Scrappy Crumb Quilt Block Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- In today's tutorial, we're going to make a beautiful crumb block, which can be used in a variety of ways. Yes, you can make a quilt out of blocks like this, but you can also use this method to make beautiful bags, pouches, potholders and more.
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I wanted to mention that when I sit to sew crumbs, normally I don't get up to iron or pin. I just set at my machine and sew crumbs (and Crumb sets) together until they get quite large. I just wanted to show so that people who are beginners can see the process of how they go together.
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I love rewatching this video while I am sewing my crumbs.
Thank you for letting me know you enjoy it, Glenda! 💕✂️🧵
Live your crumb block tutorial. Perfect timing too because I’m working on some. I find it relaxing too!
Awesome! Thank you! I always love to hear from other scrap lovers! Happy Sewing 🧵
I love your tutorials. I haven’t made a crumb quilt yet but I’m feeling more confident after watching your tutorial
You can do it! They're SO fun!
Thank you Marie. Between you and Brenda I will get rid of my crumbs in a good way. I knew I kept them for a reason!
Thank you so much for the great tutorials. Love, love, love them. Very informative and inspirational. You are the best.
You are so welcome and thank you for such a kind comment! I'm ever so glad you liked this tutorial! It was actually filmed very early in my UA-cam "career," lol!
I think that’s a fantastic gift idea! I love it! Thank you Marie!
You are so welcome!
You and your work,,,, so awesome.
You gave me an idea for something I've been reluctant to do,,, I lost my 29 year old daughter and her new born baby girl, i saved some of their clothes thinking of doing something special to keep as a memorial...
Thank you.
Sorry to hear that! Although not the same, we lost a 39 year old son last year and I lost an infant son in 1985. I know that many times, it’s difficult to try to make a memory piece, or something that might remind us of our loss. I hope your sewing gives you solace and peace. Sending hugs!
Like your soapy quilt blocks
Another gorgeous block from my scrap-loving friend, Marie! One quilter’s trash is another quilter’s CRUMB! Hooray for crumb blocks! They are very soothing to sew, indeed!
I had to write that down, that is so cute! One quilter’s trash is another quilter’s crumb. Love it!
beautiful blocks, I make mine the same way, I would rather sew crumb blocks than all the other projects I have started.I make 10 inch blocks that I can use like layer cakes, I have a few hundred already and my scraps seam to multiply. thank for a great video
Hello there! You're like me, I absolutely love to make crumb blocks and I love to use them for almost anything that I make. I adore scraps and I'm so glad that you do, too!
I just love this! I knew There was something I could do with all those scraps I couldn’t bring myself to discard! Thank you so much!
Hi Janet! Oh, absolutely put them to use. In fact, I used larger pieces when I made this video than what I normally do. You can use any size piece. To me, it's a shame to throw pieces away that would make something beautiful. I'm glad I could help inspire you.
I'm going to make some crumb block purses. I think they are beautiful. Thank you for sharing, great video as always.
Yes, I agree that purses are beautiful done with crumbs. There again, no two would be the same, so each person that gets a purse made from crumb blocks is getting a very unique purse. I love that all us scrap lovers think alike! Have a great day!
So incredibly beautiful. Thanks for showing us this incredible video. Just love scraps and the way they transform into lovely pieces of art. Best wishes from New Zealand 🙂💞🙂
Well hello in New Zealand! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I also love the way we can take small scraps of fabric and turn them into beautiful pieces of art!
@@MariesScrappyCreations Thanks for replying Marie. Your suggestion for an Audi book is great👍Am just finishing the top for a lap quilt for my daughter who will be visiting me from Australia. Summer here😃
Thank you so much Marie, I really really enjoyed watching you creating these gorgeous and stunning crumb block’s. Yes they are really really cute and adorable too, and I really really love ❤️ them. Please stay safe and well too xxx Mags
You are ever so welcome! I love the joy that comes through your comments, thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment on my video. It means more to me than you know. I'm so happy you like this block, it's one of my all time favorites!
What a beautiful “Crumb” block! I’m so excited to have found your channel.
