Americana Quilting - Key to my Krumbs Quilt

[@sandypattison8486]

Beautiful and repeatable! Thank you!

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Sandy, Thank you, so glad you liked it!!!

[@delwyngraham4033]

Nice what a great idea crumb the middle block😊

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Oh thank you so much, I'm so glad you liked it!!! Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!!

[@lindafrantz4913]

Your dogs are so cute. That was really sweet of your son helping you out. Love how this quilt turned out using your crumbs in the middle.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Linda, thank you so much for your comment!! My son has even learned how to tack drapery pleats to help me out with my drapery business, he is a really good son!!!

[@juliaboster829]

I made this pattern, only i cut the oblong once sewn in 1/2 , and made with all beautiful bright colors. Turned out beautiful and bright for a child

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Julia that's brilliant! I would love to see your rendition so tag us if you post to social media!!!

[@simplyquiltingwithnancysanders]

I saw your interview with Brenda and subscribed.❤

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Nancy, thank you so much for watching and subscribing!!! I watched your interview too and subscribed to your channel as well!!! Brenda is really a special person!!

[@vickycoalson2837]

This is absolutely a beautiful quilt. I love the way you did the crumbs for the keyhole.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Vicky, Thank you so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to comment!!!

[@kimthompson2391]

Beautiful. Looks like ribbons in the middle. Love the fur babies.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Kim, thank you so much for your wonderful comment, you are really appreciated!!!! Love those fur babies!!!!

[@giovannazahler4292]

Very lovely

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Thank you so much for such a sweet comment!!!

[@susanhartley8207]

Great colors and I really like the crumb centers.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Susan, thank you so much!!! I really like how they turned out too!!!

[@parkerchiudioni9981]

Love this quilt. Looking forward to the pattern. Thank you.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I'm sure my wonderful daughter/editor will have it up very soon!!! You know how time just escapes when you are looking the other way!!! Thank you so much for your lovely comment!!!

[@cherieiduke1723]

I follow brenda too. You were a reccomended watch after her video

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Cherie, the day she gave me a shout out I cried!!! She actually just interviewed me on her channel. She is going to upload it on the 28th of this month and I will be able to upload it to my channel at the same time so you will be able to watch it on either channel!!!

[@dianakranning9843]

That really turned out beautiful. Thanks for the idea of the krumb middles.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Diana, thank you so much for the kind words, I'm so glad you enjoyed it!!! Stay quilting!!!!

[@lorabrinkman]

Love this take on krumbs! gorgeous quilt.. the green really makes it pop

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Oh thank you so much, I too liked the addition of the green!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@michellebillingsley4704]

My husband and I adore your dogs.😊 We thought our dog was big...😂. Thank you for your wonderful and informative tutorials. God bless you...🙏✝️🙏

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Michelle, I am so glad you all are liking the dogs in the videos, I think they steal the show and I love it!!! Believe it or not these are not the largest that I have ever had!! I had a Daniff (great dane and mastiff cross) that was the largest dog I have ever seen!! Tank was so special and towered over the kitchen counter, at his shoulders!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@beckyjohnson3161]

Have you considered using “Scrap Tape”? It comes in different widths and there is no need to remove. Love your quilt! ❤️❤️❤️

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Becky, I was watching a video on that last night and, WOW would that ever have made things easier!!! This way I got to spend some quality time with my wonderful son!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@sandypattison8486]

@@AmericanaQuiltingI like the idea of scrap tape.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Sandy, I just love this quilting community, we are so helpful to each other!!!

[@sandypattison8486]

@@AmericanaQuilting I agree. I have just started quilting and have learned so much. I’m just finished my second quilt top. It’s ready for backing, binding and tying before donation. I’m ready for my next quilt.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Quilting is really addictive, isn't it!!!!

[@jenniferr9564]

Your wuilt is beautiful.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Jennifer, Thank you so much!!!

[@jillthomas366]

Hello, first time watching and subscribed. Love this quilt and love your four-legged babies. Looking forward to scrolling through your previous videos. 😊

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Jill, thank you so much for watching and subscribing!!! The four legged babies steel the show don't they!!! I hope you will enjoy my other videos!!! The dogs are a prominent part of my life so you will see them in most of my videos!!! Enjoy watching and thank you again for subscribing!!!

[@susieqmcf]

There’s a new notion. It’s a felt tip marker. You open the tip and fill it with water. You can wipe along the seam line. It makes a very fine line of water and your papar piece comes of really easily. No mess

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Oh my Susie, that will have to be purchased before anymore paper piecing happens!!! I'm really excited now to embark on other paper piecing projects!!! Thank you so much for letting me know this!!!

[@BeckyMortonWeeks]

Looks great!

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Thank you Vera!!!

[@kellyhamlyn-harris5151]

I would have the paper at 2” and trim the fabric past the edge. It’s a great quilt. Thanks for the video.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Kelly, that is absolutely how I should have done it!!! Thank you so much for your comment, it really helps our channel!!!

[@lorettahenderson8979]

Lovely video...thanks❤

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Loretta, I'm so glad you liked the video! Thank you for commenting!!!

[@annduvall3835]

Love this

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Ann, I'm so glad!!!! Thank you for your comment!!!!

[@LisaLisa-zl9vu]

I thought I had to have the backing fabric laying the length of the grain! I like what you did laying it so selvedges is along top and bottom.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Lisa, thank you for your comment. Having that salvage available to pin to the long arm leaders is a huge help.

[@elizabethamis9376]

Lovely result, many congratulations. I would suggest that you leave a quarter inch seam allowance next time, so there's no need to stitch into the paper along the borders. Thanks for sharing ❤👍from Somerset UK

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Elizabeth! Yes that has been the general concensus, and even I wished I had done it that way when I started pulling off all that paper!!! Oh well, I will know better next time!!! Thank you so much for commenting all the way from Somerset UK!!! I love to hear where people are watching from!!!

[@susanespinosa2591]

Really nice. Thank you.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Susan, thank you so much for your comment, it really helps to make our channel grow!!!

[@kathieheath8716]

Great quilt. And your dogs are beautiful

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Kathie, Thank you so very much!!! I love ALL my sweet dogs!! If you watch any of the other videos you will see that I have 5 giants and I love each and every one of them!!! Thanks again for the comment, I really appreciate it!!!

[@Quiltycat-dq3ys]

I have done it with and without paper, and find that without paper works best. It's easy to just sew crumbs together to make a larger block, then cut it to the size I need for my project (in this case 2.5 x 8.5). I do shorten my stitch length to somewhere between 1.5-1.8.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I have done it both ways, just wanted to show the paper piecing way for some reason on that day!!! Sure was kicking myself when it got to the tearing it off point, but hey, it made for a teachable moment!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@sharonurwiller1166]

Love the pinks in your keyhole strips! They really pop against the blues and greens. To make removing the paper easier, check out Karen Brown's video from 5/20/24 on Just Get it Done Quilts. She leaves a quarter inch seam around the paper when trimming them to size. That way, the paper is not caught in the seams when sewing the strips to the top, bottom and sides. Now it is much easier to remove the paper. I can't wait to see a video of you adding hexigons to the quilt in the background! 😊su

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I knew I should have made the paper smaller!!!!! Thanks for your comment Sharon!!!

[@jeane.2722]

thx, i love it

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Jeane, Thank you so much for your wonderful comment, I really appreciate it!!!

[@handanteoman2246]

Looks amazing. Also love the quilt on display behind you….. will you have a tutorial for that one?

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Thank you so much!! The quilt behind me is one I did quite some time ago before I started my channel. What do you think, should I make it again on camera???

[@thegoodplace2b]

Just found you. And you have a English Mastiff! Are they not the best. They have so much love it oozes out their jowls 😉

[@AmericanaQuilting]

OMG, yes!!! The danes do too but not like the mastiffs!!! Love all my biggins!!! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!!!! If you want to see Ranger at his funniest watch the video of the pinwheel star wallhanging, he is hysterical in that one!!!!

[@sylveritajames3199]

There is a tool with a fine tooth comb edge that it for removing the paper. It works well and no need to wet the paper

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Well thats a handy little piece of information to have!!! Thank you so much for commenting!!! Stay quilting!!!

[@theresamitchel7056]

OMG my daughter was so happy to see you have big dogs. LOL she said all sewing videos have cats😂 How many do you have? She wants to know what kind of dogs?

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Theresa, I have 5 giants! three are Great Danes and two are English Mastiffs! I absolutely love my big dogs!!! We have a farm so cats are a must to keep down the mice population!! We have two cats that are indoor (daytime while they sleep) outdoor (night time while they hunt) cats and then we have 3 that live in the barn and don't come into the yard because of the dogs!!! I also have an elderly Arabian gelding (36) that lives in our yard, I like to say our house is in his pasture!!! Tell your daughter that I think the dogs steel the show!!!!

