{"id":2444,"date":"2015-07-31T00:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2015-07-31T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T23:19:00","slug":"crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/31\/crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2445\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2445\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709.jpg\" alt=\"scraps for crazy patchwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4709-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2445\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">30 years of scraps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This year\u2019s challenge from my Quilt group, was Crazy, put simply anything made from crazy patchwork, fill your boots. My plan was to collect silk ties to cut up, and I did buy a few from my favourite charity shop, but I soon realised that I would need a lot of ties, to have enough variety of colours and patterns, so back to the stash.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2446\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2446\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2446\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710.jpg\" alt=\"not scraps for crazy patchwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4710-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">rejected scraps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I found a bag of scraps, (well three actually), sorted it into three piles, blue and white Laura Ashley scraps dating back to 1977, (of which more later), a pile of pastels some Laura Ashley of the same vintage and some from the 80\u2019s, and a reject pile the colours of which would not meet the criteria for my piece, brown orange, cream etc.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2447\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2447\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711.jpg\" alt=\"geometry for crazy patchwork\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4711-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">always knew Geometry would come in one day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I wanted to work on small pieces which could be joined together in a larger piece, and had seen a number of crazy patchwork studies created as large hexagons, all I needed was a large hexie pattern. So out came the cereal packet, compass and ruler, not difficult, simply draw a circle, divide into 6 equal parts (60 degrees), and draw a line from radius to radius, where the circle intersects, to create a hexagon. The size of the hexagon was determined by the size of the cereal packet.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2450\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2450\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714.jpg\" alt=\"making crazy mistakes\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4714-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">big mistake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Initially I followed the advice in my only Crazy patchwork book, (big mistake, but excellent lessons) I cut and laid the pieces on a backing fabric cut from cotton calico (lesson one backing layer too thick). I overlaid the pieces by a eighth of an inch and then stitched them down with a fine zig-zag stitch using transparent filament, (mistake two, this is nasty scratchy stuff and leaves a ridge of stitching which then causes drag when using machine embroidery stitching on top).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2452\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2452\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892.jpg\" alt=\"crazy machine embroidery\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4892-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">seen from the back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Running out of time (72 hours and counting) I realised using differing coloured threads to embroider the patches would take time I didn\u2019t have and possibly require threads I didn\u2019t have, so I decided I could pull the whole thing together and achieve balance by using one colour for the embroidery throughout, white.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2454\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2454\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894.jpg\" alt=\"7 crazy hexagons\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2454\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4894-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I need seven!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As I picked the embroidery stitches to decorate my scraps I made my next mistake (number three), I didn\u2019t try out every stitch on scrap before I began, and there\u2019s no unpicking it afterwards! Had I tried them out first I could have adjusted the length and width of stitch to get the optimum look of the embroidery stitch. I would have also realised that the thread I was using would not work well with some of the more open, spidery stitches leaving a barely visible embroidery, a bold thread would have worked better (mistake number four).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2455\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2455\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895.jpg\" alt=\" crazy hexagons\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4895-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">always a fiddly task.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now comes the fiddly bit, piecing the hexagons by machine, stitching into acute corners requires some skill, the trick is not to stitch right to the edge , leave yourself a quarter inch of wiggle room, it doesn\u2019t matter if you leave a little hole at the corner, you will be embroidering over it anyway.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2456\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2456\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2456\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896.jpg\" alt=\"7 crazy hexies\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4896-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">and now for my next trick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s at this time I discovered mistake number five, for some reason I can\u2019t fathom I had only made 6 hexagons, and of course I needed 7, with only 48 hrs to go I didn\u2019t have time to fiddle about with my previous method so I cut another hexagon in calico, grabbed some spray tack, sprayed liberally, cut up some scraps and dabbed them on in a haphazard way, forgot the filament zig-zag and completed with white embroidery. No mistakes and it turned out the best of the 7 hexies.\u00a0Finally mistake number six , I then decided to piece the edge to create a square, all the blue sashing is made of part hexagons cut to fit around the edge, and pieced in. It would have been so much easier and quicker to applique to a straight piece of sashing. I dread to think how many times I pieced and unpicked that border, and every time it was wonky.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2459\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2459\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2459\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899.jpg\" alt=\"making a crazy cushion\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4899-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2459\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">envelope back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Consequently I ran out of time to finish it properly, I should have put a zip into the back but I didn\u2019t have one, nor time to buy one so I made an envelope back, which I don\u2019t like and will replace, I stitched the final edge seam with a big stitch so I can unpick it easily, and the pieced sash edge has not been embroidered where it joins the crazy patches, so when I unpick it I\u2019ll add more embroidery.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2460\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2460\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900.jpg\" alt=\"crazy cushion finished...ish\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_4900-600x401.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">finished&#8230;ish<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>At least I managed to produce a \u201cfinished\u201d piece of work to submit for the challenge, it didn\u2019t win a prize. That\u2019s ok ,I wouldn\u2019t have quibbled with the judges decision and loved the crazy bag made by Anne Thistlethwaite which won. Well done Anne.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dread to think how many times I pieced and unpicked that border, and every time it was wonky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86,11,5,3,447],"tags":[964,358,905,903,898,899,901,900,131,869,833,948,904,902],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2464,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions\/2464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}