Crash Course In Crazy Quilting

Jackie had asked how I attached the fabric to the coin purse in a recent comment. Actually it is sewn down to a foundation fabric (cheap cotton muslin) in a flip and sew fashion. It is easy once you get the hang of it. After that, you sew the front and back together and sew it into the purse frame. The purse frames are sold without any purse attached to them.

Over time I have compiled a crash course in crazy quilitng- list of favorite sites and blogs and I will post those here.


Crash Course in Crazy Quilting-

It is important to know that there are many variations in crazy quilting-(as opposed to traditional quilting) What works for one person might not be the best technique for another. There are no wrong ways and right ways. I hope these links help you get started-

General Overview of Crazy Quilting- A great resource
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/6531/cqfaq.htm

Piecing techniques-

Foundation Pieced Crazy Quilt Blocks-
http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/styles/crazy/crzayqlt.htm

Free form and/or flip and sew-

http://cqmagonline.com/vol03iss02/articles/art284/index.shtml

http://www.caron-net.com/classes/classmayfiles/clasmay1.html

http://www.wyldwmn.com/fanblock1.htm

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting_blocks/article/0,1789,HGTV_3299_1391664,00.html



How to embroider and embellish-

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/stitchcombinations/combinations1.html

Sharon Boggon’s stitch dictionary
http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html

Eye Candy from Sharon Boggon’s site for wonderful inspiration- make sure you click on the thumbnails to enlarge the pics-

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/buttonquilt/buttonboxgallery.html

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/cq-projects/cqprojectgallery.html

http://inaminuteago.com/crazyquilting/cq-samplerquilt/quiltindex.html

Favorite Blogs for Crazy Quilt Inspiration- (in no particular order)


http://chloesplace.blogspot.com/

http://kittyandmedesigns.blogspot.com/

http://www.allisonaller.com/cblog/index.php

http://inaminuteago.com/blog/index.php

There are so MANY more blogs on CQ- if you follow the links listed in these blogs it should keep you busy for a long LONG time. If you want more eye candy- take a look at the sidebar of my blog and there are tons of links to other ladies who do CQ.