There are 12 episodes in the series. I have done some sewing along with the first one.
Crumb Quilting Adventure - How to Start Piecing the Blocks | Ep. 1
1. Gather fabrics to be used. Small left over crumbs and some larger ones too. If you want to have the same fabric thru out then get some yardage and be sure to include in the various blocks.
2. Look for or create at least one straight edge on each piece of fabric to be used. Sew two pieces of fabric together. Press.
3. Trim the extra bits off and create at least one straight edge. Continue with adding another piece. Press. And /Or
4. Find a strip of fabric with at least one straight edge. Put that on the sewing machine, add the pieced bits to that strip of fabric. Press.
5. Trim to get straight edges. Continue.
So that's it for the first episode! Once she gets to them, the directions are clear and easy to follow.
It does take a lot of time (at least for me) to gather scraps and get them prepped for sewing, so if you are going to do this know you will perhaps not be sewing right after watching the Youtube!
It's too hot now for me to continue pressing and sewing, but I have masses of scraps ready to sew together to make crumb blocks. I'm trying to pull out blues, greens, purples and black and whites - but I see a strip of yellow/orange are in these first pieces.
Episode two she will give suggestions on picking an end size of the block and them squaring up. I peeked ahead and see she picked a size that matched the width of her main ruler.
That looks like a fun project. Bonnie Hunter has great patterns that include crumbs in the center of a star and other places.
ReplyDeleteI'll take a look! Thanks!
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