VICTORIAN QUILTING

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT  EVOLVED FROM THINGS THAT FAMILY LEFT BEHIND ....LIKE GRANDMA'S HANDKERCHIEF COLLECTION, LONG NECKLACES, OLD SCRAP QUILT THAT HAD FALLEN APART BUT STILL HAD PARTS THAT  I  USED AND REMINDS YOU OF THE CLOTHING THEY ONCE WORE...BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THE QUILT WAS MADE OF.  This is a green idea...it works best when you can recycle things and turn it into a memory quilt...which is what I did.  HERE IT IS...

 

It is tradition to have a fan or two in Crazy Q's and this one has beads from Grandma M's jewelry.

 

 apron fabric from France..the large flower area

Egyptian fabric at top and lilac fabric...

taking lace trim and using parts for flowers...

THE THOUGHT WAS TO STAY WITH BLACK AND PURPLE...PURPLE BECAUSE OF THE LILAC BUSHES THAT GREW ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AT THE FARM.  THIS WON VIEWERS CHOICE AT NLQG.  There are pathways on this piece...hearts, french knots and they serve a purpose to hold the 3 layers together.  Crazy Q's need the support...otherwise things will sag in time.  I decided to do spaces instead of every line for embellishment. The binding does not happen with this type of quilt.  I use the pillow slip method which is to sew 3 sides and flip it right side.  The buttons came from Grandma D's collection and serves to crisp the edges so the velvet will not roll.  The lace around the edge represents child scribble.  There are photos transferred to muslin, the couch materials that has memories of childhood reading on the porch at the farm.  The Egyptian fabric represents the gold leafing on Grandma D's treadle sewing machine and where I was inspired by her sewing...mostly mending but my first recall of watching someone sew.  The fabrics came from my stash of things...the velvet was purchased.  There are 2 Crazy Q methods used.  The traditional of random patching and the edges are foundation piecing. The final piece is the bead work which goes around the entire piece...that took a while to do!  NOTHING is glued...it is all hand sewn...each seed bead.  The close up snippets will show what I mean.  :)