I'm so happy you have, too! Welcome 🥰
You have a wonderful selection of fabrics. My best fabrics seem to come from cutting up thrift shop purchases. Also, I agree that the one-of-a-kind quilts are the only kind I want to make. Thanks for the inspiration.
You're very welcome Sarah! Thank you so much for watching and dropping by to comment. My great grandmother made a lot of quilts and mostly from scraps of clothing. All the different colors and prints, no matter how they're put together, are always beautiful.
I like the organized way you make scrap blocks with squares and rectangles. I watched another You tube contributor that did this also but with color coordination., both our and hers are much more pleasurable to look at when finished. Thank you.
Hi! Thank you so much for your kind comment! I had thought of doing a more color organized block, but then I felt that since I was trying to show the basic method of crumb piecing with scraps, I went with showing just throwing different colors of scraps together.
Thanks again for showing us your way for crumb quilting! I love ‘crumb’ quilting as well!😀
Hi Annette! I think crumb quilting should be renamed to "addictive" quilting. Lol!
Good morning!!! Sunday is my favourite UA-cam day. I sleep in late and when I wake up I get to watch a new tutorial . Thank you for posting.
Hello! I’m glad to hear that someone is sleeping in, but it definitely isn’t me, ha ha. Thank you so much for your sweet comment. I’m glad I can help make your Sunday good. Take care of yourself!
Marie- I must say
a crumb is a crumb, is a crumb🤪
Cookies, material, cakes…!!! Awesome to see you’re process. ❤️😀
Hi Rachel! Your comment cracked me up. Crumb cake, crumb material and cookie crumbs. Lol!!!!!
Love it!! Mine are adding up again, I want to make some dish towels with crumb blocks sewn to the bottom!
That's a beautiful idea Mary! I've used strips of crumbs (strips cut from larger pieces) appliqued onto the fabric of the towel topper. I hope that makes sense. Anyway, I'm sure they'll be beautiful!
I loved watching the entire video of your process for your CRUMB blocks. You are correct; they are so, so pretty!
It is a beautiful process, Kathy! Thank you so much for watching and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I know I had a lot of fun making that video.
I can't believe that I haven't seen this video before 😅 great video.
Hi Giovanna! Yeah, this was quite a while ago. Fun block! Hope you enjoyed it! 😉
I love this. I’m 45 years old and have (“had” possibly) a crazy quilt my mom made me when I was very little. It’s tattered and I love it so much. In the moving around within the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey I don’t know where it is. Hopefully I’ll find it.
Oh goodness, that would be a scary feeling, especially with something you have that many memories attached to. But, I bet you have it someplace and you just haven't unpacked it yet. Fingers crossed that you find it!!
Beautiful results. I’m up for a bathroom break at 2 am. I want to sneak into my sewing room and quietly zip up some crumbs. Lol. Better than snacking
MUCH better than snacking, lol! You made me laugh with this one!
Oh I almost cried. I have a dark blue with the yellow flowers I bought more then 20 years ago.
I’m so glad you spotted a familiar fabric! I love it when I see someone has sewn something and I spot a fabric that I either own now, or did own at one point. Many of my fabrics are 20 years or older. Thank you so much for watching and dropping by to comment! Have a great day and happy sewing!
Gorgeous results, from what a lot of people would consider waste!
Thanks, Tracey! I love making items from scraps for the same reason! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
Another great video Marie. I love the scrappy crumb blocks & I always look to see if I have any of the same material that is being used for some strange reason.
That’s not strange at all, I have all kinds of things that I do that people might laugh at if they knew , lol. I said in one of my first videos that if I get chatting too much, you guys would be scared off because of the way my brain works and the things I think of while I’m sewing, ha ha.
@@MariesScrappyCreations I love it when you're chatty, as you normally have handy hints/tips in that convo, as I just normally wing it, so it's handy when you don't exactly know what you're doing lol
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to give us different ways of doing things
That’s so sweet of you to take the time to make a comment. Thank you so much! These are one of my favorite blocks to make!
Your crumb blocks are the neatest and most appealing that I have seen. Trimming them up makes all the difference
Well, thank you ever so much! Your comment brought a smile to my face. Have a great weekend and thank you for dropping by to comment, I appreciate it.
fabulous thank you for this tutorial!
You're welcome, Suzy - have fun sewing!
