Crazy quilting and crazy paving have a lot in common. They each rely on the use of odds and ends of material to be put together to make a pattern. Crazy quilting has had many uses and revivals. Poor women in the past used odds and ends that were left to make a much needed blanket. Rich girls, perhaps a touch bored as they learned the skills needed to make good matches used silks and satins to make their own crazy quilts.
It's easy to do. You can work on a large cloth surface or on smaller sections that can be sewn together when you have enough. Scraps of fabric are positioned next to each other on a light cotton surface. They are pinned in place and tacked. the edges are made neat and secure with embroidery stitches and suitable embellishments. A colour scheme and theme can be chosen or a happy rag bag selection. It's a fantastic way of using scraps and working inexpensively and it's an opportunity to use several skills.
The finished quilt top if it is strong and neat on both sides can be used as it is. It can also be backed and finished with wadding and binding.
Crazy designs can be used on lots of other projects. Make a cushion, a quilt, a phone or laptop cover or a pocket on a child's dress. Make a wall hanging, picture or card and experiment with fancy papers.
I need to add a name to the example above and will when I find the name of the lady who sewed it. This piece was done for me and added to a large storytelling quilt that I made and took into schools.
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