Art Abandoned

It’s not too early for Halloween

I’m horribly behind on my blog reading, but I ran across this adorable item:

Isn’t that the cutest? Now it’s a pattern and I’m not really hip to patterns, but I have many many friends who love em – if you want them – they’re here: http://www.valeriebothell.com – she’s a very talented Crazy quilter and [...]

A Crazy June brings my crazy BJP

Well, here she is! Maybe one of the most chaotic months of my life and I finished what I think is my favorite spirit doll yet: I crazy pieced her with flour sack patterns I had sitting around (as I mentioned she was pieced before the month got “crazy” …pun intended…ha ha) – I think [...]

Crazy Quilt Book with a connection close to me – wins award!

Judith Baker Montano, an icon in the world of crazy quilting, has been the topic of discussion in my world a lot lately and for more than one reason. The best reason is she has a new book out! She also recently taught a class for our local Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters group.

I “was [...]

Back to some crazy quilting inspiration

I haven’t been doing much crazy quilting lately, but that doesn’t mean I don’t read all my favorite CQ blogs and do some drooling over the pretty stuff. First on my list of “wow” are the results of the Crazy quilting international purse competition. Wow! What’s cool is that these people are SO talented. Check [...]

Want a caddy like mine?

Maureen Greeson posted a free sewing caddy pattern pretty much like mine, but it’s really crazy quilted, not a faux brazilian like mine. I think hers is lovely.

So, if you were looking at mine and wanting the pattern? Hers is free and fabulous – hop on over!

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Next on the drawing board

I had a fabulous meeting with the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters yesterday (you might want to pop over to their website and see all of the fabulous classes they have planned this year)…anyway, it was a great meeting, I got to show off my finished projects (much to the surprise of many members – remember, [...]

Tutorial: Make this fabulous, decadent crazy quilted stocking ornament

This is a quick and fun ornament for the holidays. Obviously it’s quicker if you’ve done crazy piecing before, but if you haven’t it’s a great place to start. Enjoy!

Materials:

One piece of muslin – larger than the template (print out) One larger (a little larger than the template) piece of velvet or [...]

Craft highlights crazy quilting!

ShareYay for “Craft” for highlighting Crazy Quiliting and showing lovely pictures of this quilt:

There are some lovely stitch combo ideas there my CQ friends! I’m busy in the studio today – having some challenges transferring a needlework pattern, making a lady bug costume for Missy C’s baby doll and doing some quilting – [...]

Piggy progress and a bit of interlacing

So, I played with some interlacing: It isn’t quite like the stitch I was trying to replicate, but I found that was a bit chunky for this delicate stitch (you can click on the picture and zoom in if you’re curious). I like it – and my daugher is proud that she picked the colors [...]