Susan of Crazy Quilting for fun has started a new webring. Around the Block is a ring for bloggers who write mainly about crazy quilting. I joined it yesterday and have the code at the bottom of my side bar.
Even though I am in the middle of a busy time I have managed to get a little more stitching done on my bag/pouch. I have done more on the silk ribbon embroidery area and have started to add beads. I was beading it last night when I realised I …
In between the hectic activity of the Cqers get together this weekend I have been meaning to announce that I have become a staff member of CQMag Online . So expect the odd article from me over there. If you are a crazy quilter and have not discovered this online …
With this being the second last day in this series I thought I would feature a detail that is a bit different. What you are looking at is a piece of lace which has had the negative area of the pattern picked out in French knots. The threads used are …
The detail for Day 88 in the 100 details for 100 days series features another simple seam embellishment that has been worked alongside a piece of commercial braid. The braid is made of gimp and was hand dyed with procion dyes. I first worked a row of Chevron stitch in …
Day 87 of 100 crazy quilt details is a small patch motif. It was not so much designed as pushed into the shape on the block that I wanted to fill. The motif consists of two daisies stitched using Detached Chain stitch using cotton. The daisies are made of Detached …
For day 85 of 100 crazy quilt details I am featuring a simple easy to work seam embellishment. I worked both sides of a strip of hand dyed cotton lace which covers the seam. I could have easily sone the same thing along the side of a ribbon stitched along the …
