Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Crazy Quilt

I bought this book , Fabric Embellishing: The Basics and Beyond by Ruth Chandler, Liz Kettle, Heather Thomas and Lauren Vlcek, a few months ago.



 It is a wonderful book for anyone who likes to make crazy quilts. In it, the authors write about an amazing number of embellishment methods: to name a few, beading, couching, needle felting, and weaving.

One of the chapters is about "deconstructed" crazy quilting. Each block is made of a variety of fabrics placed on fusible stabilizer in a random pattern of fabrics. The example in the book looks very geometric, with squares and rectangles.

I am going to try this method on my stash of construction fabrics. I have rinsed the fabric out and am now drying it. I hope to iron and cut it tomorrow and start the deconstructed crazy quilt this weekend. I can't wait - such fun... I just love new projects!

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