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Puffy Quilt - Kim Kardashian style.
'Cause...you know... |
My quilt making is at an impasse right now. Since discovering the new option of making a
puffy rag quilt, I'm in quilt confusion and not sure in which direction to go. The traditional way of making rag quilts, if you can call a relatively new craft traditional, is to sew a piece of batting into each square with an X and then sew all the squares together. Another option is using flannel and not sewing the Xs, but they don't seem to have the same personality and charm. The newest option, the puffy type, removes the whole step of cutting out the batting, and the time-consuming X sewing process. The downside?
They take up so much room!
In prepping for
the craft faire, I have four regular quilts waiting in a suitcase, and two puffy quilts bulging out of a giant blue IKEA bag. Too much fluff!
Another plus of the puffy quilts is that they don't sew an X across the pattern of the fabric. This doesn't matter so much with stripes, calicoes, polka dots and checks - but when there's a pattern involving people or animals, I run into trouble. I have no choice, I have to sew that X right down the middle of the square, and if I wasn't gauging things right during the cutting-out phase, I have to just cringe and sew right through and apologize later. Here have been the latest casualties.
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| Mr. Scarecrow got it in the arm and face, and the crow croaked too... |
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| ...a side of beef anyone?... |
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| ...ribs perhaps?... |
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| ...Ugh, right in the chest... |
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| ...and then the rear... |
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| ...makin' bacon... |
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| ...Veal? That's so wrong!... |
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| ...the bears are not safe... |
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| ...neither are the children on the beach... |
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| ...poor puppy... |
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| ...I killed two birds with one sewn X. |
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| Staying out where it's safe. |
