Elegant Crazyquilt Seam Treatments - Try Me Patterns

If you've been considering my Elegant Crazyquilt Seam Treatments EBooks, I thought you might enjoy trying a few patterns first.  I worked up 2 charted borders for you to use on your Crazy Quilt seams using Waste Canvas:

If you've done Counted Cross Stitch, you'll know how to work with Waste Canvas.  If you haven't, the basic principle is that one square on the grid = 1 stitch on the Waste Canvas.  It's a matter of counting out your stitches and duplicating them on your Crazy Quilt.  Full directions are available in Volume 1 of my Ebook.

For Crazyquilting, I recommend using 8.5 count or 10 count Waste Canvas.

If you already have my Ebooks, then please, enjoy these new additions to your seam treatment collection!

Marie Antoinette Quilt

I arranged the Marie Antoinette crazyquilt blocks in one image so you can see how the quilt will look when it's put together:

I have pink satin for the outside border and a pretty trim to hand sew on the seams.  Couldn't you just stare at this all day long and never get anything else done?  LOL!!!

Marie Antoinette Crazy Quilt - 9 Blocks Completed!

I'm pleased to say that I have completed the stitching on all 9 blocks of my Marie Antoinette Crazyquilt!

Block #9

Block #8

Block #7

Block #6

Block #5

Block #4

Block #3

Block #2

 Block #1

Blocks before stitching:

As soon as I get a few other things finished and caught up, I'll start the assembly process on this quilt.  I have everything I need to finish it and I'd like to complete it before I teach my next Crazyquilt class so I can take it with me!

CrazyQuilt Classes

I've been working on organizing my Crazyquilt Classes that I plan to teach here at my home.  I need to add more to my Crazyquilt Elements Class.  Any suggestions? Toss your ideas at me!  

 

I also need to finish up on my Crazyquilting From Start To Finish 2 day weekend class.  A little at a time I guess!

 

Could ya'll look this over for me and let me know what you think?  And if you have any suggestions for me to add to my Crazyquilt Elements Class, I would really appreciate your ideas!  Thanks!!!  Below is what I have so far! 

 

 

 

I am available to teach groups of stitcher's in the Northern Illinois/Southern Wisconsin area.  If you would like me to come and teach a Crazy Quilt class to your embroidery group, please call me at 815-344-3442.


I will be offering classes to small groups of 3 students in my home later this Summer.  Classes will include a healthy homemade lunch, fresh homemade cookies and muffins, work booklets and goodie bags.
 
If you have a small group of ladies who would love to come to my home in McHenry, Illinois to learn Crazy Quilting, please contact me for more information and class fees. 

Classes 

Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments

Learn my Waste Canvas technique to create perfectly sized and spaced seam treatments. 

7 Hour Class Including Lunch
  
Introduction To Working With Waste Canvas
How To Attach Waste Canvas
How To Stitch With Waste Canvas
How To Remove Waste Canvas  
Stitching From Charted Patterns
Basic Cross Stitch
Basic Straight Stitch
Basic Feather Stitch
Basic Satin Stitch
Designing Your Own Borders
Adding Beads
Questions And Answers

Prerequisite:  Basic Crazy Quilting And Embroidery Skills 

A copy of Volume 1 of my Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments EBook is helpful but not necessary.

Crazy Quilt Elements 

Learn to create special focal points on your crazy quilts.

Pam's Twist And Tack Silk Ribbon Rose

Button Clusters

Spiders and Spider Webs

(More Information Coming Soon)

Crazy Quilting From Start To Finish

The title of this class says it all.  Learn how to create a crazy quilt block from piecing a block, to stitching a block to finishing. 

This is a 2 day class.

(More information coming soon)

Accommodations  

We have a new Hampton Inn here in McHenry, Illinois.  

It's a quick driving distance of only about 15 minutes from my home.

Hand Embroidered Pillows

When I was in WalMart today, I picked up a 3rd package of alphabet beads.  Can you believe, there is only 1 "T" in the package?  But there are 4 "X's" if not more!  What is up with that!  Does anyone need alphabet beads with the letter "X"?  I have way more than I need!  LOL!

Anyway, now I can at least finish my Marie Antoinette quilt because I finally have 3 "T's" to spell out her name!

For now, I thought I'd share a few new things that mom made.  First is her Tinted Embroidered Butterfly Pillow:

I think Mom used a vintage embroidery pattern from my collection.  Next is mom's Crocheted Bonnet Lady Pillow:

Mom used a vintage dresser scarf to create this pretty cottage accent pillow.  Notice the flower beads on the green ribbon bows!

I also added a few of my Unique Handcrafted Greeting Cards to our Boutique:

I love the soft pastel colors of vintage greeting cards and use them often to make new ones!  Of course I add lots of glitter!

Well, those are my pretties for today!  I'll get Block #9 of my Marie Antoinette quilt finished up and have a photo for you soon!

Victorian Uncle Sam Tussy Mussys

I had to share these beautiful Victorian Tussy Mussys that mom made:

Are these unique or what?  I've never seen a tussy mussy for the 4th of July and these are just so patriotic!  Mom couldn't decide what color to go with so she made Red Uncle Sam Tussy Mussys and Blue Uncle Sam Tussy Mussys.

I just added these to our Boutique!  Now it's time for me to make dinner!  More tomorrow.....

Upate On Marie Antoinette Quilt Block #9

I went to Michael's on Monday with mom and I picked up some alphabet beads.  I wanted to spell out Marie's name on this final block.  Out of 2 packages of alphabet beads, there were only 2 "T's"!  Can you believe it?  I have something like 8 "X's" and only 2 "T's"!  I need 3.  So spelling out her name will have to wait until tomorrow when I go to WalMart.  In the meantime, this is the block at this point:

I will put this block on hold until tomorrow.  In the meantime, I'll have to find some other things to do.

Marie Antoinette Crazy Quilt Block #9 Continued

I didn't have a lot of stitching time yesterday but some.  Scott took me to a flea market yesterday morning where I found some porcelain doll heads.  I'm going to dress them with Crazy Quilting.  Are you surprised?  LOL!

When we got home, I got my paperwork all caught up and straightened up my stash a bit.  I think I enjoy organizing my supplies more than anything else!

Anyway, here is an update on the final block of my Marie Antoinette Crazy Quilt:

Mom and Dad are coming today for grilled chicked, salad and fruit salad.  I think Mom and I are going to run up to Michael's for a little while and see what they have in the way of new glitter and new paper.

For now, I think I'll do some silk ribbon work on this before I straighten up my house.

Have a great holiday everyone!

Marie Antoinette Crazy Quilt Block #9 - Finally!

I finished up the little kitten cellphone pouch that I was working on and decided that was definitely time to get the final block of my Marie Antoinette Crazy Quilt.  Here's the block with the trims:

And here it is with the seam embroidered:

I'm looking forward to putting this quilt together!   I had all the blocks laid out on the floor this morning and it's very sparkly!  Well, what I could see if it when the cats weren't trying to walk on it!  LOL!!  I'll start on the beading tomorrow.

Here is the little kitty cellphone pouch:

I'd like to sew these up tomorrow but not sure I can squeeze anything else into my day.  We're trying to get the yard in order and constantly working around rain!

A Little Crazy Quilt Eye Candy

I'm all over the place these days!  We're working on getting the yard and house ready so I can teach classes here at home.  I'm doing some simplifying around here too.  Cleaning out some things, rearranging and organizing my stash (something I always love doing) and mom & I just started to put together a couple of cookbooks.  Mom's will be doing a compilation of her best recipes which go back to when I was little! 

Mine will be a collection of my muffin recipes.  Since I like to experiment with different ingredients, I've really come up with some great and unique muffin recipes.  So we're starting work on putting these together which means mom will be cooking more and I will be baking more (thank goodness our neighbors love what we make) so we can have good photos of everything!

Of course I'm stitching too.  Here's a little Crazy Quilt eye candy:

This is a little cellphone pouch.  I plan to sew this up over the weekend.

This too will be a little cellphone pouch.  It's ready for beading but I wanted to share it at this point so you can see what my seam treatments look like using my waste canvas technique.  Perfectly sized and spaced stitches, everytime!  I'll start the beading on it today and I should be able to do the finishing over the weekend.

Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments Volume 2 - Now Available!

It's been many years in the making but I'm pleased to announce that Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments Volume 2 is now available in our Boutique!!!

This volume has 180 all new charted borders for working crazy quilt seams with my Waste Canvas Technique.  There are no instructions in volume 2.  The instructions are available in Volume 1.

Stitching on crazy quilt seams with waste canvas creates perfectly sized and spaced stitches everytime!  And there are no limits to the beautiful borders that can be created!  Enjoy!!!

Crazy Quilt Gatherings Issue 2 is Now Available!

Good news everyone!  Pat Winter has released Issue 2 of her Crazy Quilt Gatherings magazine!

I did a page of all new Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments for this issue! 

Be sure to order this Summer 2011 issue of Pat's magazine!  Whether you're a crazy quilter or you just want a magazine full of beautiful embroidered eye candy, you will love this gorgeous magazine!

Crazy Quilt Strawberry Ornaments!

You really came up with some great guesses!  But I think only person guessed correctly!  My "mystery" CQ pieces are indeed Strawberry Ornaments!

Aren't they sweet?  No pun intended!  LOL!!!  There's more photos in our Boutique.  They measure 4 inches high X 3 inches wide and I added a ribbon to the top for hanging. 

I've finishing up a cat doll and then I plan to stitch up a few more Cellphone pouches.  After that, I will finish up on my Marie Antoinette quilt!

Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments Volume 2

Good Morning Everyone!  I will reveal what my little "Take A Guess" Crazy Quilt pieces are later today.  In the meantime, I'm pleased to announce that I'm almost done with Volume 2 of my Elegant Crazy Quilt Seam Treatments EBook!  I will be releasing it later this week!!!!!

Volume 2 contains 180 new charted borders for Crazy Quilt seam treatments and Counted Cross Stitch Samplers!  I'm really excited about releasing this new volume!  It's been several years in the making!

Any Guesses?

What in world?  Hmmm......what might these be?

Post your guesses!

Glittered Greeting Cards

Mom & I have been busy!  We've been making greeting cards with lots of glitter! 

We love anything vintage so mom and I use a lot of vintage greeting cards and then make them into new cards.  It gives us a the opportunity to use lots of sparkly glitter which you know, we love!

We've decided to go a little more specialized with our boutique.  Since our expertise is in sewing and stitching, mom and I are going to focus more on that.  Needlework, sewing, holiday ornaments and our blank notecards.  We've put some pretty things on sale so please visit our store and see what we have to offer.  It's not too early to start thinking about Christmas shopping!

Crazy Quilt Kitty I Phone Pouch

I had a custom order for an I Phone Pouch with a kitty:

I was going to use a little kitty charm on this but then I remembered that I had that sweet little vintage rhinestone cat pin.  It was perfect for this pouch!  I've already shipped it out to my customer.  If you'd like to see more of my Cellphone pouches, there are some on my website.  This one is a neck pouch but I also make them without the chain. 

Flea Market Schedules

I don't know why I never thought to post this!  Here is the Northern Illinois - Southern Wisconsin Flea Market Schedule for 2011:

Grayslake, Illinois - Lake County Fairgrounds - Admission $6.00
June 11 & 12
July 9 & 10
August 13 & 14
September 10 & 11
October 8 & 9
November 12 & 13
December 10 & 11

Elkhorn, Wisconsin - Walworth County Fairgrounds - Admission $5.00
May 15
June 26
August 14
September 25

McHenry, Illinois - Outdoor Theater - Admission $3.00
May 29
June 12 & 26
July 10 & 31
August 14 & 28
September 11 & 25
October 16 & 30

Wilmot, Wisconsin - Wilmot, Mountain Ski Resort - Admission $1.00
Open every Sunday through October 30th, 2011
7:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Awesome Flea Market Treasures!

Scott and I took mom to a couple of Flea Markets on Sunday for Mother's Day.  I found some really great treasures!

First, a couple of great vintage hats to take apart for the flowers:

That pink one is just covered with shaded velvet leaves!  The white one has roses roses on it.  I think I'll use some of those roses to make some Shabby Wedding Cuff Bracelets.  I paid $5.00 for both of these hats.  $2.50 each!

Next, I found a couple of bags of buttons:

These bags were $6.00 each.  I just couldn't resist them.  It's going to take me awhile to pull them all off the cards. 

Then I found this awesome trim.  I think it's from the 70's:

There's about 3 yards on here and I only paid $3.00 for it!

The Holy Grail of all Flea Markets for us is coming up this Sunday.  It's in Elkhorn Wisconsin at the Fair Grounds.  It's the 1st Elkhorn Flea Market of the season and I am counting the days!  I find so much great junk there.  I can't wait!