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Should I use a template when making a first crazy quilt?
I’m planning on starting my first crazy quilt soon, and I was wondering whether it would be wise or not to use a crazy quilt block templates, or if I should just "freehand" it as I go along. I’d rather not use a template but since I’ve never done this before, I’m wondering if it would make things easier on me if did.
Any thoughts from more experienced crazy quilters?
A crazy quilt is many different shape squares or triangle,etc pieced together. A template is not needed if you have a cutting board and a quilting ruler. You can sew all the pieces together lets say to what looks like 12" by 12". then take that square and place it on the cutting board and use your ruler to cut it to a perfect11 1/2 by 11 1/2 square. You can make as many squares or do it in triangles to make a lap quilt, twin quilt or whatever size you want. I have taken extra squares and triangles and put them together in a crazy quilt. It turned out perfect.then to finish it off take some material and make a 4 inch border and your done. You always make your squares with 1/2 inch allowance because you will be sewing them together and that is your 1/4 seam on both sides.
4 Responses to “Should I use a template when making a first crazy quilt?”
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August 15th, 2009 at 6:28 am
I’m not experiences with crazy quilting, but i do quilt. To me, the point of a crazy quilt would be to use pieces that aren’t working for a regular template patterned quilt. The only problem i would forsee if making sure the pieces lay flat together, so frequently check on a table or other hard flat surface as you add pieces, overlapping the seam allowance. If you use the traditional quarter inch seam, then make sure the overlap is at least 1/2 inch.
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August 15th, 2009 at 6:43 am
The previous poster is right, the whole idea is to just do it. Here is a link to a version of the idea done in blocks.
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http://www.threadbanger.com/post/11300/make-easy-crazy-quilt-blocks
August 15th, 2009 at 7:31 am
Templates are a great help when you make your own first crazy quilt, but it depends on your server settings if they have a chance to block it or not, but you must have to organize yourself, that templates are one thing that could attract visitors to your website.
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http://www.digitalpointstore.com/
August 15th, 2009 at 8:20 am
A crazy quilt is many different shape squares or triangle,etc pieced together. A template is not needed if you have a cutting board and a quilting ruler. You can sew all the pieces together lets say to what looks like 12" by 12". then take that square and place it on the cutting board and use your ruler to cut it to a perfect11 1/2 by 11 1/2 square. You can make as many squares or do it in triangles to make a lap quilt, twin quilt or whatever size you want. I have taken extra squares and triangles and put them together in a crazy quilt. It turned out perfect.then to finish it off take some material and make a 4 inch border and your done. You always make your squares with 1/2 inch allowance because you will be sewing them together and that is your 1/4 seam on both sides.
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20 years of quilting.