Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Crazy pieced blocks..............

I am teaching a crazy piecing workshop on Saturday so I thought I would make some blocks in several different kinds of fabric for inspiration for the students.  The 30s reproduction blocks are trimmed with a 6 1/2" square ruler
I decided to make the solid color blocks larger so they will be cut with a 10 1/2" ruler.

I have company coming to stay for a few days so they can attend a funeral so I may only get a few more blocks made.  I have several examples of batik crazy piecing so that is 3 categories down, maybe 2 or 3 more to go.

12 comments:

Sewing Junkie said...

Interesting. I am cleaning and just found a bunch of them made up and thought I should get some more made. They are fun to do. Chris

Mary said...


Sounds like a fun and relaxing kind of workshop, not to mention a good way to deal with small scraps.

Quiltdivajulie said...

The solids are beautiful!!

Hedy said...

I’ve never been a fan of crazy piecing but I like your 1930 fabrics, I think it doesn’t appeal to my ordered Libra mind set 😆

Nancy said...

OK, I want to make one of each. It's always nice to have samples when taking a class or shopping at a quilt shop. It just helps so much to help narrow our choices. Have fun at class.

Alycia~Quiltygirl said...

What great blocks - and how different they look with the different colors!

JJM said...

Crazy Fun ahead...squaring them off gives them such a polished look . Wow ~ your solids just jump off the screen. A fun Saturday class for both you and students.
JJM

martha said...

Where are you teaching? Cool looking wonky piecing!

Linda Swanekamp said...

As a leader-ender, I often make crazy blocks. I have a small stack of red ones and one blue one. They are certainly fun to sew.

Anonymous said...

Wow. I LOVE the solids!

Frebblebit

Anonymous said...

Interesting how different the solid crazy blocks look from the prints. My very first 2 quilts, 40+ years ago, were crazy blocks from my mother's scrap collection.

ceci

Mystic Quilter said...

Great to see the crazy blocks in two completely different fabrics, love the bright solids of course!