Crazy On You, July 2026
There’s never a shortage of scraps around here. In fact, I generate many more than I will ever use because I make so many quilts. That’s ok, because I always have a variety of colors and prints on hand for my next bonus quilt.
When
I got this Crazy Block die from Blue Wren, I immediately went on a
cutting spree. I pulled out a big pile of pastels and medium color
remnants, along with white muslin and a few 10” squares and fat
quarters. In no time, I had cut enough blocks for a small project.
I
decided to randomly combine the pieces without trying to coordinate
the colors. It was fun and mindless play, accompanied by vintage rock
music from Heart. Working on the Janome, I pieced, pressed and tossed
the blocks onto my design board.
I
will confess, I did swap a few blocks around before the final
stitching. (Can’t let two like fabrics touch each other, you know!)
Rotating the blocks created the secondary white pinwheel design. I
used a light green thread to quilt curvy designs using the Which Way
ruler.
Crazy
On You is 45” square, great for a baby quilt. I love the
semi-organized chaos of color, fabric, and designs that appear when
sewing scrappy quilts. Even when I plan a color scheme, it’s
satisfying to pull out those remnants for variety.
Dies
used:
Blue
Wren 6510 Crazy Block 7½”
finished
Accuquilt
55017 Strips 2” binding
