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Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Feedsack Crazy Quilt

Posted on May 17, 2011May 17, 2011 by Martha

Whenever Amy does a new Blogger’s Quilt Festival, if I don’t have a new quilt, I try to select a quilt that I made before anyone read my blog. This is a quilt completed in 2003 when my daughter was leaving for college. She loved black and pink at the time, and of course I had to figure out a way to include some vintage fabric. I blanket stitched the feedsack and vintage fabric scraps onto 4 muslin squares using black floss, and then stitched them together to make the 8″ crazy blocks. I would just sit in the evening with a box of scraps cutting and folding and pinning and stitching. This was the first crazy project I made, and it was a lot of fun to make up different patterns. The border triangles were machine pieced and then blanket stitched.

The 8″ blocks turned out rather thick, so I purchased a heavy black waffle fabric for the sashing. I like the bright colors of the feedsack prints against the black. The quilt has a thin batting, but it’s still pretty thick, so I chose to tie it with pink floss.

When I was blanket stitching those pieces onto the muslin, I hoped that everything would stay put and not ravel. That didn’t turn out to be a problem at all because my daughter still uses the quilt, and it has received quite a bit of abuse over the years it spent at school.

Now I’m off to see all the wonderful quilts at the Festival — Thank you Amy!

Feedsack Crazy Quilt
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2003
Hand Embroidered, Tied with Floss
50″ x 60″

14 thoughts on “Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Feedsack Crazy Quilt”

  1. siobhan says:
    May 17, 2011 at 11:07 am

    Hi Martha, It is fabulous. I love the colours and the black just highlights the squares. All that stitching…..wow. It’s gorgeous ..I love it 🙂

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  2. Angie says:
    May 17, 2011 at 11:17 am

    Oh wow…another inspiration for my “to do” list!

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  3. Lorid says:
    May 17, 2011 at 2:30 pm

    It is such a sweet quilt. There is nothing better then when our kids use the quilts we make them!!

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  4. mickie says:
    May 17, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Wonderful! Such happy colors 🙂
    Made my day……..
    Hugs,
    Mickie

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  5. Allison says:
    May 17, 2011 at 8:52 pm

    Love it! I’m not typically a fan of crazy quilting…but I have to say…your quilt may be the one that changes my mind! I love the colors and how they pop with the black background. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Allie says:
    May 17, 2011 at 10:23 pm

    That is a wonderful quilt – love the feedsacks with the black! Isn’t it great when someone loves what you make? How lovely that she’s using it!

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  7. miri says:
    May 18, 2011 at 5:36 am

    Terrific crazy quilt! Love the bright fabrics against the black!

    I also did my crazy quilt on a foundation block but I never thought of using a slightly heavier fabric for the border-very clever of you!

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  8. Renee Wheeler says:
    May 18, 2011 at 5:57 am

    I really want to make a crazy quilt. Have no idea where to start so I’ll need to research a bit. This one is beautiful. I love that you tied it with floss too.

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  9. Charity says:
    May 18, 2011 at 8:32 am

    I could see why this would be well loved. There is so much color, and the black floss just finishes it so nicely. I think the black is like adding a frame to a picture. It just makes everything else inside shine.
    I think this is fabulous.

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  10. Holly says:
    May 18, 2011 at 9:43 am

    Oh Wow! That looks like a lot of fun to make! Lots of work, but fun! Thanks for describing the process. That is alway the part that is the most intimidating to me, but you are helping to de-mystify it all!

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  11. Helen says:
    May 19, 2011 at 2:26 am

    I had noticed photos of this in your Flickr account before and I’m so pleased you’ve now shared its story as I love this quilt.

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  12. Penny G says:
    May 19, 2011 at 5:39 am

    Beautiful quilt. Love the blanket stitched piecing.

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  13. Edit Takacs says:
    May 19, 2011 at 6:15 am

    Congratulations! Stunning piece!

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  14. pratima says:
    May 19, 2011 at 1:50 pm

    The black in the background really make the blocks stand out. Your hand stitches are icing on the cake and pink makes for a cute cherry topping! It is stunning, Martha.

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