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Comment by Chef Lisa on February 4, 2013 at 7:12pm

I do love them but have not done any in a few years.

Comment by Carli Heinrichs on August 15, 2012 at 3:47pm

Hello Crazy Quilters,

So cool to have a group of crazy quilters! I only have one other quilter who actually cq's here in the north, so look out, I'll be checking out your photos. I started cq'ing about mid 1990's, I entered my first real crazy quilt in a quilt show in southern Ontario, Canada in 2004  and to my surprise, I won in the "Most Innovative" category. I used linings and material from blazers I found at my local thrift shop. You can read more about crazy quilting that I do at my blog, this quilt sports dozens of clothing labels from the manufacturers of the blazers.

http://www.goodearthquilting.blogspot.ca

I have done so much crazy quilting that its become my favorite quilting activity.

Comment by Mary Moore on August 14, 2012 at 2:33pm

The CQ got a second at the fair.  The mistake was I wasn't careful enough with my binding-not evenly filled, and the corners were not exactly 90 degrees.  Never forget the old basics.

Comment by Mandy Currie on August 3, 2012 at 7:45pm

Mary your crazy quilt is lovely, I'm relatively new to crazy quilting but it is such fun and so inspirational. You've certainly found lots of interesting laces and trims. Best wishes for the show. Kind Regards Mandy

Comment by Mary Moore on August 3, 2012 at 7:38pm

First CQ delivered  the CQ to the fair yesterday.  I put it in the "ART" division because of the beads.  But maybe it should have been in the regular division as it is a traditional format.  It was fun to break all the rules while making it.

  Now I am starting an applique project and find myself doing a subtle CQ to be the background fabric.

Comment by Carolyn Hoxton on July 25, 2012 at 7:31am

Nothing harder than Hand sewing, my hands ache just thinking about it, good for you, Mary, good luck. It usually is more about the color, than the quilting. My daughter had a green quilt at the Iowa State Fair years ago, and she hand quilted it...she was only 16 years old, ALL of the blue quilts even the ones machine quilted and tied got Blue ribbons, hers got a Red, she was very disappointed. I don't think it is always fair.  Good luck, though.

Comment by Donna Abrams on July 24, 2012 at 9:33pm

That's great Mary.  I hope you get lots of ribbons on it.  Can't wait to see a pic of it.

Comment by Mary Moore on July 24, 2012 at 8:20pm

Believe it or not, I am doing the hand sewing of the binding on my first CQ.  I entered it in the county fair, and need to deliver it on Aug. 2.  Now I am noticing a number of things to repair.  Will send a picture soon.

Comment by Sandi Schadt on April 2, 2012 at 8:13pm

I love Crazy Quilts, I have always been intriqued by them.  I did a class and we used a stablizer...that made it very heavy.  Did not do any embroidery or embellishments.   I still have not quilted it but will figure it out someday.  I have collected atleast 200 silk ties.  Having in mind that I want to do some sort of crazy quilt with them. Should I add other fabrics or just use the ties.  I did a large block of a star to use as the background in a memory shadow box.  it came out really nice but not sure i want a quilt like it.  Can anyone give me some ideas of where I might start.

Comment by Margie Campbell on March 22, 2012 at 3:59pm

I use telephone book pages sometimes.  I don't leave it in...I tear it out when the block is done.  I've not had a problem.  If I am doing paper piecing & have to print the pages...I print using a contrasting ink (blue, green, red...any color but black).  Hasn't been a problem...sure, plain paper would be easier to see...but free is free...well, I think we pay for those four at a time phone books, lol.

 

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