What I love about crumb quilting is that a 1/4” seam doesn’t matter, just sew whatever seam allowance depending on the size of crumbs.
You are absolutely right! Sewing crumbs together is just so fun because there are no rules, just relaxation!
Thank you I enjoyed the video.
Hi Donna! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I had a lot of fun making this video. Happy sewing!
I love crumb blocks because it is no brainer sewing that ends with a useful quilt.
I agree 100%. All those beautiful little scraps, usually they have a memory attached to them of whatever project we made with them to begin with, and we’re giving them new life. I love that feeling!
Great video. Thank you.
I'm happy you enjoyed it, Jackie! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Those are very happy crumbs. Thank you for your wonderful tutorials.
Melinda, they certainly are happy crumbs, aren't they? Anything that beautiful would have to be happy! Thank you for dropping by to comment.
Thank you for the tutorial! Can’t wait to make some crumb blocks.
Hytina! They certainly are fun to to so. I hope you enjoy making some!
I am with you Marie, I really enjoy sewing crumbs together. I am working on a flannel crumb baby rag quilt. I cannot wait to see how that turns out! I had not thought to use sizing on my crumb blocks. I will have to try that. Thank you so much for your excellent tutorial! 💜💜
Oh wow Janice, that sounds absolutely beautiful! I knew I was saving my children's prints in one container for a reason. I just love the sound of that quilt that you're making. I hope you share it on the facebook group when you complete it, because I would love to see it.
What I love about crumb peicing is, if I only have 10mins I'm able to feel I've achieved something, very often that 10mins miracuously turns into an hour lol xxx
That is true, Jo. I had to laugh though, because as soon as I read about “I only have 10 minutes”, I was thinking “yeah, 10 minutes sounds fine, but it’s never just 10 minutes”, lol.
This is what I love about quilting... No 2 are just alike... Each one is unique. I like taking the basic method of quilting and creating my own quilt with my choice of my fabrics. Thank you for sharing your video and tutorial.
I love the very same - the uniqueness and creativity is the best part!
Love your ideas😊
Thank you! 😊
These blocks turned out beautifully! Thanks for sharing your process.
Thanks, Imogene. Normally when I make these, I don’t get up in between each step to pin and iron. But, of course, I’ve been doing it for years, so I just sit at the sewing machine and crank them out one after another. I only want to show each process so beginners would understand what’s happening.
Hi Marie! Happy to watch another tutorial from you! Thanks for all your time and effort for doing these. Have an awesome day!
Hey there, Terrie! Thank you so much for dropping by. I appreciate your kind words. Normally, I don’t sew crumbs in this way, I don’t ever get up in between to iron and pin. But you know how it goes, when we first start off, we need to learn the process of how they go together. In fact, I don’t even use a rotary cutter until I get to the part where I have to cut the block to a certain size. Other than that, it’s scissors all the way.
Beautiful crumb blocks. Thanks for the video.
You're welcome! Thank you for watching my video and for taking the time to comment, that means a lot!
Thank you for sharing I’ll be sewing and do this ❤️
You're welcome Nancy, I'm glad I could help you out. I love crumb piecing. We actually just did this block in the quilt along that is taking place on my channel. Have you been following that?
@@MariesScrappyCreations just started watching you,I didn’t get to see the the quilting along but I’ll have to look into that Thank you
@@nancystrebel3339 I'm so glad you found my channel and I'd like to say "welcome". I love crumb piecing, too! That's ok that you missed the QAL, but if you ever want to watch or give it a try, I"ll leave the link here below that is the full playlist:
ua-cam.com/play/PLSSOqydkgPl6LTWMmSIDJUJb-YdJBhUhp.html
Finally got to watch your video today! Love love love those crumb blocks!!! So pretty…I love all of the different fabrics too! You make it look so easy! Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us on Wednesday!!!
Hi there Lisa Marie! Welcome it looks easy because it is. I wouldn't tell you stories, haha. Thanks so much for always watching. I appreciate your dedication and your friendship.
Crumb quilts are my favorite. I love the color and patterns and the fact that you don't have to follow a pattern. I am not good with patterns.
I agree, they're definitely a wonderfully fun and colorful way to go. You can't beat them for beauty. And like you say, no pattern needed.
