Crazy Quilting – Page 8

Tips on using Kreinik threads

April 13, 2011 by Denise Felton

Barbara Blankenship guest-posted on Kreinik Thread Blog about her top tips for using Kreinik threads in crazy-quilt embellishment. Any hand stitcher is bound to pick up an idea or two from her comments on using threads, ribbons, and braids. See … Read More...

Tutorial: Hot-Wire dragonfly

April 11, 2011 by Denise Felton

Pat Winter (Pat Winter Gatherings) created this gorgeous crazy-quilt embellishment using Kreinik’s new Hot-Wire thread. The resulting dragonfly may look as complicated as it is beautiful, but Pat’s technique is totally doable. See the tute.

Publish your pet project

April 4, 2011 by Denise Felton

Here’s your chance to get published in Pat Winter‘s lovely Crazy Quilt Gatherings magazine. A post on her blog says,

Have you crazy quilted something for a pet? Would you like to see your crazy quilted pet project

Make all kinds of ribbon flowers

March 9, 2011 by Denise Felton

TipNut has put together a roundup of links to 14 tutorials for making ribbon flowers. You’ll want to try all of them! See the post.

Allie’s stitchy experiment

March 8, 2011 by Denise Felton

When Allie Aller (Allie’s in Stitches) wanted to express appreciation to her roommate at a recent conference, she whipped up a little sumpin sumpin from fabric scraps, a vintage hankie, some fabric glue, tulle, and a little machine … Read More...

Inspiration: Creative Daily

February 23, 2011 by Denise Felton

This little pretty by Lorraine of Creative Daily makes me sing with delight. She says modestly, “I was practicing stitching and some more beading on this one! Background is strips of lace and a crocheted doily.” Imagine what she’ll create … Read More...

Enter Pat’s giveaway

February 23, 2011 by Denise Felton

Pat of Bird Nest on the Ground is celebrating her third blogaversary with an awesome giveaway: one of her gorgeous candlestick pin cushions, a mini appliqued and embroidered landscape, and more (including chocolate!). Go to her blog post to enter… Read More...

New CQ zine from Pat Winter

February 21, 2011 by Denise Felton

The news is all over the stitchy webs. But just in case you haven’t yet heard: The first issue of Pat Winter‘s Crazy Quilt Gatherings is now available through MagCloud for US$10 print, US$5 digital, or US$15 both. And … Read More...

Inspiration: French-knot buttons

February 7, 2011 by Denise Felton

These gorgeous buttons, created by Pat of Bird Nest on the Ground, ended up taking too much time to be good candidates for sale. Too bad. Wouldn’t they be gorgeous on your crazy quilt! Still, they would make great … Read More...

Inspiration: Shirlee Fassell

January 31, 2011 by Denise Felton

Shirlee Fassell of Needle and Hook gives us some luscious glimpses of her latest work, a “crazy art quilt.” See more photos on her blog post.

A CQ book from Shawkl

January 28, 2011 by Denise Felton

Kathy Shaw (Shawkl) gives us a preview of her new book, Embellishing Crazy Quilts. The book will be available soon from her studio site, and she’ll even autograph a copy for you. Get the details from Kathy’s blog … Read More...

New issue of CQ Mag

January 28, 2011 by Denise Felton

The January 2011 issue of CQ Mag Online is available now! It includes an article by Allie Aller about new tools for crazy quilters, a free design from Sara Zander, links to dozens of articles and tutes about flowers, and … Read More...

Great idea: Steampunk crazy quilting

January 27, 2011 by Denise Felton

Cathy K of Crazy by Design lets us look over her shoulder as she contributes to a steampunk round-robin crazy-quilt block. I love the combo of hardware and black lace. Go look at the close-up photos while I raid my … Read More...

Inspiration: Shirlee Fassell and Susan Elliott

January 4, 2011 by Denise Felton

I keep going back, over and over, to Susan Elliott‘s photos of Shirlee Fassell‘s Vintage Vignettes crazy quilt. The design and stitching are varied and perfect, and Susan’s photos are phenomenal. Each image captures techniques I want to … Read More...