.....i am glad to see a lot of you want to play. so here is what i was thinking. i asked if (?) it would be possible to redefine a traditional style without destroying its concept. to liven it up, to change its context, to bring it up to date, to work freely with out copying it over and over.
i like crazy quilting in some ways and some ways not. i am thinking out loud here when i say....
i like the randomness, the use of special saved scraps, the focus on edges, the craziness of the embellishment, the heirloom quality, the foundation aspect.....the hand sewing.
i don't like the frilly-ness, the non functional quality, the focus on learning and executing stitches out of a book, the fact that somehow they all look the same to me from a distance...
so i want to change the feel, story blocks maybe or less rigid conformity to repetitious stitches, edge treatments that are not stitches, maybe applique, or maybe ragged. i don't know.
my game is... what do you think, what would you do, how can you showcase your own style within the crazy quilt block framework? i will make and give away one block to any one who wants to join in. no time limit, post on your own blog or post here...(i am also glad to send a bag of crazy scraps for you to work with but i also like the personal fabric story aspect of these kinds of quilts.)
let's start a new style. a new age crazy....
is this silly? what if we just go with it? what could we name this? AQ? Alternative Quilting? AC, alternative Crazy? help me here.