Thank you for the great crumb tutorial!
Hi Marie! Thanks for dropping by to comment. You're such an accomplished quilter and I'm sure you've probably made at least a few crumb quilts. 🥰
Crumbs are my favorite! Loved your video.
Thank you for watching and stopping by to comment!
I love scrappy crumb quilting.
Me too, Miki! The crumb blocks I made in the video are for this month's swap partner.
Would love to see what you make, a quilt would be great!!
Hi Dorothy! Sometimes I use them for quilts, but a lot of times I use them to make tote bags, pillows, little zipper bags, potholders and many other items. Have a great time sewing!
I just finished a baby quilt using crumbs as well. You could also say it is an eye spy quilt with all the colors and designs
Oooh, that’s a great idea. I have been saving my kids print scraps in a different container and I have a similar idea in mind. I figured I would make baby quilts out of all the crumbs.
Thanks Marie for your video today. I like your process of putting together a crumb block. It looks like a faster process than some I've seen. Think I'll do it this way the next time I sew some scraps. All of the scrap blocks I do are 10", that way I find I can use them up in projects. I keep a plastic project case that I just keep my 10" finished blocks in so I can always have something handy when I need it. Since I started this process a few years ago I use up these 10"blocks more than I ever did before. When the project box get low I make up more scrap blocks. I also like making strip blocks with foundation paper. I love, love, love scraps!!!
Laurie, I absolutely love that idea! See? Everyone learns from everyone else and it's such a beautiful thing. Yes, I love the process of putting crumbs together and there are so many different ways to do it. It's all just so beautiful to me. Thank you for watching and commenting, I really appreciate you taking the time to do that. Happy sewing!
No, video was not too long. I cannot quit working with crumbs. I have a jigsaw puzzle I am trying to finish because the crumbs are calling me. Actually it is my sewing machine. But I always make crumb blocks. I go and buy scraps at the local quilt shop even. My favorite purchase.
Hi Rose! Well you sound like me, once you get started, it's very hard to stop sewing them. I told my husband that if we didn't have to eat, I wouldn't stop to cook and I would just keep sewing! Haha. Thank you for letting me know that my videos aren't too long. Sometimes I worry about that.
Thank you for this video. I have learned a lot from watching how you put them together. I used some very small pieces when I made some crumb blocks, and I think that is why I didn’t enjoy it so much. I am going to try them this way, I think I will enjoy it much better. Blocks are beautiful.
Hi Kim! I’m happy that you found my video helpful. Many times, I’ve sewn with very tiny pieces, but it is very time-consuming. I chose larger pieces for this tutorial, thinking that for beginners, it would be best to try the slightly larger pieces. But, I have swapped many crumb blocks with other quilters and some people use larger pieces than what I did and there are people who use much smaller. It’s up to us what we prefer to use. Go with whatever makes you happy and comfortable. Happy sewing!
Beautiful crumb blocks!
Thanks, Lucila!
I actually have never done crumps that look so nice cut rectangular. I will. Give it a try that way
Hi Karen! I tend to keep the rectangular or squarish crumbs together as they're simpler to work with and go together much easier. When I'm in for a challenge, I get one of my other buckets that has all different shapes in it. It just depends on my mood.
I've found your channel through Brenda. Love scrappy crumbs and sent a join request on Facebook. Looking forward to learning scrap happy projects.
I'm so glad you found me! I just adore Brenda! I have all kinds of scrappy projects planned. My tutorials go up on Sundays and on Wednesdays, I post a midweek called "What's Up Wednesday".
Just catching up! Thank you!
Oh what a fun video! I love doing crumb blocks. I liked seeing your process and will try incorporating some of your tips when I get a chance to be crumby again! It was fun seeing the crumb of the fabric on the pouch I won. Love those pansies! Looking forward to what you have up your sleeve for us on Wednesday!
Hi Nancy! As always, it's great to see you. Yes, that's a good eye to catch that I used that pansy fabric. Actually, that was a scrap from your bag that went into that crumb block And I only remember that because the other thing that I use that fabric for I didn't cut any pieces off of it.
@@MariesScrappyCreations I love it! My bag is a real celebrity! Have a great day!
