Lessons From An Old Scrappy CRUMB QUILT || What Will YOU Learn?

[@SewtheDistance]

Check out Fallon's tutorial inspired by this project: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXyVl3x5qamkZ5I

[@greenyonder]

I really love how excited you are by the quilts you show us. You clearly value the work that goes into each quilt, thinking about the personal effort and choices that were made. You are also so loving and non-judgmental about what most would see as imperfections. You see the individual quilter, the history and the creativity of something that took SO MUCH EFFORT over any "faults". As a quilter (all crazy, mostly silks) who puts down projects in fits of inadequacy, I feel much more excited about my own efforts. Thank you.

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I do love these beauties and hope that I am honoring the makers in these videos! I am so touched by this comment. Thank you! "Faults" are usually happy accidents. ❤️❤️❤️

[@juliatepe5760]

I also love that, for the most part, the quilting community is a loving, generous, and encouraging community. The quilt is amazing!

[@cherylbrown4058]

Watched Fallons first, but I love your Lessons learned. This quilt makes my heart beat faster. I have found that scrappy quilts make me the happiest. Keep the lessons coming please.

[@SewtheDistance]

YAY! Didn't Fallon make an amazing project? LOVE it! This quilt is amazing. We need to convince Fallon that is needs to live with ME. 😂😂😂

[@glendacrouch1877]

You heart for old quilt’s blesses me so much. Here I thought I was the only one in the world that wondered & wondered who, what for, when, how and when did the person make it? You are a wonderful quilt maker and more importantly a super sweet person!

[@SewtheDistance]

Wow! Thank you, Glenda! Know you have a kindred spirit in me! Thank you so much for your kind words. ❤️

[@barbarasinopoli7690]

Thinking about the mix of hand and machine piecing, I suddenly got a vision of the maker working on this during summer camping trips where she didn’t have access to electricity. Sitting in a folding chair and working by hand while she was watching her kids swimming in the lake. Then when they got home, she could get back to her machine. Or maybe she worked on it with an elder who preferred to hand piece. However it happened, there’s clearly plenty of love, and plenty of family history in this quilt. So cool!!

[@SewtheDistance]

This imagine is perfect! I love thinking about this stuff. I hope this is true. ❤️

[@TheSewingChannel]

Wow❣I love this quilt❣ The red just dances all over this. Great scrappy video🤩

[@SewtheDistance]

Thanks, Tracy! I soooo want to keep it! 😂 It’s an amazing find!

[@marionbarber984]

So nice of Fallon to let you show this fun scrappy quilt on your KZbin channel. And yes, you have to give it back. Road trip! I appreciate the fact that the quilting community is large and friendly. Many sites have recommended other websites. And I watched Karen Brown's for the past couple of years. Then Brenda at Conquering Mt. Scrap more recommended yours and Fallon's and many others. Wow! And you mention Karen's and Fallon's! Yowzer! Also "The last homely house" with Kate in Eng!and. Take care. Happy Thanksgiving. Marion

[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you, Marion, for watching and sharing! The quilting KZbin community is wonderful, isn't it? I love it, too! ❤️

[@wilycat5290]

Bet there was more than one maker. Thank you for the video 😊👍💕

[@SewtheDistance]

I think so, too, but who knows. So much fun to think about! You are so welcome! Love sharing these with everyone! ❤️❤️❤️

[@sliceoflife1821]

Great old quilt. Love your idea to make it into a jacket. Perfect follow up video-create a pattern , cut it out, sew it up.

[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you! I love it, too! Unfortunately it had to go back to Fallon as it is her quilt. She may end up making it into a jacket. I hope so! I think it would be perfect!

[@DottyKupsky]

I love this quilt and the mysteries you help us see. Thank you so much! I think now I’m less afraid to replace the backing on my grandmother’s quilt. It can become multigenerational and perhaps save what’s left of the top for a while longer.

[@SewtheDistance]

You are so welcome! This is so exciting to read! YES! Do it! LOVE it!

