Crazy Quilt Block 78 comes from a quilt called I dropped the button box quilt, which you can see on the left. (If you click on the image of the quilt you will see a larger photograph of it.) I have written an article on each block and the series has become a …
Both Crossed and Plaited Feather stitch have a foundation of Straight-sided feather stitch. So it makes sense to group them together. They are also related to Turkman stitch. As you can see the differences in these stitches is either the angle you hold the needle at and/or spacing. I am …
Triangular Feather Stitch is a variety of feather stitch. I am sure my readers who do crazy quilting will find it interesting and it is a fun stitch to add a bead to. I found Triangular feather stitch in a book by Edith John titled Creative Stitches. It is a …
Feather stitch is a wonderfully versatile, decorative, surface embroidery stitch. It is also known as single coral stitch, or briar stitch. Feather stitch is found extensively on traditional English smocks, Dorset embroidery and on crazy quilts. You can easily give a contemporary twist to the traditional uses of feather stitch, …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with a line of feather stitch which is an old favourite of many crazy quilters. With ribbon I worked detached chain stitch in the V of the feather stitch. On the other side I added seed beads Thread: Perle thread #5, and silk ribbon Placement on block: On …
With this post the sample for day 100 is the last in The 100 details over 100 Days for Crazy Quilters. Since this is the finish line today we have a detail that is a little different. It feels like an end of an era! This is a small …
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 …
