Crazy Quilt Advise

I bought the Crazy Quilt templates when they were the DD a few weeks back, and I need some advise as to which fabrics to use.

I've got a new niece or nephew arriving in August and I wanted to do a baby quilt. Since I don't know the gender yet, I was going to start off making one for my first niece (who is 15 months old) using the Fairy Frost: It's A Girl Thing, and then depending on what the gender is of #2, do the same quilt in either the pink or blue again.

I hate to buy a charm pack of this for the centers seeing as though I'll only need 12 of them. I'm going to do one that is 3 x 4 of 8" blocks with 1" sashing in between. I was going to use the jelly roll for the strips (I have NO scraps to use), but was thinking maybe I just pick a solid from the collection and use that as the centers as well as the sashing.

Any suggestions as to which color I should do the centers, sashing, and binding in? I was thinking maybe the Fairy Frost - Haze, and then use the Fairy Frost - Peony for the border (going to be a 2" border.

Any thoughts?

Jess. your ideas are spot on as far as I could tell by peeking at them. I think those colors would be great and so soothing to a little one.

Hi Jess, I made a crazy quilt a couple of years ago.......with 8" blocks & 2" sashing. I'm wondering if you will have too much waste if you use a charm pack for the crazy blocks.....but I'm not sure...just a thought. If you have a few leftover charms that you aren't using...try a sample block & see what you think. You will have all different shapes and sizes pieced around the center piece & the charms may not be big enough. I used scraps and bought a few small pieces of yardage to cut from to complete my blocks.

http://forum.missouriquiltco.com/mem...t-my-idea.html

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Originally Posted by pcbatiks

Hi Jess, I made a crazy quilt a couple of years ago.......with 8" blocks & 2" sashing. I'm wondering if you will have too much waste if you use a charm pack for the crazy blocks.....but I'm not sure...just a thought. If you have a few leftover charms that you aren't using...try a sample block & see what you think. You will have all different shapes and sizes pieced around the center piece & the charms may not be big enough. I used scraps and bought a few small pieces of yardage to cut from to complete my blocks.

http://forum.missouriquiltco.com/mem...t-my-idea.html

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That's my thoughts, so I was thinking of just getting one solid (yardage) to use for the centers, and then use the jelly roll for the outside of the centers. Then do what Jenny did in the tutorial and square it up to 8 1/2".

Jess, I hate to be the one to damper your plans, but I used the frost material for a table runner and other items at Christmas. The metallic fabric is beautiful and I enjoyed working with it. I used these charms from MSQ* https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop...ter-charm-pack

The glitter fabrics are beautiful but they have a stiff quality and I don't think it would be a good selection for a baby quilt, only because they're not real soft. Just my opinion, but I hate to see you put everything together and find that it was scratchy and stiff for a baby.

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Jess, I hate to be the one to damper your plans, but I used the frost material for a table runner and other items at Christmas. The metallic fabric is beautiful and I enjoyed working with it. I used these charms from MSQ* https://www.missouriquiltco.com/shop...ter-charm-pack

The glitter fabrics are beautiful but they have a stiff quality and I don't think it would be a good selection for a baby quilt, only because they're not real soft. Just my opinion, but I hate to see you put everything together and find that it was scratchy and stiff for a baby.

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Thank you so much for the heads up!!!! I would never have known! Off to see if I can find something else cute to use....

I think the jelly rolls strips would work better also. Let us know what you decide on fabric or color choices.

Jess I have an idea for you. It's a Moda charm pack called From Bump to Baby. Very cute prints and great color combos. Take a look!

I checked out that Moda collection.... So cute! I was just looking for something that would grow with her.

I completely forgot I ordered a Fairy Frost charm pack for another project. Pulled it out and checked it... Didn't seem too scratchy. :icon_beuj:

I've got some time... So I may just keep searching.

Jess, your fabric may be just fine. The Frost I used had a lot of metallic on the surface and I had to be very careful even pressing it at a lower iron temperature, therefore my concern over using it for a baby. One charm square didn't seem too stiff, but when I sewed them together, the whole thing had a lot more stiffness than I expected.

Pin a bunch of your charms together and run your hand over them. If they're soft and have a nice drape, you can probably use them. I really like the colors in that line but it's hard to tell how much metallic is on them.

I'm going to throw something out too. You don't have to start in the middle all the time. It will look more crazy it you off set them.

Ok, so maybe it's good I didnt buy anything for this quilt yet..... My mom told me not to make one. Guess her other grandma already made her like two and is working on the one for her "big girl bed" when she's ready for it.

My sister's MIL is nice, but she likes to beat me and my mom to the punch way too often. Part of me thinks she does it on purpose. :(

So make the self binding baby pattern out of flannels for receiving blankets for bath time, or make burp cloths or bibs. The other grandma sounds a bit competitive! You are creative enough to beat her at her own game!

Your niece is only weeks younger than my little girl and if she is anything similar, she loves bags. Perhaps you could follow one of the tutorials to make her a little bag and applique her name on it. My little girl loves opening her brothers pencil case (it's a little pouch with a zipper on it) so you could make one of them too.

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Ok, so maybe it's good I didnt buy anything for this quilt yet..... My mom told me not to make one. Guess her other grandma already made her like two and is working on the one for her "big girl bed" when she's ready for it.

My sister's MIL is nice, but she likes to beat me and my mom to the punch way too often. Part of me thinks she does it on purpose. :(

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I'm sorry... came too late to give an advice plus you don't need it anymore!
Btw I don't understand why a kid can't receive more than one thing even if it's the same from different people... well that's just my opinion!
I like Bouse's idea, you could still make zippered pouches and made a few in different sizes to keep diapers and other things for the baby! How does that sound to you?
And use the crazy template to make a quilt for you or to make the fabric for the pouches!

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Originally Posted by KnitWitRosie

Ok, so maybe it's good I didnt buy anything for this quilt yet..... My mom told me not to make one. Guess her other grandma already made her like two and is working on the one for her "big girl bed" when she's ready for it.

My sister's MIL is nice, but she likes to beat me and my mom to the punch way too often. Part of me thinks she does it on purpose. :(

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Oh dear. Quilt competition. Guess you can move on to the next project.

How about flannel sheets for the crib or bassinet, flannel and minky burb cloths, quilted pad for the play yard, cloth buckets for supplies. I have a 9 month grandson and these items will get used a lot.