[@lindalosier5989]

Crumb quilts are my favorite!! I have several baskets full of pieces & parts. When I just need some mindless fun or distraction from life, I pull them out and sew away!! Thanks for sharing this beautiful piece and yes it would make a really cute jacket.

[@SewtheDistance]

Isn’t it the greatest? I think it would make an amazing jacket, too! I need to talk Fallon into doing it if I ever mail it back to her. 😂

[@lindalosier5989]

@@SewtheDistance 🤣🤣

[@christinej2358]

That is one beautiful quilt. It’s fun, interesting, and I so enjoy how you show us the blocks. Honestly, if you hadn’t shown us, I would have thought it was an endless stitching of scrap pieces. I know knew it wasn’t, but just looking at it from this side of the lens, that’s what it looks like. Thank you for sharing it with us!

[@SewtheDistance]

So true! It does look like a grouping of random scraps, doesn't it? It even seems overwhelming to even think about making one until you see how it is made. You are so welcome! I hope it has inspired you to make one! ❤️

[@VintageStylebyJo]

LOVE this quilt!!! I would keep it!❤🤗👍

[@SewtheDistance]

Good choice! LOL! 😀

[@livingweirdestherc6644]

This quilt is beautiful. I love a scrapy quilt

[@SewtheDistance]

It's a great one, for sure! I love it! Tell Fallon to let me keep it! 😂

[@ChristineKrannich]

This was so much fun to see!!! My kids’ godmother’s mother made each of my 2 kids a quilt when they were young. The fabric was the best she could afford at the time so the kids flat out wore them out in less than 10 years! The fabrics literally disintegrated. I am always excited to see older quilts that have survived.

[@SewtheDistance]

That is so sad! I hope the kids got a lot of love and use out of them in the meantime. ❤️❤️❤️ I love these old beauties! It is so much fun imagining where they came from, what was happening when the were made, and how they were used. A well-loved quilt is a wonderful thing. Thank you for sharing this! ❤️❤️❤️

[@karenbrunette6314]

Very cute quilt I think Fallon will let you keep it

[@SewtheDistance]

YESSS! Let's start a petition! 😂 I think so, too! Unfortunately for me, it is heading back to her today. Or maybe Monday. Or Tuesday. We will see! 😂😂😂

[@crystaldubson7722]

This an inspiration for scrappy projects in the future! Thans for sharing.

[@SewtheDistance]

You are so welcome! ❤️

[@lisaroper421]

Man! I just adore crazy quilts!

[@lisaroper421]

Even better to be made of crumbs!

[@SewtheDistance]

One of my favorite patterns, too! ❤️

[@sewquilty]

KEEP THE QUILT! Fallon would have to get the Sheriff involved if she mailed it to me!! LOVE the little girl pinafore fabric cut in the center! So Gee Bend!

[@SewtheDistance]

I LOVE THE WAY YOU THINK! 😂😂😂 I think I should keep it! Yes-Gee Bend for sure! Love, love, love all the wonderful fabrics.

[@glynisreynolds446]

This quilt must have cleared someone’s scrap mountain 😃 Even tiny pieces have been used 👍 Great quilt 👏👏🇬🇧

[@SewtheDistance]

I think I have enough in my mountain to make a dozen! 😍 Isn't it great? Tell Fallon to let me keep it! 😂

[@suestutzle2779]

From all the quilts you have shown I have come to the conclusion that quilting has changed in its course of direction. Once it was for economical reasons and anyone and everyone who owned or not a sewing machine made quilts for the beds. Whether they had any sewing lessons was optional, all you had to know was how to operate the sewing machine and know how to sew pieces together and off you went. Any fabrics, any batting and any backing. Quilting seems to have become so organised and formal these days. There are the coordinating fat quarter bundles etc, the trendy templates etc. etc. We make them, yes for charity, but because it's our hobby more so than out of necessity. Although I'm sure someone had a great time making this interesting crumb quilt. They used their imaginations and came up with some colourful, interesting quilts.

