Ideas for Embellishing crazy quilt blocks with more than embroidery

Here are a few fun ideas and techniques to embellish crazy quilt blocks with more than embroidery alone. Beginners often think that you embellish crazy quilt seams you use embroidery and perhaps add a few beads but you can do a whole lot more on a crazy quilt block to …

My New Book Crazy Quilting for Beginners Handy Pocket Guide is out!

I have a huge surprise for everyone — drum roll….. I have another book out! Crazy Quilting for Beginners Handy Pocket Guide: All the Basics to Get You Started is a condensed version of my other book. It’s a beginner’s guide that covers all the basics – but just the …

Crazy Quilt Block 97 Pattern and Hand Embroidery Details

Crazy quilt block 97 is another favourite block of mine. As usual you can click on the photo to see a larger version. See the blue lace in the top left corner. It has a story attached to it. I used some very old piece of lace which in junk …

A Tutorial How to Hand Embroider Crazy Quilt Seams

ManyCrazy quilting beginners get stumped at the hand embroidery stage of a block.  I decided to write  a tutorial on how to hand embroider crazy quilt seams. You do not have to be an expert stitcher to embroider a crazy quilt block. What you need to do, is  develop the …