Pink Stitching

It's no secret that pink is my favorite color!  And I work in pink quite a bit!  When I decided to make a few cellphone pouches, one of them had to be....yes, PINK!  LOL!!!  This one is all stitched and ready to sew up:

And here are closeup photos of the crazy quilt embroidery and embellishments:

This is one of my favorite borders to stitch.  The inspiration came from Brian Haggard.  I love the antique look of his crazy quilts!

This seam embroidery is worked with my Waste Canvas technique.  I love working with waste canvas!

Silk ribbon embroidery was a must for this block.

The little pink sequin flowers came from a tutorial that I found online years ago.  Next time I do them, I'll write up the instructions.

This little pink rosebud is a vintage brooch that I bought at a flea market earlier this Summer.

I'm working on a purple cellphone pouch now so I'll post photos of that next time.

Color and Composition Classes Discontinued

I'm sorry to announce, that due to lack of interest, I've decided to discontinue the Color and Composition Crazy Quilt Class.  Lesson 9 which Jason released this past week is the final block.  It was a fun project but with only a couple of students, there's no point in continuing.  Here are the 9 blocks that we've done:

The lessons will remain at Magcloud indefinitely so if anyone would like to work these blocks, they can still do so.  And for anyone who is still working on blocks, you're welcome to email me with questions anytime. 

Students Please Check In

First, I would like to ask my students to check in with me.  Could you please leave a comment here on my blog or drop me an email.  I need to know how many students I currently have taking my Color & Composition Class.  Thanks!

I've been working on a few cellphone neck pouches so I thought for today, I would share the first one.  Here's the stitched pouch:

Lot's of bling here! 

And here are some closeup photos of the stitches, bead work and embellishments:

Something I like to do with prints is to highlight the design with stitches.  In this last photo, you can see that I outlined the large red flower with a Kreinik metallic #4 braid.  This gives it some dimension.

Victorian Crazy Quilt Handbag

My latest purse is finished!  Here is my Victorian Crazy Quilt Handbag:

I love the contrast of the black and the pink!

I also have a few photos of my Mom's new Hanging Hearts:

I'm currently stitching up a few Crazy Quilt Cellphone Pouches.  I'll post photos of those soon.

Crazy Quilt Class Lesson 9

Jason has released Lesson 9 of my Crazy Quilt Color and Composition Class.  The Great Pumpkin is now available:

Lesson 9 - The Great Pumpkin

In Lesson 9, our focus is on Creating An Illusion.  This publication is available at Magcloud.

And here is the pattern for the pumpkin:

I also thought that today's post would be a good time to share Maria's Lesson 8 block:

Maria did an excellent with her Stumpwork grapes and grape leaf.  The colors are beautiful in this block and I love the touch of pink on the left.  The grape theme is beautifully balanced throughout the block and all the required elements are here.  Thank you Maria!

Ladies, we're going to have a beautiful sampler of crazy quilt blocks in our finished quilt!  You'll be able to refer back to your quilt for future projects.  It will give you ideas for themes, technique's, stitches and color combinations.  If you missed my post yesterday, here are the first 9 of our 25 block crazy quilt sampler: