Carli The Quilter

If you have followed my blog for very long, you'll know that hand embroidery on top of a pieced crazy block is what I love to do most. As you can see in my work. Everyone who starts making crazy quilts becomes addicted, so I'm warning you. I think that each of us who gets into crazy quilting learns and leans on their style, its very difficult to leave your style and go somewhere else I think. Below, in the Smithers Centennial Quilt I did two crazy quilted embroidery pieces. I must say, that in my humble opinion, if its not embellished in some way, its simply not a crazy quilt. Embellishing can be all sorts of stuff, but again, I'm of the opinion if you just load up a block with lace, antique photos, beads, button or etc, its not keeping with the traditions of the beginnings of crazy quilting, which was the embroidered blocks with hand embroidery, never was any machine embroidery in those days. I prefer to use a myriad selection of fab...

I'm really learning more about paper piecing from participating in Quiet Play's BOM . I can tell you this pattern is making me feel more confident with paper piecing.It all started with January with re-purposed and new blended together in the first block. Remember I'm still on the trot to keep my promise and not buy any new fabric for as long as possible.  I'm really happy to report that the epidural I had a few weeks ago has given some relief. The kind of relief that makes you feel wonderful, after such a long lost summer and winter. I wait for a surgeons appt in April. I'm using up all sorts of vintage scraps and sheets too! Its fun to find the right color for the right reason. Grooving on a couch tonight! Carli