Oh my! HUGE news in the CQ world today – check out this FABULOUS Crazy Quilt (not mine, but it’s a HUGE inspiration – isn’t it?) What’s more fabulous? It just sold for $70,000!! Woo hoo! Validation for anyone who does hand work – there are people out there who
I’m horribly behind on my blog reading, but I ran across this adorable item: Isn’t that the cutest? Now it’s a pattern and I’m not really hip to patterns, but I have many many friends who love em – if you want them – they’re here: http://www.valeriebothell.com – she’s a
Well, here she is! Maybe one of the most chaotic months of my life and I finished what I think is my favorite spirit doll yet: I crazy pieced her with flour sack patterns I had sitting around (as I mentioned she was pieced before the month got “crazy” …pun
Judith Baker Montano, an icon in the world of crazy quilting, has been the topic of discussion in my world a lot lately and for more than one reason. The best reason is she has a new book out! She also recently taught a class for our local Rocky Mountain
I haven’t been doing much crazy quilting lately, but that doesn’t mean I don’t read all my favorite CQ blogs and do some drooling over the pretty stuff. First on my list of “wow” are the results of the Crazy quilting international purse competition. Wow! What’s cool is that these
Maureen Greeson posted a free sewing caddy pattern pretty much like mine, but it’s really crazy quilted, not a faux brazilian like mine. I think hers is lovely. So, if you were looking at mine and wanting the pattern? Hers is free and fabulous – hop on over!
I had a fabulous meeting with the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters yesterday (you might want to pop over to their website and see all of the fabulous classes they have planned this year)…anyway, it was a great meeting, I got to show off my finished projects (much to the surprise
This is a quick and fun ornament for the holidays. Obviously it’s quicker if you’ve done crazy piecing before, but if you haven’t it’s a great place to start. Enjoy! Materials: One piece of muslin – larger than the template (print out) One larger (a little larger than the template)
Yay for “Craft” for highlighting Crazy Quiliting and showing lovely pictures of this quilt: There are some lovely stitch combo ideas there my CQ friends! I’m busy in the studio today – having some challenges transferring a needlework pattern, making a lady bug costume for Missy C’s baby doll and
So, I played with some interlacing: It isn’t quite like the stitch I was trying to replicate, but I found that was a bit chunky for this delicate stitch (you can click on the picture and zoom in if you’re curious). I like it – and my daugher is proud