[@SewtheDistance]

So true! Even in the early 1990s when I started quilting, there where so many rules to follow and everything was expected to be perfect. Crazy to think about now. I feel like it has become more about the latest and greatest tools, fabrics, etc. I have to admit that I feel into this trap, too! What is nice now, however, is the shift to being less perfects. I love that! As for these oldies, imagine the pressure to get quilts made so families didn't freeze in the winter. I can't imagine having that kind of deadline in making a quilt, especially with all the other things expected in the household. I love thinking about this stuff! Thank you for sharing! ❤️

[@bethkoch11]

There is so much going on in this quilt!! I picture several hands working on it.

[@SewtheDistance]

That is an interesting idea! I wonder if that's what happened! ❤️

[@barbarawiedrich9699]

The quilt is beautiful!!! I have a scrappy my Great Grandmother made in 1967, this reminded me of it but mine is not is as good of shape. I have it now encased in a "quilt pillow case" some of the fabrics are just crumbling away. The quilt belongs on a bed, a quilt retreat bed or your guest bedroom, I absolutely love that it's hand tied and not quilted.

[@cherylcurlee3279]

Great quilt, thanks for sharing. I really should sew up a scrappy quilt one of these days.

[@SewtheDistance]

You are so welcome! I am thrilled that this has inspired you! ❤️

[@maryharlow2123]

Love that quilt!

[@SewtheDistance]

It is amazing! ❤️ I am happy the beauty showed!

[@maryannboyd5007]

Its so nice to see someone who gets as Excited as I do about old quilts!!! Love this!!

[@SewtheDistance]

Yes! Thank you! We must be kindred spirits! 😍

[@dannamcgowen3889]

I was just working on crumb hexagons today. Love scrappy quilts.

[@SewtheDistance]

I'll bet they are beautiful! I love them, too! Aren't they fun?

[@sewbeitquilts]

You should put up a community post asking if you should keep the quilt or not!!! 😂 Great video! I knew you would find so many fun things in this crazy quilt!

[@SewtheDistance]

Ohhhh! Love this idea! Yesss! Let’s put it through a vote!

[@sewbeitquilts]

@@SewtheDistance If you win you win. You’ll get to keep it! This would be so fun!

[@joanreed3007]

The quilt is great. I have one that is 1" squares! Also, on another subject. Missouri star will release the Christmas box on April 10! I'm so excited. Going to order it this year. Have a great Easter.

[@SewtheDistance]

Isn't it a good one? Love it so much! YES! I saw that MSQC is opening preorders! I can't wait! ❤️

[@annettegraff8323]

I'll take a guess ! Two tied quilts have been salvaged Possibly when a larger bed was purchased Kids do grow up ! At the same time quilters grow and try new things ! A theme then variations of themes .Its like music imo Then the fabric itself is mid century a time of exponential change in the fabric of our society. It's a time capsule in a quilters life with the remnants of depression era frugality . I really love the happy optimistic pops of red polka dots. The use of a design element then a breaking away from her own rule This then becomes art reminiscent of Gee's Bend I would save as is just to ponder the life of the scraps I'm sure the maker did ❤

[@SewtheDistance]

Great analysis! I love this! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts! It definitely has a Gee's Bend vibe to it. If it weren't for the polyester batting and some of the metallic elements in the some of the fabrics, I would have had a harder time dating this quilt because of all the wonderful older fabrics. It is a gem, for sure! I also love how it shows everything old is new again, like crumb quilting. Thank you for this! ❤️❤️❤️

[@barbaracoleman9215]

Looks like a crumb or crazy quilt. Absolutely gorgeous!

[@SewtheDistance]

Yes! Isn't it great? ❤️

[@barbarasinopoli7690]

Another Old Quilt story, so exciting! I love these videos!! I’m definitely learning the lesson of the red and red polka dotted fabric. The use of the red gives this busy quilt coherence, and serves as an anchor. Very effective!! It would make a great coat, but save the quilt, and make some new crumb quilted fabric for your jacket. Thank you for another great, Old Quilt, and for another great video.

[@SewtheDistance]

You are so welcome! It’s a great idea to make a coat inspired by this quilt. I may just have to do that! I love it, too! It’s heading back to Fallon later this week. I will be sad to see it go.

[@karin0963]

I love how you explain all the details of these quilts. Have you ever gotten a response from your viewer saying "my grandma made that quilt!"? Wouldn't that be cool!

[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you so much! Great question! It has only happened once, and it was determined it wasn't their family quilt after all. I did get a wonderful friendship out of it, however! ❤️

[@karin0963]

@@SewtheDistance that's wonderful. 😊

[@charlavaught2681]

I love this quilt! Now, I want to make a crumb quilt!

[@SewtheDistance]

Ohhhhh, yes! Make one! You won't be sorry! LOL! They are so much fun!

[@abigaildolinger2754]

What an amazing crumb quilt!

[@SewtheDistance]

Isn't it? I don't want to send it back to Fallon! LOL!

[@brendabevel5505]

Hi Kris-don’t forget to reserve Jenny’s Countdown to Christmas Box! It’s available for order April 10th! Already looking forward to your unboxing videos! You do such a wonderful job! Have a blessed day!

[@SewtheDistance]

YESSS! I just saw that! So excited! Blessings to you, too!

[@margm4]

Gorgeous crazy quilt! Love it. Checked out Fallon’s cute tote bag. You have a lovely friendship."do you live close to each other? ,it’s such a quirky quilt!..thanks for showing 😄❤️🇦🇺

[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you so much! We really do have a great friendship! She’s awesome and has been my friend since my very early days of KZbin. ❤️ We do not live close to each other. She is in Texas, and I am in Pennsylvania. Love doing these collaborative with her, too. ❤️

[@field5556]

Hi I have just found your Chanel and love it from an old quilt. The fabric was obviously a lot sturdier. I have two quilts I made at least 10 years ago and they both need repairs. I have decided to turn them into a Kawandi and hand sew patches over the holes as when they appear. The backs and wadding are fine.

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh, how wonderful! Kawandi is an excellent idea! Thank you so much for watching, for your kind words, and for sharing your idea! ❤️

[@jillschaumloeffel5138]

Since the holes on the front of the quilt look like ties have been removed and no evidence of holes are on the back. Take that along with the obvious different blocks along the sides, do you thing the original quilt was taken apart, more blocks were added to make it larger and then re-tied? I know that was often done when maybe a child went from a small bed to a larger bed or a larger quilt was called for in short order and it was quicker to just make a small quilt bigger rather than make a new one. Thanks for sharing, and yes, it would make a great jacket.

[@SewtheDistance]

Such wonderful things to think about! That is definitely some great theories! If only this quilt could talk. It is a great lesson on labeling our quilts. I love the idea of making it into a jacket. I am curious as to whether Fallon will do that or not. I would be so tempted if it were my quilt! Thank you for sharing! ❤️

[@b.a.erlebacher1139]

This is another fascinating quilt. I've thought about how that maker got her materials. Because of the random sizes and orientations of each fabric, they look like they may be scraps from making clothing. So how would the maker get such a large and varied collection of scraps at a time when few people were still making clothes for themselves and their families? Probably not getting most scraps from friends and relatives or even a church group. Probably not as factory waste or there wouldn't be so much variety. Probably not from a dressmaker, because the fabrics are just ordinary cotton, not silks, satins, velvets and other fabrics used for special creations. Then it occurred to me - sewing classes! Maybe the maker or her friend taught such classes in a school, or perhaps was a cleaner in a school and salvaged all the tiny scraps the kids threw out! Then every so often the maker would dig through her collection and make a few blocks, keeping the leftovers for next time, with a special eye for the reds. So while some fabrics would show up many times in some blocks, the leftovers would provide continuity in future blocks. Some disruption of the source, or the maker, could explain the two different color distributions in the blocks. I hope you enjoyed my theory!

[@SewtheDistance]

LOVE your theory! You think through things just like I do! LOL! I love it!

[@debcobb9739]

I definitely think that it was a quilt that was worked on for awhile and taken out later and added onto...possibly one of those tops that was never finished and was quilted by someone later...it is a lovely quilt. I am working on a string/crumb quilt and when I think I have used all my scraps I find more in another box. And having had this happen to me it could easily be the same for the quilt.