[@theresamitchel7056]

@@AmericanaQuilting thank you so much! She is definitely your kind of people 😂 shed have all the animals if I'd let her. We just have 3 cats and that is plenty 😜 she desperately wants a dog but Dad does not. LOL They do steal the show. And that's why she saw and was fascinated, number 1 they were dogs instead of cats like other channels and they were huge.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I think the dogs bring a lot of fun to my channel!!! Stay quilting!!!

[@nikkireynolds9514]

What breeds are your dogs? I thought Willow was big until Sarge walked up. I have a weakness for big dogs. The quilting was great to. I can see doing one of these quilts with *real* crumbs and my leftover 2 ½ inch strips - scrappy all the way, with just color to organize it.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I have great danes, Willow, and mastiffs, Ranger. I have 5 in total, three danes and two mastiffs, if you watch some of my other videos you will see them all. I love all dogs but I am a large breed dog person all the way!!! If you end up making a keyhole quilt I would love to see it, so tag us if you post to social media!!!

[@lilscreative]

Wetting the paper makes it more difficult just shorten your stitch length, I use a 1.6 then if you give a small tug the papers start separating and come off easily. I also use the tweezers for little stuck bits.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Getting ready to start another paper piecing project, I will keep that in mind!!! Thank you!!

[@jenniferr9564]

I find trimming my blockc one quarter inch out from the paper gives a easier way to tear away the paper after stitching the blocks.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Jennifer, yep, I wish I had done that too!!!! Live and learn!! I sure do appreciate your comment, it makes me feel like I am sewing with everyone!!!

[@cathymonroe8191]

I would have used a product for the crumb piecing that I could leave in and not run the risk of scaring my neighbors by screaming in frustration over all that pulling the paper out

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hahahahaha!!! I have really received a lot of comments that would have made the pulling of paper so much easier!!! Washable or desolving stabilizer, coloring book paper, a water pen that you run along the seams. I think any of these ideas would have made my life a lot easier and they make me want to do something else with paper piecing!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@DeborahCo-d2h]

I use a shorter stitch length and thinner paper such as newsprint , kids coloring book or Amazon.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

I used a short stitch length, thank goodness but I think the kids coloring pages would have been a much better paper to use!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@francespiquemal8813]

Thank you very much for sharing. I love the dogs.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Frances, I love those silly dogs too, they make me laugh!!! Thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it!!!

[@louisegriffin9128]

I doubt size of block would make much difference, but make stitch shorter makes paper easier to take out

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Louise, I have learned so much from all you viewers that I think I'm going to take on another paper piecing project!!! Thanks again for your comment!!! Stay quilting!!!

[@Cotton4ME-vu5um]

shorter stich and use the Carolina Moore Paper Piecing water release pen

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Oh I have never heard of a water release pen that sound really interesting!!!

[@BeckyMortonWeeks]

I used a tighter stitch length and it was easier. About a 2 length

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Vera, thats the length I used but I should have used flimsier paper, one viewer suggested kids coloring pages, which I thought was brilliant! Also, cut the paper smaller so I don't have to catch it in the seam allowance!!! Thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it!!!

[@nikkireynolds9514]

Also, maybe if you had folded along all of the seam lines before you put it into the block…

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Ahhh, thats a new idea!!! Thank you so much for that!!!

[@audreynanapreps2543]

I don’t understand the purpose of paper piecing. Why can’t you just sew the pieces together ??

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Audrey, you certainly can just sew pieces together but the paper gives it so much more stability. Give it a try one time and see if you like it. I have done scraps both ways and I like using the paper much better. Of course now I know from all the comments what paper to use to make it easier to get off!!! Now when you get into intricate piecing like Brenda from Conquering Mount Scrapmore does on her Phycedelic Snowflake the paper is a huge help!!

[@LizMcgee-v3v]

I use water soluble fusing instead of paper...no paper no picking.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Well isn't that brilliant!!! I will keep that in mind for the next time I do this type of thing. I really enjoyed the piecing of crumbs on paper, I think I just used the wrong paper!!! Thank you so much for your comment!!!

[@melbacaskey9906]

Use a shorter stitch length

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Great advice! I used a 2.0 stitch but should have used flimsier paper, kids coloring pages was a comment that I thought was really smart!!! Also, lots of comments saying I should have cut the paper smaller, and I agree!!! Thank you so much for your comment, I really appreciate it!!!

[@katehenry2718]

Slow down your introduction. You've said it 1000 times but we hear it once as garble.

[@AmericanaQuilting]

Hi Kate, thank you for the advice!!! Give me more suggestions, I really want my videos to be just right!!!