The little crazy patch quilt was finished during quilt group on Monday.
While sewing last week, the woman near me asked what I was doing with all those pieces I trimmed off from my paper piecing. Toss them, of course!
She gasped and said she was a teacher of the use of Orts. Yeah, what?!
Orts are scraps-mainly a word to describe food scraps but she applies it to her piecing and said she would be glad to give me a crash course class!
I dutifully saved all the scraps and brought them this week to show her!
So, you sew the little pieces together and keep building your own spontaneous fabric. I got more adventurous each block I made.
Sew strips together or use little blocks as units...
...keep adding sections until you reach the dimensions you desire, in this case,
I am making them into 5" blocks.
Yeah, it is another crazy way but you just have to make one more!
I did that with Daddio once and it was fun. I can't wait to see how you quilt the crazy quilt.
ReplyDeleteGreat job on the small quilt and the impromptu ort blocks. Those blocks look addictive.
ReplyDeleteI love the great use of leftovers!!! amazing . Glad you learned something new. It is always good for my brain. I dont know how you all do such a precision work in sewing. I admire the geometry skills
ReplyDeleteCrazy quilts! Love it!
ReplyDeleteCrazy good idea!! Looks like lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteI love them!!!
ReplyDeleteYou know what they say. Waste not, want not!!! Such a great use for the bitty pieces!
This reminds me of the string blocks we did together many moons ago -- just crazy instead of orderly! Fun!
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