It is a celebrity, isn't it? Lol, I love it! Thank you for the laugh Nancy!
This is great if your crumbs are neat patches..crumbs come in many shapes..l don’t have time to cut them all into neat tiny blocks..but to each his own..keep crumbing..🇨🇦
That's true, but working I'm filming and teaching within the constraints of a video and I figured it was easier to show people using the shapes that I did. If I made the video much longer, people wouldn't watch it at all. I do use other shapes when I'm not teaching the method. Happy sewing!
Thanx ..we both agree..don’t think l was disrespectful..neither were you…as l said..keep crumbing..it’s the best sanity keeper..🇨🇦
Oh I didn't take it that way at all 🥰 I've found things can be quite different to film vs what I do normally, lol. Scrapping is fun, no matter how it's done 😊 Enjoy your weekend
Such a fun project!
Thanks Kimberly, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Just found you on you tube and signed up for Facebook !
Welcome to my channel and my Facebook group! I’m so glad you found me. I take it that you also love working with scraps? I usually film a Wednesday video that’s just a middle of the week, whatever I’m up to, kind of video and then on Sunday, I put up a tutorial. Sometimes in between there, I’ve been known to do a pop-up chat or a live stream. Hope to see you tomorrow. Take care and happy sewing!
Just linked over from Brenda’s channel.
Yay! Her and I have a sew date coming rightup and I can't wait - i just love Brenda! Thank you for popping over, I appreciate it!
…cont’d… but this makes me very happy to see. I will be doing this soon!!
Esta técnica e a melhor pq aproveita todos as sobras❤
Yes, it does 🥰
I’m trying a crumb quilt block!
Yay! You’ll be hooked, consider yourself forewarned, ha ha!
Im like u I dont necessariky get uo and iron and pin crumbs. Thanks Marie. See u wedsday. Hugs
You're welcome Ginette! I'm so glad that so many other people love and enjoy the crumbs as I do. See you on Wednesday! Actually I just put a bonus video up today, although it's not very long.
Hi Marie. I enjoyed watching you make these crumb blocks!! I do know someone who makes crumb quilts whose crumbs are way smaller that yours, down to .5 inch!!! Maybe smaller! She says she keeps everything. I can only imagine her sewing room. Anyway, loved watching and learning about crumbs and different sizes. LAK
Hi Christine! Tanks for telling me about her. I do know that people use tiny, tiny scraps and for me, as long as I can use my quarter inch seam and then still see a little bit of fabric, I'll use them. But since there's a quarter inch out of each side, if I use anything smaller than 3/4 of an inch, it doesn't even show. Thank you for watching and for dropping by to comment! Have a great day.
@@MariesScrappyCreations yes, its Darlene Michaud. That's who I know and I have watched her for years. She's going thru a bad patch right now tho like I am but we both will get thru this!!!!!
Yes, I've watched her for many years. She used to live here in Maine and has recently moved. The thing I was explaining in my other comment is that if I had a piece of fabric that was half an inch wide and I sew it with my 1/4 inch seams on both sides, there is no fabric to show. That's why I only save things that are 1" and above. Everybody likes different things I suppose.
@@MariesScrappyCreations I agree! But she saves everything!!! Ill have to watch her more to see how she does it! I'm sure there's a trick to it as their is to everything! LAK
I ran across this video and wondered how long it takes you to put crumb blocks together? When I hear crumb, I think of crumb cake...yum!
Hi! Well it really varies on how much time it takes, because normally I just sit and sew a bunch of crumbs together into sections of 2 and then another time, I'll sit and sew the sections of 2 to another section of 2 and so on, and so on, before I go to make the blocks themselves. But I would guess if I was just trying to make one all by itself, it would probably take me 30 to 45 minutes
The Quilting Marine says sewing crumb blocks has helped his PTSD more than medications or anything else. He also finds it very relaxing.
I've watched him a few times, just I haven't seen that video. I believe it though, I find it very calming to so crumbs together.
Hello Marie!!👋👋. I am very new to your channel and I loves scraps.❤
Well, hello to you, too! I'm so glad you're enjoying my channel and videos. I am fairly new to UA-cam. I've only been doing it about 6 months. Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment, I appreciate that!
