Super Simple Crazy Quilting Tutorial (this works on so many projects!)

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Chapters:

0:00 Intro
3:30 Tutorial
12:48 Finishing

[trinam]

LOVE crazy quilting!!! I go thru phases where I just sew small pieces together randomly. I dont worry about shape or size. When i run out of straight edges, i just whack thru it w my rotary cutter to create a straight edge and keep going! When its a good size, I cut a 6.5in square out of it, and use the cut offs to start the next block!! When I have enough 6.5in squares, I add sashing and have a bright and fun quilt!!

[janpurl]

I'm not much for seasonal decorating but your little pumpkins are very cute.

[creatressmwk]

I love these; so very cute. I am so very cheap, I could not waste any fabric. I normally strip pieces exactly to size while saving every inch of fabric I can. Oh, I was one of those doing crazy quilting starting in the late 70s. Made my wedding quilt out of crazy quilt squares. Then in the 80s and 90s I did custom vests out of crazy quilt with lots of embroidery, lace, charms, any kind of embellishments I could find. My creations were the "craze" around town, LOL! I still have some vests that I wear to my quilt quild meetings. Still love working in this style.

[grandmasgarden]

Oh yeah....wading through thirty years of scraps and determined to do crazy blocks. Great tutorial.

[conniecamp]

Oh my.... you got me when you said "if you were alive in the nineties...." 😂 I love the crazy quilt style. My grandma used to entertain me in the fifties by getting out her pillowcase full of fabric scraps and she would help me make crazy quilts for my dollies. In the seventies, I made them for curtains in my daughter's bedroom.

I'm so glad that tradition is being carried on. It warms my heart.😊

[LauraHogue-ku]

In the 80’s I made a lot of crazy quilted Christmas stockings as gifts using scraps of fancy fabrics, bit of lace, trim scraps and antique buttons. They weren’t difficult, people loved them and they looked quite elegant. A lot of teachers got them a Christmas gifts because teachers only need so many traditional apples.

[NanaKathy]

I make crazy quilt blocks by machine. Then I use the many, many decorative stitches on my sewing machine to top stitch along the seams in any thread I think will show up. It's a good way to use up thread and bobbins.

[Brenda-rt]

I’m so glad I found your channel. I enjoy crazy quilting. But I’ve called it crumb quilting. 😂

[wendyhalonen-dowhan]

I made my first crazy pumpkin coaster (my first crazy quilting anything) with your tutorial and template and I think I may have a new addiction starting. This was fun! Thank you for sharing and I'm so glad I found you on here.

[cathys]

My Grandma who taught me a lot about sewing, was alive in the '90s -- the 1890's !! Sometimes it amazes me how quickly time passes, and how closely we are tied to times past.

[jo-annevandermey]

Another way to scrap bust! Thanks for sharing.

[marywiggins]

This video from a year ago just popped up in my feed. Thank you for the ideas and cute pumpkin pattern.

[Amritadivya]

Very cute! It's nice to get ideas not only for using scraps but also ideas for small quick projects. Thanks!

[alexanderfarms]

Love these. Hope you will do a Christmas pattern💕

[christi]

Thank You for the free download!!! I really want to do this project!!

[d.a.tsun]

I'm a rookie at sewing. I got a wool pad as a gift and I thought it's thick enough to absorb heat. I ironed on it over my cutting board and yep, my board is now warped. But it's an old board for cutting paper so I can still use it. I just now need to get a dedicated sewing fabric cutting board.

[kathybrigger]

I just caught your show today. Been sewing for 65 years but you are never too old to learn. I have picked up some tips from you. Neat quick tips. I was taught formal sewing or in other words, tailor tacking, pin everything, base stitch everything and so on. My stuff always looks great but wow what a lot of extra work. Did it that way for years and still know how to do it but I have cut way back on all the steps. I can make an outfit in pretty much a day and a half, and have it look as good as it did when I did all the extra steps. As far as your wool pad being on your cutting board, I bought a silicon pad from Amazon that goes in a hot press iron for vinyl, and I put that under my wool pad. I believe it's about 3/8" thick. It of course can take the heat, but it also protects my cutting mat as that is where I have to press. I built my cutting table and it's 6' x 4' and I have no where other than there I can press so it works out great. I miss my other table. It was 8' x 10', but I moved everything to the basement because pellets got too expensive and gave up my shop. Thanks so much for sharing. I will definitely be using many of your ideas.

[poodlegirl]

Super cute!! You are so lucky to have your Mom live near you. I live 700 miles from one daughter and 1100 from the other...in different directions.

[sherrymccurley]

Oh Nikki! This is new to me—- I love it! So many scraps to put to good use! Hope to meet your Mom on here!! ❤️

[yvettemarie]

Thanks for sharing your pattern with us, very kind. I really haven’t tried crazy quilting. Starting with coasters is inspiring. ❤❤