining things. But keep those video's coming. TFS
Thanks for your comments. You are not the only one that has brought this to my attention. I guess I still have some work to do on my voice, and presentation. I'm glad you like the videos.
Good instructions on making a crazy quilt, and the quality is very clear, but I had my pc volume turned as loud as it will go and I could barely hear what you were saying I think you must have your microphone too far away from you. But other than that it was a very good tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
I use an earphone when listening to a lot of video volumes don't translate to certain PC or laptop..so I bring the sound to me...much easier to hear that way
Thank you for responding so quickly. Will you be making more tutorials with it? Do you put your signature on your work? I'm learning quilting. This looks interesting to learn. Thank you again!
I enjoyed watching this. I am thinking of starting to crazy quilt....have never done any kind of quilting. How do you know what shapes to cut for your square?
In the video I show 2 versions, one with foundation fabric and one without. Generally crazy quilts are not sewn with batting, but if you don't use a foundation fabric, you would sew your pieces together, and do your decorative stitches on seams or wherever, then put it together like you would any other quilt with batting, and backing. If you use a foundation fabric, you can use decorative stitches while piecing, and that becomes the quilting that shows on the backside (your foundation piece is actually back of quilt) But you would not want to do embroidery stitches such as french knots, names, etc with foundation piece, since the stitches will show on the back side. You can do those types of stitches on your pieces before you sew them to the foundation piece. It's hard to explain, but hopefully it makes sense.
It depends on what you want the backside of your quilt to look like. We have another video on how to sew quilt squares together without sashing, and also a video on using fabric strips. There are a variety of ways to connect your squares.
I'm sorry you are having issues with the sound. It doesn't seem to be affecting everyone, but we are working to improve sound on upcoming videos. Thanks for visiting us, and for your input.
I'm sorry that you are having a hard time hearing the video. This has been mentioned before, but doesn't seem to be an issue on this end. Be sure the volume on the actual video is turned up, as well as your computer volume. Thanks for visiting us.
It's a method of crazy quilting, called "stitch and flip" or "foundation piecing." Your muslin foundation becomes your backing. Original crazy quilting was done in this manner, then embellished. The foundation fabric gives the quilt stability for embellishments. You can search the internet for more information regarding this method of crazy quilting.
Thank you for your fast reply. I now understand that it is foundation to help with embellishing, but because you state that it is also the backing I have another question. If you use the muslin as the backing does this method not use batting? I will check the web for other demonstrations. Thanks again.