Good to meet you, came over from Brenda’s. I am a beginner quilter, loved you’re project a very clear tutorial.
It’s great to meet you, Janet! Thank you for coming over to check out my channel. I remember being a beginner quilter, full of excitement about all the things that I wanted to learn about. Have a great day!
This is lovely..but so many of us don’t cut our crumbs into neat pieces..that can be very time consuming to do the neat prep…but will now remember to sort my crumbs into 2 piles..neat and odd bits..keep on crumbing..🇨🇦
The crumb blocks are very, very nice. Thank you for teaching us your way, everyone makes theirs differently but similarly. If that made any sense, I hope it did. I use smaller pieces and longer strips. I think I'm going to use larger pieces in the future. You have to figure out what size works for you. It can change and that's OK. I'm learning how to not bring my perfectionism into my quilting. Lol. :)
That’s true, Amanda. We all have to use what works for us. When I’m not filming, I use much smaller pieces, as well as different shapes of pieces. I also use a lot of thin strips to sew those bits of pieces onto. But for filming purposes, as well as thinking about people who are beginners at crumb piercing, I figured it was best to film with a lot of squares and rectangles shapes
@@MariesScrappyCreations I agree with showing beginners how to do it more easily. I wish i had seen your video when I started, that would have been so very helpful. It looks more fun this way. :)
I think I'll be doing my crumb blocks this way from now on. I had a giggle when you said "I dont sew up everything I have ... well believe me. I wouldnt be able to sew up everything I have in scraps .... Anyway" 🙄😂
You are most definately my fabric twin 😊
Wonderful tutorial as usual ... really sweet of your followers to ask for a wishlist! Why didnt I think of that huh 🤔
Hey Nanni! Well you know, for a tutorial, I tend to do things a little differently than what I actually do when I'm by myself. But I really wanted to show the process for the beginners. Normally, I just sit with my hands in the scrap bucket and just keep sewing and rarely do I get up to iron or pin. But when I first started crumbing, this is exactly how I did it. That being said, there are times where I will plan my crumbs, especially if I want it to look a certain way for a pillow or a special gift.
Yes, people are so kind. I made the wish list, and then I had someone last night send me a gift card to my email which was very sweet. She also mentioned that some crafters use what's called "buy me a coffee", it's similar to Patreon. I might look into that, too. People are very giving, and it's a very humbling experience to realize that you've touched people's lives. I get too emotional if I talk about it, but you know what I'm saying. Thank you, sweet friend 😘
@@MariesScrappyCreations Dont forget ... you are worthy. You are special. And you brighten peoples days by giving your time, talent and experience 💞
@@nanniibee aww, you just had to make me cry now, didn't you? Thank you for your sweet words. They mean the world to me! 🥰
I learned that fabric is the 5th largest pollution problem - can you believe it!? Now I save the unusable scraps in a pillowcase to make pet beds.
I have yet to make an entire crumb quilt…you’ve inspired me to get off the fence & get busy! Thanks, Marie!
I didn't know about that statistical number, but I did know how much earth damage it takes to produce fabrics. I'm very picky about keeping clothing for a long time and using up all my scraps for that very reason. I guess you will be busy, busy, busy!
Marie, you are amazing!
@@lesa6399 You're so sweet to say that!!
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You should use a 3x5 card and washi tape and make a bridge and your sewn scrapes would glide across behind you needle.....to bridge that gape between your machine and your table.
Hi Mary! I've thought of similar ways. You're so thoughtful to share with me! Another subscriber had suggested using those flexible, disposable cutting boards made from clear-ish plastic from the Dollar Tree, the ones that a lot of people use for patterns. I've hesitated on doing anything up until this point, but I may because it does get frustrating 😕
I have a wish list
You seem to make all the pieces very "patchworky" and squares, which is fine (each to their own). I just wanted to share that I make rectangles, triangles, place them sideways, horizontally, vertically, all over the place. I guess there are many ways to make a crumb block.
There definitely are many ways. When I'm not filming, I use all sorts of shapes and sizes, but it's difficult to guess what people have on hand for shapes, so I figured I'd keep it to the basics
I never pre anything on crumb quilting especially not a pin! I may iron if the fabric is in bad shape.
