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Make a needlework sketchbook

July 10, 2009 by Denise Felton

sketchHere’s a great idea from Lisa of Ivory Blush Roses. She keeps a little sketchbook handy for recording crazy-quilt seam treatments. She says,

I sketch stitch patterns in it whenever I see things that I like. It makes such a handy reference to keep nearby! The ideas for the stitches and seam treatments come from many places ~ round robin blocks, books, blogs of crazy quilters, my own designs and most often from my favorite resource ~ Flickr! There are thousands of photos of crazy quilting in endless variety to provide plenty of inspiration! Simply do a search on “crazy quilting”, “crazy quilt”, or embroidery and plan to spend a good part of the day browsing!

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