Creating your story in Quilts
Crazy Quilts come in all shapes and sizes!
I have been taking a class called Wool Crazy with Jo Ann Mullaly who just finished her second book called Crazy at Home. The Wool Crazy Quilt has been so much fun and I have really made it my own. Jo Ann has wonderful designs and yet here and there I added my own personal touch. I put an Elephant in the corner that reminded me of my brother . I added a little red truck that reminded me of my Dad driving to Julian. The purple pig reminds me of my neighbors kids 4 h project of raising a pig for the Del Mar fair. Crazy quilts have been done in cotton, silks, polyester, wool, numerous fibers. I liked the simple use of my left over wool from my rug hooking. I have a long way to learning all my stitches but I am happy to plug along on this project. There are four parts to this quilt . I am not following the pattern exactly but basically moving things around and Jo Ann watches all of us add our personal touches to her pattern. That’s what my Crazy Quilt is Crazy slices of my life.
More close ups of my Crazy Quilt in progress
Jo Ann Mullaly was busy teaching her many doll, Wool crazy classes at Country Loft . Once a month I attended one of her many classes. Jo Ann would give us a copy of the newest part to our Crazy Quilt. Eventually she told her classes she was making it into a book. So Wool Crazy was published and her second book just got published recently. If you look at the Wool Crazy book you will see how I really went on my own little path of Crazy Quilting. That's what life is starting out with everybody and then taking your own twists and turns. This is a link to Jo Anns blog. You can see how different my Crazy Quilt is to the original that is wonderful. http://woolcrazy-jam.blogspot.com/
Linda and her Crazy Quilt
Linda has done a great job with her stitches!
I told Linda about this class called Wool Crazy
and told her how much fun I was having.
Linda explained that she was kind of allergic
to wool and would like to join but she wanted
to do it in cotton. I was surprised and just said
the class is called Wool Crazy!! So as I talked
to Jo Ann one day, that Linda would like to
take the class but do it in cotton Jo Ann
laughed and said there are several people in class
who are using cotton. Boy it's amazing how much
we can be oblivious to what's across the table.
who are using cotton. Boy it's amazing how much
we can be oblivious to what's across the table.
Linda has been doing her quilt for a short time but her stitches her appliqué and her Crazy Quilt says volumes about her Crazy Quilt Life.
Linda's Crazy Quilt in progress
I love the Birds!
more pictures to come when she finishes it.
Alice
Alice and her Crazy Quilt
My mother in law will be turning 94 first of the year.
Alice was a very busy person and her Crazy quilt is
an example of using what fabric she had. I think this
is from the 1970 time of quilting.
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| I was happy to see these Iris bloom for the first time! |
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