I have finally finished my big crazy quilt. This quilt started by accident many months ago when I started to sew together lots of scraps that were too small to do much else with. The blocks grew and grew unsure of what to do with them I kept sewing.
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| A crazy block in progress. |
After a few months I had a beautiful stretch of fabric but still didn't know what to do with it. Some friends suggested a quilt but I thought they were mad, that would be way beyond my skill levels. But the more I thought about it the better the idea became. I got some pointers from my local quilters and brazenly thought "Yeah I can do that." So I did and I have to say I learnt A LOT! It really isn't that easy to make a quilt and you can't cut corners - which is the way I like to sew. Any proper sewer would be mortified to see my appalling sewing: lack of straight lines, no proper basting, my just make it up as you go approach and that thing called ironing. My poor Nanna especially. However I am proud of getting it finished and my Nanna would have been too.
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| The underside never to be seen. Next time I will stretch and tape each layer to the floor to prevent this puckering. |
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| We now have a new family game - Which is your favorite bit? and What was made out of /Who has something in this fabric? I can't wait to do another now, it is addictive. |
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