Today at Princess YellowBelly Designs we are proud to announce the first steps in a grand new adventure for our team. We are no longer simply making our own quilts – we are now restoring and enhancing beautiful antique quilts!
Hurray!
And now that we’ve announced it, we must ask for your help once again. You see, one of the quilts that we found, lost and almost forgotten, at the local antique store, is a real treasure. But it’s unique. Its crazy unique. It is…
The Craziest Crazy Quilt You Ever Saw
We found this amazing ode to an old wardrobe. At least, we think that’s what it is. Some quilter in the bygone days apparently took every old shirt, curtain, and a few potholders, cut them up into funny shapes, and arranged them – sort of – in squares.
Nothing on this quilt matches, and on top of that the sashing is this amazing fire-engine red corduroy material that matches with nothing on earth.
And yet, somehow, this quilt works brilliantly.
Making Insane Crazier
One of the reasons that this quilt had been lost and forgotten was the all the different weights and textures of the different fabrics break the cardinal rule of quilting – use like, if not identical, fabrics.
There’s a reason for that. If you use fabrics of different weights and thicknesses then it puts a lot of stress on the weaker fabrics.
In this case, some of the fabrics had shredded completely away.
So, we dumped our wardrobe rejects out – old scarves, thrift store ties, shirts from the 80s, and cut more patches to cover the torn and stained pieces. It’s still a quilt that breaks all the rules – but it’s gorgeous.
Choose Your Favorite Crazy Name for Our Special Crazy Quilt
And, now that we’ve almost got the quilt fixed, we need a good name for it.
Crazy in Love
Our first two options are kind of the obvious options. Crazy in Love kind of describes the journey of life and love – not to mention this wacky color scheme that somehow works despite the odds, don’t you think?
Crazy for You
Then there’s being Crazy for You. Which is really fun. In some ways this quilt feels like when you love someone so much you just hate them, and your brain is flinging out all these contrasting colors and emotions.
Scrambled Squares
I think this option sort of speaks for itself, don’t you? It’s exactly what the original quilter did to this quilt, she took a bunch of fabrics, scrambled everything around, and served it up on a dish of steaming hot corduroy sashing!
Beginner’s Luck
You know how you learn something, like a game or an art and you spend hours and days and years perfecting your technique? And then someone comes along who really doesn’t know what they’re doing, but somehow they win, or create something amazing and surprising and almost magical that you couldn’t have conceived of in a million years?
That describes this quilt pretty well. Like we said at the beginning, it breaks all the rules, and there are little signs throughout that this was either a first or second attempt for the artist.
Yet, it works. It’s magical, unique, a crazy quilt that no “accomplished” quilter could manage.
Apatches
This one is kind of a personal favorite. My kids grew up not far from the Apache reservation, and when Suzanna was about four we had this common calico cat. Suzanna named her Apatches, because at the time she thought Apache was the coolest word in the language, and the cat fit the bill.
Kaleidoscopic
This quilt is also pretty reminiscent of a kaleidoscope. It even has some of the shapes that spin for just a second as you turn the kaleidoscope.
Kaleidoscope Innards
Our final choice. Is it too much? We think its funny and descriptive, but what are your feelings?
Actually, what are your feelings about every name we’ve come up with? There’s two weeks to think about it and decide. In our next newsletter, we’ll announce the winner. Speaking of the newsletter – you should take this opportunity to subscribe! You get crazy exciting news and fun little bonuses – like the results of a name poll.
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