Crumb block quilt

Get started with this beginner's guide to crumb quilting. Explore the materials, techniques, and tips for completing a beautiful quilt!

Oh, my word…Laurie has been a busy beaver. I have LOTS of quilts to share with you today and all are from Laurie. I don’t know who made the tops but my, oh my, if you have a scrap buc…

Have you ever had one of those weeks where you need a project to sink your teeth into otherwise the stress will tip you over!? Well this was one of those times and I’ll skip the details but …

I love making new fabric with "crumbs". I have a previous post here that shows how to make crumb fabric. I've been making ...

You might also be interested in some other ways to use up your fabric scraps... If you are anything like us, you probably have loads of small scraps of fabric that you just don't know what to do with. You don't want to toss them out but they are too small to actually do anything with. That's where the crumb quilt technique comes into play. With this technique you can use up all of those small bits of fabric to make beautiful, colorful fabric that you can use to make quilts, cushion covers…

I’m sure you have plenty of fabric scraps at home and crumb quilting is one thing you can do with those scraps. How to do a crumb quilt How easy is that? Why are you waiting for? Go and start…

My rainbow crumb quilt top measures approx 36.5" x 45.5" so it's not huge but when I went looking for an appropriate backing in my stash I couldn't find a single piece of fabric large enough to work nicely. So, in keeping with the theme of the front I chose eight prints/blenders in a rainbow of colours and stitched a simple stripey backing piece. I think I like it almost as much as the front. When it came to the quilting I decided to stitch my wavy lines. Do you know, of all the quilts I…

I just wasn't into the blue/green quilt I had started so I put it away for a while. I saw a free pattern from All People Quilt and really ...

It's a miracle: I managed to finish and submit my second Jazz Impressions fiber art entry! This project began as a color study as...

A fun improv piecing technique for a braided quilt block. You can use these improv braided quilt blocks in borders, quilt backs and more!