[@SewtheDistance]

Great points! Heaven know I have similar projects that have sat in a closet untouched. I certainly could be what happened! Crumbs and scraps seem to multiply! LOL! Thank you so sharing! ❤️

[@Sybil_Detard]

Beautiful.

[@SewtheDistance]

Isn’t it? I want to keep it! 😂

[@Sybil_Detard]

@@SewtheDistance There ARE losses in shipping. Just sayin'.

[@SewtheDistance]

@@Sybil_Detard 😂😂😂

[@DeborahGriffith-dc1eu]

i love it i have a top that my great great grandmother made im 70 this year and sewed it by hand in 1935 and she couldn't see the thread her needles someone else did that and she sewed it by feel i would love to make a jacket out of it but i am so scared to touch it

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh wow! What a wonderful keepsake you have! I know what you mean about the jacket. I have a few in my collection that I think would make amazing jackets, too, but I can't bring myself to do it either. I think I am going to practice on a store-bought quilt first. Maybe that's an idea for you? There are so many quilts out there. I think any way we can honor makers is a good way to honor makers. Just my opinion! If you feel making into a jacket would honor your great grandmother then I say go for it! ❤️ Thank you so much for sharing!

[@lanapoulliot7682]

Probably a daughter added more scrap squares to each side to make it larger? Maybe the mom passed away before it was finished and the daughter finished it. A beautiful collaboration

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh, that would be it! I love thinking about this stuff, too. Thank you for sharing your ideas about this. ❤️

[@michele6708]

Maybe the quilt was originally two small quilts and the maker took them apart to make them into one big quilt and reused the materials. Interesting quilt, thanks for sharing.

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh, that could be it! You are very welcome. Thank you for watching and for sharing your thoughts on this. 🥰

[@padmarubiales5184]

I can certainly understand why you want to swipe this quilt from your friend! I would be tempted too! It’s my favorite one that you have shown so far. Just fabulous! Quilt eye candy🍭 ! 😀 Hey, when I click on the “more…” in the description of this episode, I don’t get any information from your channel. I get a pop-up advertisement from a different channel called. “Sew Be It.” Seems like a mistake.

[@SewtheDistance]

I think it's the link to my friend's project that she made using this quilt as inspiration. Sew Be It Quilts is the name of her channel. ❤️ She made a great tote bag tutorial using the techniques in this quilt! It is amazing!

[@arvettadelashmit9337]

Could it be made from two small quilts carefully put together later to make one big quilt (with new backing and binding)?

[@SewtheDistance]

I love this theory! That would certainly make sense! Thank you! ❤️

[@RoseWaddell-jj7oe]

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[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you! ❤️❤️❤️

[@mvswaaij]

Hi Kris, did you ever get a reaction to one of your Old Quilt Videos from someone who knew the maker or history of the quilt ???

[@SewtheDistance]

That's a great question! I haven't yet. A few person through one of my quilts was from a magazine, but it turned out that it wasn't. That would be cool if that happened!

[@catherinejones6481]

The end squares look like men’s shirts. Maybe a memory quilt?

[@catherinejones6481]

Or men’s handkerchiefs.

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh! That could be it! Love thinking about this kind of stuff.

[@catherinejones6481]

@@SewtheDistance let us know if you figure it out!

[@barbarasinopoli7690]

I also think this is made from two different scrap bags, which makes me think there were two different makers working together

[@SewtheDistance]

Oh! That's an interesting thought! Could be!

[@tweetybird53046]

Back in the day they called them “Crazy Quilts”.

[@SewtheDistance]

Is this a crazy quilt? There isn’t any embroidery or embellishment of any kind. Hmmm. I guess it sort of is. I have reviewed a few crazy quilts. Here are the links: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKrdgKeGrt1notk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGemg5Rod8Z2ick . I guess this one could also be considered a crazy quilt. ❤️

[@lucy7b]

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[@SewtheDistance]

Thank you!