sewing for fun

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My mother made this crazy quilt for me several years ago. She made crazy quilts all the time. It was her favorite way of sewing. She loved to mix and match the colors and prints. She didn’t have to worry about cutting anything accurately or measure anything. She just sewed pieces together until she had a patch large enough to trim into a square. She made squares until she had enough to make a blanket. Most of her blankets were crib to lap size blankets. Mine was a good nap size blanket – about 1/2 a twin bed size.

She made this blanket with polyester batting, a cotton knit backing and tied it together. Over the years the sashing started to wear thin, the backing stretched out and the batting shrunk. This left the quilt lumpy, crooked and coming apart in places. So I decided it was time to fix it.

I took the quilt completely apart. I saved all the crazy quilt squares and threw away the rest. new sashing

I decided I was not going to buy any new fabric for this project. I have a stash and I inherited a stash. So I pulled out some simple cream prints to make new sashing.

quilt top

 

The backing will also be flower prints from the cupboard with flannel for the middle layer. I will post more pictures when I finish. I need to figure out how I want to band the edges.

Now back to sewing draperies.

2 Replies to “sewing for fun”

  1. This lady who made the quilts by randomly stitching things together made a lap robe for me. I also learned from her how to do this. She is now with Jesus, and I miss her!

    1. She taught many people to sew. She made dozens of blankets over the years, gave them all away. And we do miss her very much. Do you still have your lap blanket? I would love to see a picture of it.

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