{"id":904,"date":"2013-11-17T08:43:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T16:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2013-11-18T09:10:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T17:10:23","slug":"crumb-blocks-find-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverthimble.ca\/blog\/2013\/11\/crumb-blocks-find-a-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Crumb Blocks Find a Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a large pile of crumb blocks that desperately needed to find a quilt home.\u00a0 These blocks have been sitting on the shelf in my studio for years collecting dust.\u00a0 As we all know, blocks on a shelf do not do much for warming a body or soul.<\/p>\n

So, recently, I took that stack of 40 crumb blocks off the shelf and transformed them into two large lap size quilt tops. (62″ x 74″).<\/p>\n

At one point I had all 40 blocks sewn together into one large quilt top without sashing and cornerstones.\u00a0 I wasn’t happy with the chaotic look of that top and so I picked out the seams and stacked the blocks back on the shelf.\u00a0 The blocks sat for a few more years without being touched because of the memories invoked by all that reverse sewing that I did!<\/p>\n

\"crumb1\"<\/a> \"crumb2\"<\/a>Each crumb block is pieced together from 4 smaller, 6″ square crumb blocks.\u00a0 There is everything in these blocks–nine patches collected from a guild nine patch block exchange many years ago, scraps of fabric from leftover quilts made for Christmas, Valentine’s, Easter, floral, and other themed quilts.\u00a0 These quilt tops are truly a trip down memory lane.\u00a0 It always surprises me how much emotion and memories can be triggered by looking at the scraps of fabric in one of these quilts.<\/p>\n

Fabric requirements for each quilt:<\/p>\n

20 crumb blocks – 11.5″ square<\/p>\n

Sashing – 34″ WOF cut into 17 – 2″ wide strips, subcut into 49 – 11.5″ strips<\/p>\n

Border – 35″ WOF cut into 7 strips – 5″ wide<\/p>\n

Backing – 4 meters<\/p>\n

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