Let's Go Crazy (Quilting)!

Crazy quilting is not really quilting, but a patchwork style which seems to have appeared in the Victorian era, but remains a popular quilt form. Crazy quilting is almost always done on a foundation of paper or fabric with overlapping odd-shaped fabric pieces. Crazy quilt blocks can use even very small scraps, and this form of quilting often incorporates fancy velvet, silk, and brocade scraps which might be unsuitable for other patchwork. Usually the seams between pieces and blocks are embellished with fancy embroidery stitches, and blocks are often further decorated with ribbons, lace, buttons, beads, or jewelry. Although many quilters embellish blocks with fine hand needlework, many sewing machines can replicate some of those fancy stitches. The links below offer more crazy quilt history, lessons, and foundations for crazy quilt blocks.

Crazy Quilts in America

History of Crazy Quilts, Parts I and II

View hundreds of crazy quilts at The Quilt Index (The Alliance for American Quilts)

Crazy Quilting Lessons

Piecing a Crazy Quilt

Pin Tangle is a wonderful blog about elaborately embellished crazy quilt blocks with (currently) 29 different free crazy quilt foundations

Crazy quilt method from Quilter's Cache.