I was fooling around with these commercially available templates to make crazy quilt blocks. they finish at 8 inches square. I am using 30's reproduction fabrics, and using the specialty stitches on my Janome sewing machine to embellish each seam.
I am using black sewing thread. This imitates a style of crazy quilt I've seen at antique/vintage shops,and on-line, say, on ebay.
In the midst of this embroidery, I was not happy in how the top was turning out. Now that most seams are done, I like it better. Still, it's not a style that most people know, or would appreciate. My plan is to finish the embroidery and then consider what to do.
I am linking up with Connie at Freemotion by the River and Quilt Story as I do most weeks I have blocks to share. Both blog hops have pictures of pretty quilt blocks and other projects. I am also joining Work in Progress Wednesday - some colorful and interesting projects there!
I have a page on Facebook: keep up with my infrequent quilt posts at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Viridian61/347674418583948?ref=hl
3 comments:
Hi: I like the crazy quilt look. I have a Janome with all of those stitches and have been wanting to try something like this too. It is such a traditional style of quilting. I especially like the fact that on the older crazy quilts there would be different types of fabric depending on what the quilter had. I have seen velvets and satins mixed in and it looks so pretty.
Nice job!
I personally love to crazy quilt, and think that this is a lovely project. I'll be interested to see how you decide to finish it.
Someone mentioned crazy quilt templates last year but yours is the first I've seen. It looks like a fun way to use more of the stitches on your machine.
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