It is show and tell time as I have been busy completing this latest crazy quilt block for a quilt I am making. Click the image to see a larger version This is an 8 inch block. Stitches used are, in the top left hand corner Chevron stitch is …
This is a small experiment as on this block I have incorporated a blackwork motif. The story behind this block is that it is one of the many blocks that act for me as a memento of the year we spent living in England. The little blackwork motif I graphed …
Over the Easter break I completed a pink crazy quilt block for my sampler quilt. The idea behind this quilt initially was to experiment with different stitch combinations as applied to crazy quilting which I am doing – after a fashion. I am resorting to stitch combinations that are old favourites. As …
The news today from my little part of the world is that I have completed a crazy quilt block. I had done the embroidery but needed to bead and embellish it. I was asked about the way I work. For crazy quilting projects that are large I need to plan …
Literally minutes ago I loaded the Can – Bra photographs taken by Melody Lord at the retreat for all to see. Attendees at the First National Crazy Quilt Retreat in October 2004 were invited to decorate a bra in order to raise funds for Breast cancer research. A bra parade …
All week I have been trying to find some time to place images of the “Safe as Houses” quilt online. I have finally managed to do so this morning. This is the small wall quilt I finished off last week in order to take to the retreat. I made it …
As I said the other day, while Annie Whitsed is away, I am acting as the email contact for enquiries about the First national Crazy Quilt retreat which is to be held here in Canberra from the 1st to the 4th of October 2004 at the Greenhills Conference Center. Well …
