Crazy Quilts

Every once in a while, I decide to work on some crazy quilts, hoping to use up some of my scraps and leftovers. I decided to make a douple of fairly large  twin size quilts. I need them to cover an extra long twin size bed. I back these on a 13 inch square. I think it makes it stronger and a little warmer. The typical crazy quilt is about 100" x 51", and the other one is about 51 x 88.

Using up all the fabric scraps

After you have made a few quilts, you begin to notice all the leftover scraps. Quilters can never throw a nice piece of material away. I use a lot of the scraps for making Crazy Quilts. It is relaxing , after working on a lot of pattern quilts, just to sit down and do Crazy Quilts. You can sew any scrap of any size, mixing any color you like. Just sit ddown and do a few squares, and forget about them til you feel in the mood again. I usually try and make different borders, and sometimes put a border, between the blocks.

When making some for children, I often put some thing of interest to them inthe center of each block. They uhave lots of bright colors that children like.