Category: Crazy quilt details

I cannot believe I am at block 25! Click on the image and you will see a nice big photo to enjoy. That means when I have covered the details on this block we are one quarter of the way through documenting this quilt. I hope readers have enjoyed this …

The detail: This detail is a cluster of vintage buttons  that are scattered along the seam of piece 8 on the diagram here. They sit in the bottom right hand corner of the block. What is the story? This regularly published series aims to illustrate and document the hand embroidered seams, embellishments and …

The detail: Stitches: This detail on block 24 is seam decorated first with a line of chevron stitch. I then tied the chevron stitch with  detached chain stitches. My next journey was to work detached chain stitches arranged like part daisies placed above a straight stitch on the bar of the chevron stitch. In the middle …

The detail: Stitches: This morning the detail on block 24 is seam decorated witha a line of detached chain stitches arranged like part daisies. In the middle of each motif I have added a seed bead. Thread:  A hand dyed perle 8 cotton thread Dyes: Procion dye for the cotton embroidery thread What is the …

This morning the detail on block 24 is a hand made ceramic button of a house that I fell in love with and seemed to sit on the block perfectly. The fabric is a vintage cotton and the pattern feels like it represents a forest. What is the story? This regularly published series aims …

The detail: This detail is probably a favourite stitch of many crazy quilters. It is two lines of feather stitch that have seed beads attached to the arms of the stitch. These lines cover two seams that sit either side of fabric piece 2 on block 24 of the “I dropped the …