New Crazy Quilting bead soup Mixes for Crazy Quilters!

I have created another type of bead soup mix. My Crazy Quilting bead soup mixes are made for crazy quilters. They contain novelty beads that can be used to embellish crazy quilt blocks. Use them to add texture to your designs and apply feature beads to add emphasis and lead …

Crazy quilt stitch-along Tumbling block 8

Tumbling block 8 sits on the third row down in the left-hand side of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up tumbling block 8.  Here is the light tone diamond 1 pattern , the mid tone diamond , and the …

Crazy quilt stitch-along Tumbling block 7

Tumbling block 7 sits on the second row, down in the right-hand side of the top section of the Diamonds are Forever quilt. As you can see, the patterns for Tumbling block 7 are actually 1½ tumbling blocks. This means I have patterns or patch layouts for 2 dark diamonds. …

How to Assemble a Crazy Quilt.

Many people ask how to assemble a crazy quilt. This is how I assembled the Diamonds are forever crazy quilt. It is basically how I assemble any large crazy quilt. In this case the blocks are diamond shaped but if my blocks were square it would be the same process. …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling block 6

Tumbling block 6 sits in the middle of the top section of the ‘Diamonds are Forever’ quilt. You can download the patterns for the three diamonds that make up tumbling block 6. Here is light tone diamond 1. The mid tone diamond 2 , and the dark tone diamond 3 …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling block 5

Tumbling block 5 is really a tumbling block and a third. If you look where we are on the Diamonds are forever quilt you can see that this month we have a block and half to stitch. This extra diamond maintains the tumbling block pattern. If you take a look …

Crazy quilt stitch along Tumbling block 4

Tumbling Block 4 is part of a series that offers a free block pattern and descriptions of crazy quilting techniques used. Published every month, this article is part of the Diamonds are Forever crazy quilt stitch along. You can download the pattern for the three diamonds that make up tumbling …