Craft Gossip

Nov

6

Allie’s angelina lilacs

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lilacThis beautiful block is the latest in Allison Aller’s adaptation of a vintage CQ-flower quilt design. She says,

These are little angelina flowers made into a lilac spray. The leaves are of wool and silk felted onto cotton, with the beads added to the outlining buttonhole stitch.

Beautiful! Enjoy the entire series on Allie’s blog, Allie’s in Stitches.

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Nov

4

Inspiration: Ivory Blush Roses

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pinsLisa of Ivory Blush Roses has outdone herself with these gorgeous little felt brooches. She applies just the right amount of CQ and beading embellishment. I want to study them closely and touch them — my criteria for what makes embroidery outstanding. Wouldn’t these make marvelous stocking stuffers or even attachments to seasonal greeting cards! Read more about this project on Lisa’s blog.

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Oct

31

Sparkly couching for holiday projects

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couchingHere’s a beautiful stitch combo that practically demands to be used on your holiday projects. Imagine this sparkly couching in all golds or soft greens around the edge of a tree skirt or the cuff of a handmade stocking. SharonB gets the credit. See the details on her blog, Pin Tangle.

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Oct

29

See the new issue of CQMagOnline

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cqmagThe October issue of CQMagOnline is live! Remember, this amazing e-zine is free! Expect all the usual creative, educational content. Plus: Get a look at the 2010 ArtBra Calendar. Go to the zine.

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Oct

22

Display idea for CQ blocks

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blockGerry Krueger of olderrose blog has a great idea for displaying single crazy-quilt blocks. Get the details from her blog post.

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Oct

21

Barbie goes crazy

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barbieOooooo. Look what Susan Elliott found! A keepsake Barbie in a crazy-patchwork gown! Enjoy the description and more photos on Susan’s blog, Plays with Needles.

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Oct

15

Christmas-y CQ seam treatment

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shawklIf you’re doing a bit of Christmas CQ stitchery, you’re going to want to include this seam treatment charted by Shawkl. Wouldn’t this rock as a multicolor design! Shawkl has posted quite a few new charts recently in her Twelve…

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Oct

14

Pincushion giveaway

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pincsLisa of Ivory Blush Roses is celebrating her 100th blog follower by giving away three of her exquisite CQ pincushions. Go to her blog post to enter before 8:00 p.m. (Arizona time), Sunday, October 18.

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Oct

11

Sunday smile

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shebaGerry Krueger of olderrose blog snapped this candid shot of smiling Sheba, hard at work at a recent CQ retreat. Nice landscape block, old girl! See the post.

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Oct

8

Free pattern: Thanksgiving CQ block

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turkeyJanet Stauffacher of Nostalgic NeedleART is sharing this Thanksgiving crazy-quilt block. She says,

Print this block directly onto computer printer fabric with your inkjet printer, then use it as the foundation for your crazy quilt block with the center image already in place.

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Sep

27

CQers: Don’t forget TDSiTM

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shawklThe wealth of free seam-treatment diagrams continues at Shawkl’s Twelve Dozen Stitches in Twelve Months blog. If you haven’t checked in lately, you should catch up! You’ll enjoy lots and lots of designs like this charmer. Go to Shawkl’s blog.

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Sep

25

August BJP from Susan Elliott

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valentineSusan Elliott has completed her August item for the Bead Journal Project, A Daughter’s Valentine. Exquisite. You’ll enjoy the story of how and why she developed the concept from sailors’ valentines. Go to the first post in the series.

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Sep

19

New tiny stockings from JO in NZ

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joOh, my goodness. I’ve long been in love with the lace-embellished Christmas-stocking ornaments by JO in NZ, but she’s totally outdone herself with these. She says,

Simply beautiful as an ornament, or a unique way to present that extra special christmas…

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Sep

17

Tutorial: Ribbon Alstroemeria

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alstroOh, my goodness. Look what Susan Elliott has done now! She has come up with a way to make these accurate (but tiny) Alstroemeria from ribbon, perfect for adding to a CQ project. And she lets us peek over her shoulder…

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Sep

11

Free pattern: Birthday CQ block

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hbJanet of Nostalgic NeedleART is sharing a birthday CQ block with vintage flair. Janet says,

Print this block directly onto computer printer fabric with your inkjet printer, then use it as the foundation for your crazy quilt block with the center image…

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Sep

8

Inspiration: Lisa’s viny seam treatment

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seamLisa of Ivory Blush Roses created this fabric postcard for a Stitching Fingers exchange. Check out the seam treatment nearest the top of the image. Along the edge of a bit of heavy lace she has stitched a simple vine of silk-ribbon…

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Aug

28

“Crazy for Quilts” winners

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cowGreat news from the Alliance for American Quilts:

The Alliance for American Quilts (AAQ) announces the winners of the “Crazy for Quilts” contest. The contest celebrates the spirit of the crazy quilt, a genre of quiltmaking which began in the United…

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Aug

27

SharonB in CQ overdrive

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tumbleSharonB’s Tumbling Blocks crazy quilt is going to be so freakin awesome. If you’ve been watching this series, you know the fabulousness of each crazy-quilted diamond. Now you’ve got to see her assembly process. Wow. Go to her blog post on Pin…

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Aug

25

Giveaway from RibbonSmyth

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braBe sure to enter this month’s giveaway at RibbonSmyth blog. Vickie Adams Brown (the RibbonSmyth, herself) says,

Each month, I put together a gift bag of RibbonSmyth items and we send three gift-bags to lucky winners, as a way to express our gratitude.…

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Aug

25

A lace CQ garden by Nicki Lee

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nickiThis is what happens when Nicki Lee (goddess of hand-dyed lace) gets her hands on your crazy-quilt round-robin block. Nicki says,

When I received [Ellen's] block I fell in love with it as it was BLUE! I immediately cut up some small…

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Aug

22

New site for Pat Winter classes

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winterPat Winter has started a new blog that focuses strictly on the crazy-quilting classes she offers — making it easier for us to locate the course information and sign up! Go see Pat Winter’s Crazy Gatherings.

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Aug

22

Tutorials you may have missed

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tutes(1) Design and make a felt softie with Kira Franz-Knight of tangarang blog.
(2) Create a spirit-doll form with Nellie of Nellie’s Needles.
(3) Add angelina fibers to fabric with iHanna of iHanna’s Creative Space.
(4) Make ruched fabric flowers with Rose Rushbrooke.
(5) Learn needlepoint “knitting stitch” with Rittenhouse Needlepoint.
(6) Find out…

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Aug

21

Tutorial: Dimensional flower

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allieAllie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) shows us how to stitch a dimensional flower inspired by 3D blooms on a vintage crazy quilt. You’ll appreciate her photos and meticulous step-by-step explanation. See the tute.

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Aug

21

Blooming CQ seam treatment

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flowersI’m in love with this simple but effective seam treament from SharonB’s CQ Detail series. I’ve flipped the image upside down (forgive me, Sharon) to emphasize the flower-bloom quality of this treatment. While it totally works for crazy-quilting, this pattern would…

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Jul

12

Shannons Quilts Need Your Help

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Shannons Army is an Australian Group who provide quilts to Terminally ill children and adults so they have a little home comfort whilst staying in hospital.

Shannons Army needs donations to make sure they can keep the program running, they are looking for donations 100% Cotton Fabric / thread/ DMC thread /backing fabric /batting/wadding lace and rick/rack items for crazy quilting/ Calico.

And of course if…

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