Finished CQJP 2012: Crazy Violets

Crazy Violets

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To flatten all the seams at the back I stitched them down with herringbone stitch.

Sharon at Pintangle has written a series of posts about "How to assemble a Crazy Quilt". I followed more or less her instructions.

Allie Aller wrote about finishing a crazy quilt in CQmagonline.

Next I ironed on a medium weight interface (vilene).

Then I layered on the back: batting (left) and a cotton fabric (middle) for the back

The fabric on the right is upholstery fabric which I used for the false back.

I pinned the quilt, batting and back together and started tying the quilt sandwich. 

No stitches are visible at the front because all stitches are hidden behind the embellishments.

Next I attached the false back by sewing on six buttons at the intersections of four blocks at the front. No stitches are visible at the front, they are hidden in seams or behind embellishments.

Than I sewed on a hanging sleeve and the binding. 

I followed the instructions from the book "A-Z of quilting". 

Online I found a tutorials on a hanging sleeve here and on adding the binding here and here.

I thought a strip used to hold a poster could act as a rod.

One strip didn't, two strips didn't either because they bent too much

Then I tried a flat wooden slat with two pushpins to secure the cord.

The board turned over a bit so the quilt didn't hang flat.

When the pushpins are secured at the top of the board the quilt hangs best.

This is the end of my journey on creating a complete crazy quilt.

The Crazy Violets Quilt found a spot on a wall in our living room.