Quilting - Just a Little Bit Crazy: A Marriage of Traditional & Crazy Quilting
Cross traditional crazy quilting with favorite pieced quilt patterns and today’s machine quilting methods, and what do you get? Crazy fun for all kinds of quilters, even those who don’t like handwork. Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell’s guide offers an exuberant mixture of vintage and modern, hand and machine work, and clever ways to make traditional quilts a little crazy. Includes 10 projects in sizes from small wall hangings to bed quilts; photo instructions for 15 crazy quilt and silk ribbon embroidery stitches; and tips for combining crazy quilting with machine piecing and embroidery.
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Quilting - Just a Little Bit Crazy: A Marriage of Traditional & Crazy Quilting
Cross traditional crazy quilting with favorite pieced quilt patterns and today’s machine quilting methods, and what do you get? Crazy fun for all kinds of quilters, even those who don’t like handwork. Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell’s guide offers an exuberant mixture of vintage and modern, hand and machine work, and clever ways to make traditional quilts a little crazy. Includes 10 projects in sizes from small wall hangings to bed quilts; photo instructions for 15 crazy quilt and silk ribbon embroidery stitches; and tips for combining crazy quilting with machine piecing and embroidery.
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Quilting - Just a Little Bit Crazy: A Marriage of Traditional & Crazy Quilting
Cross traditional crazy quilting with favorite pieced quilt patterns and today’s machine quilting methods, and what do you get? Crazy fun for all kinds of quilters, even those who don’t like handwork. Allie Aller and Valerie Bothell’s guide offers an exuberant mixture of vintage and modern, hand and machine work, and clever ways to make traditional quilts a little crazy. Includes 10 projects in sizes from small wall hangings to bed quilts; photo instructions for 15 crazy quilt and silk ribbon embroidery stitches; and tips for combining crazy quilting with machine piecing and embroidery.
Allie Aller, author of the best-selling Allie Aller’s Crazy Quilting, has been a fiber girl all her life. Crazy quilting took over her life in 2001 and has brought her immense joy. She lives in Washington. Valerie Bothell is a long-time teacher of crazy quilting who always looks forward to every opportunity to share her love of crazy quilting.
Table of Contents
DedicationAcknowledgementsIntroductionCrazyQuilt Construction Making Blocks and Borders Freezer Paper TemplateAppliqué Freeform Appliqué Cardstock Crazy Piecing Flip and Sew Montano Piecing Methods Crazy Piecing LongBordersFinishingTechniques Block Settings and BorderArrangements Wholecloth and Piecing AssemblyTechniques Interfaced, Quilted, Tied (Insideand Out), and Buttoned Piecing onto Polar Fleece Alternative Binding TechniquesStitchingand Embellishing Hand Embroidery Crazy Quilt Stitches Silk Ribbon Embroidery Even Stitching andEmbroidery Design Transfer Techniques Machine Crazy Quilt Embroidery +Handwork How to Create CrazyQuilt Embroidery by Machine Adding Handstitching,Beading, and Painting Embellishing Trim andPreMade FlowersThe Projects A Little Bit Crazy Val….Crazy Bow Ties Allie…Crazy for Plaid Amish Wool Crazy Val…Amish Bouquet Allie…Ode to the Amish Workingman's Crazy Val…Fond Memories Allie…Morning Chores Fan-tastic Val…Oriental Garden Allie…Color Block Fans Historically Crazy Val…I Dream in Pink Allie…My Washougal DreamResourcesAboutthe Authors