My grandmother was still making crazy quilts in the 70's. Every grand daughter got to request a full size quilt of her choice and I chose a crazy quilt feather stitched in gold coloured thread. I still have it but many of the fabrics she used, simply rotted away, shredded, as you put it over the years 😢 Thank you for the deep dive into your older crazy quilt. Now back to your making of video!
This is so cool to invest8gate the history of a quilt. I think back to the time i learned how to sew at the age of 8 years old, and all the projects i made as a child. Rudimentary stich8ng, no patterns and putting things together my own way. Then taking classes in school and learning more. Then going to the military and learning industrial sewing as an adult. Now i prefer going backto my rudimentary roots. Thanks for the inspiration. I have a vast collection of old fabrics , planning for such a project. Im going to use a plain modern made bed spread and start adding fabrics as i go.
I'm a decent at a local house museum (Chinsegut Hill, Brooksville FL) . Upon the great bed in the master bedroom resides a crazy quilt dated 1889. It's in pretty good condition. I'm now enlightened about the fact that it is a throw rather than a bed covering. It is thin. It seems to be a great example of your video. So cool! Can't wait to share this! Thanks.
Love it, ive admiredthe crazy quilt for the longest time...love all of it..I've been collecting scraps from thrift shops for ages...2025 is the making of my own...so yes looking forward to seeing yours...new subscriber, grat channel thanks for sharing....
Fascinating! My guess is that the original idea was to do the more delicate herringbone for the entire quilt but then the maker realised that the scale didn't really match the size of her patches, so she wanted a thicker, bolder herringbone. I think she made the right decision--the embroidery was supposed to stand out, so the smaller herringbone would have seemed out of proportion.
Thank you so much! I wanted to tackle this style of quilting after going to a quilt show at ROM. I am so grateful for your findings and history. I always wanted to reuse small pieces of fabric. 😊
You should definitely give it a try! I wanted to get to the ROMs exhibit but my schedule was super crazy lately - thankfully their online catalog is amazing!
My mother-in-law gave me her great-great-grandmother's blanket 3 weeks ago. No info about it -her family didn't pass down when exactly it was made (or possibly mended) but I am very excited by it. I am curious as its mostly velvet (one once was a vibrant bright purple but the fluff is all gone except at the seams, and the remaining under layer is shredded) and wool, a few dense cottons possible (not burn testing to find out). Remaining colors are mostly dark/desaturated but the embroidery stitches are bright colors. Same large embroidery stitching style over the patches and large randomly shaped pieces. No batting but can see thread-bare cotton muslin through some disintegrated patches of velvet . The back is a red fabric factory embroidered patterns with red thread this the the most intact part (this fabric looks noticeably newer than the rest, maybe from just before or just after WWII? This is only a guess as I'm no expert). You video is excellently timed to give me a little insight. Considering my mother-in-laws age this blanket was made in the early days of the fad when her great-great-grandmother had already become a grandmother or great grandmother. Knowing dressmakers sold their scraps that's likely where most of this came from. I was asked to mend the disintegrated patches and have vintage wool (also from mother-in -aw) from 1980s or possibly older, so no more than 100 years newer than the blanket, but will fit in well with that is left. Just need to get up the courage to start. Looking forward to seeing the next video with your recently made crazy quilt!
@@ladyduffield it seems to vary from quilt to quilt, both were options. My 1914 quilt is embroidered in yarn, but a lot of the elaborately embroidered ones would have been silk thread.
Such a lovely in-depth look at this craft. It definitely whets your appetite to do more crazy stitching!
My grandmother was still making crazy quilts in the 70's. Every grand daughter got to request a full size quilt of her choice and I chose a crazy quilt feather stitched in gold coloured thread. I still have it but many of the fabrics she used, simply rotted away, shredded, as you put it over the years 😢 Thank you for the deep dive into your older crazy quilt. Now back to your making of video!
Its always fascinating deep diving into a quilt and quilt history! ❤
Looking forward to part 2.😀
This is so cool to invest8gate the history of a quilt. I think back to the time i learned how to sew at the age of 8 years old, and all the projects i made as a child. Rudimentary stich8ng, no patterns and putting things together my own way. Then taking classes in school and learning more. Then going to the military and learning industrial sewing as an adult. Now i prefer going backto my rudimentary roots. Thanks for the inspiration. I have a vast collection of old fabrics , planning for such a project. Im going to use a plain modern made bed spread and start adding fabrics as i go.
I'm so happy youtube brought this into my feed. Usually I have to go searching for your latest video. Love them! Great job.
I'm a decent at a local house museum (Chinsegut Hill, Brooksville FL) . Upon the great bed in the master bedroom resides a crazy quilt dated 1889. It's in pretty good condition. I'm now enlightened about the fact that it is a throw rather than a bed covering. It is thin. It seems to be a great example of your video. So cool! Can't wait to share this! Thanks.
Love it, ive admiredthe crazy quilt for the longest time...love all of it..I've been collecting scraps from thrift shops for ages...2025 is the making of my own...so yes looking forward to seeing yours...new subscriber, grat channel thanks for sharing....
Fascinating! My guess is that the original idea was to do the more delicate herringbone for the entire quilt but then the maker realised that the scale didn't really match the size of her patches, so she wanted a thicker, bolder herringbone. I think she made the right decision--the embroidery was supposed to stand out, so the smaller herringbone would have seemed out of proportion.
How fun! I’m busy collecting fabrics to make my own crazy quilt😁Looking forward to your next video ❤️
Thank you so much! I wanted to tackle this style of quilting after going to a quilt show at ROM. I am so grateful for your findings and history. I always wanted to reuse small pieces of fabric. 😊
You should definitely give it a try! I wanted to get to the ROMs exhibit but my schedule was super crazy lately - thankfully their online catalog is amazing!
My mother-in-law gave me her great-great-grandmother's blanket 3 weeks ago. No info about it -her family didn't pass down when exactly it was made (or possibly mended) but I am very excited by it. I am curious as its mostly velvet (one once was a vibrant bright purple but the fluff is all gone except at the seams, and the remaining under layer is shredded) and wool, a few dense cottons possible (not burn testing to find out). Remaining colors are mostly dark/desaturated but the embroidery stitches are bright colors. Same large embroidery stitching style over the patches and large randomly shaped pieces. No batting but can see thread-bare cotton muslin through some disintegrated patches of velvet . The back is a red fabric factory embroidered patterns with red thread this the the most intact part (this fabric looks noticeably newer than the rest, maybe from just before or just after WWII? This is only a guess as I'm no expert).
You video is excellently timed to give me a little insight. Considering my mother-in-laws age this blanket was made in the early days of the fad when her great-great-grandmother had already become a grandmother or great grandmother. Knowing dressmakers sold their scraps that's likely where most of this came from.
I was asked to mend the disintegrated patches and have vintage wool (also from mother-in -aw) from 1980s or possibly older, so no more than 100 years newer than the blanket, but will fit in well with that is left. Just need to get up the courage to start.
Looking forward to seeing the next video with your recently made crazy quilt!
That’s fantastic! I wish you all the best in your mending journey!
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Great video! I love crazy quilts. ❤
It's crazy to me these started off as bragging pieces. Thanks for the video.
Did they use yarn or embroidery floss? Gorgeous piece~
@@ladyduffield it seems to vary from quilt to quilt, both were options. My 1914 quilt is embroidered in yarn, but a lot of the elaborately embroidered ones would have been silk thread.
Perhaps it went out of style in the nineteen teens because there was a war going on in Europe.