Saturday, January 11, 2014

Crazy Quilt Along 2014......

I joined up with Carli from Good Earth Quilting for her Crazy Quilt Along 2014. We are going to be doing a wall hanging representing Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall.

I am not a quilter at all....never did one in my life. I love them and admire the work put into them but I'm a small project type of person. So my mindset is that this CQA project has four small pieces and then the finishing to make it a wall hanging. I figure that I can handle that...hopefully:)

I'm very new to crazy quilting so I'm a bit nervous. 

Just deciding on what fabrics to use was my first hurdle. Carli has a free spirited approach to crazy quilting which I like but the conformist in me is really having a hard time putting the crazy into the quilting....LOL

I have a shoebox of small pieces of fabric that I have been gathering up for awhile......satins, brocades, velvets, laces...that sort of stuff. I got some of my bits from Diane's Etsy store when she had a fabulous sale last year. I also won some from her in a blog giveaway too:)



The first square we are doing is winter. So Carli asked us to gather together bits and pieces that suggest the colours of winter to us and build a block to work on.  I have a ton of white pieces......I'm thinking winter is mostly whitish isn't it?


Just for fun...while I was considering my options.... I found a stock photo of winter scenery on Google and  loaded in on Palette Builder at Play Crafts.

Lots of blues and grays. It even gave me the Kona cotton colours!

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Well after fooling around with winter themed pictures for awhile I put some bits together. Lots to ponder:


I think it should have some shades of white, blue and gray.......I also found a piece of bluey purple which is very pretty.......decisions........decisions:)

Once I get it all together I'll post my nude block for you to see. Stay tuned. 

Crazy Quilt Along 2014


8 comments:

  1. What a great start! Love all those blues and greys. I have to start putting together what I am going to use. Should be fun.

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  2. Mary Anne, you have nothing to be nervous about, its like this, try something new. I love your color choices for winter! LOL, Carli

    www.goodearthquilting.blogspot.ca

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  3. Your fabric collection is beautiful. Love the array of textures and colors. Love the stock photo using the Palette colors.
    I'm sure you'll be able to put a little "crazy" in your quilt blocks....just let go and have fun!

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  4. Ooooh, can't wait to see what you come up with. I am a quilter, but have never made a crazy quilt. I sorta like order and points and such.

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  5. You are a brave woman, I wouldn't even know where to begin! Loving your start and can't wait to see where your muse takes you on this crazy ride :O) Have fun, Deb

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  6. oooooh - you're about to be assimilated into the land of crazy quilters! Yay! You are going to like it there.

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  7. oh, goody, this looks like fun! And, I'm with you...smaller projects for me too..... that's why I was so thrilled to be able to do the little pincushions. and, now...I've decided to use my quilting or wrapping cloth blocks for a pouch...to hold smaller pieces of pretty fabric. It will be just a fold over pouch if you know what I mean... no zipper closing or anything...just a slit for an opening..to put in my hand and take out pieces ... and to look beautiful just sitting there ..wherever.....

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  8. looking forward to seeing how this comes along :)

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