I know many people don't iron or pin, but now it's my habit, lol. Happy sewing 🥰
I like the beginning of you video but towards the end its hard to tell which piecs you are sewing together make them grow
Hi! This is a video that I made at the beginning of when I was making videos abd hadn't been on UA-cam very long. I have since made other videos showing how to put crumbs together (at differentspeeds). The problem is some people say that I spent too much time and they need me to speed it up and I have other people who wanted me to slow down. So I am at odds with how to do any kind of video because everyone learns that different rates or whatever. Either way, I appreciate you watching and commenting 🥰
Hi Marie. I have a question please. Do you recommend washing fabrics before sewing into a quilt top??
Yes. I used to pre-wash absolutely everything, although I don't do that anymore. The one exception to that rule is anything that goes into a quilt HAS to be pre-washed. If I don't pre-wash and dry it, I have no idea how much it will shrink in comparison to the other fabrics in the quilt, which could end up ruining all my hard work. Plus, some colors will run, and that's best taken carecof by pre-washing, too. That's my outlook on it, and I hope this helps you with your decision.
At the beginning I said I don't wash everything anymore, and that's because sometimes I like to make tote bags and things like that and I use 100% cotton batting in them. I then like to wash and dry them and have the fabric crinkle up as it shrinks. It makes the bag that much prettier, in my opinion. It's also beautiful on a quilt, but when you're using a combination of different fabrics, they can shrink at different rates, which afain, is why quilting fabrucs are always washed. 🥰
I'm an overthinker so I struggle with putting pieces together then adding them to each other after the pieces are sewn together.
I understand what you mean. I find that when I so crumbs together, I just have to put on an audiobook or music so that I don’t think too much about what I’m doing.
Are you obliged to do it with only 100% cotton or if you can add flannel, etc??
That's a good question! I have used both, even within the same block.
Can one use all kinds of fabric or should it only be cottons
Good question. I think it comes down to what people like to use. The one thing I would say is that if you’re going to use something other than cotton, you should be consistent with it. I would not mix different fabrics in the same block, because you would get different results when washing or using. I like to use strictly 100% cotton for my quilting, but I know there are people who do use other fabrics. I hope this helped answer your question and I hope you have a great weekend. Happy sewing!
How many hours or days does it took you to do these 2 blocks??
Hello Claudette Thank you for watching and dropping by your comment. As far as your question goes, that is a difficult one to answer because it depends on so many factors. Most times, I sit and sew a pile of crumbs together in sets of 2 and then I sit with that pile and sew sets of 2 together into sets of 4, and so on, and so on. When I need to make just a block ir two, I tend to use larger crumbs and sew them together in one sitting. Personally, if my crumbs are all ironed and by my side, I could probably sew those 2 blocks in under an hour.
Hello would you be kind enough to tell me what machine you are using please?
Hi! I’m using a Singer Quantum Stylist 9960 - my favorite all-around home sewing machine 🥰
@@MariesScrappyCreations Thankyou for your reply...and Thankyou for great video 💜💜💜
You're very welcome! I appreciate your watching and taking the time to comment. This video is from pretty early on in making videos 🥰
Trying to join on facebook. Not finding you
Hi Susan! In order to join the Facebook group, You have to have an invitation. Please email me. I'll try to put my email here, but youtube may remove it. You can find it in the description box underneath most of my videos. Once you email me, I will send you a link that will allow you to join.
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I can’t locate your Facebook group to join it?
Hi! I'm so sorry about that. I had to change it to an invite only group, as I was getting bombarded. Please email me at mariesscrappycreations@yahoo.com and I'll send you an invite. Thanks for your interest!
It's not necessary to trim after each addition
Hi Leanne! Some trim, some don't. I've always done it that way - probably my OCD, ha ha. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
I don't pin or audition crumbs. I just sew.
Hi Sue! Yes, there are so many different ways to do it all. I don't always pin my crumbs, but everything depends on my mood, ha ha! It was great to "meet" you yesterday!
Need to make sound louder😊
Yes, this was one of my earliest videos, before I purchased a microphone 😀
I have some fabric you can have to make crumb blocks. PM me.