I would love to see pics of things like she teaches...
Am I using this field wrong?

You'll probably get more of a response if this was pasted in the Main forum.

That said, http://www.google.com/images?q=crazy...w=1280&bih=610

should give you enough eye candy for a bit. The problem is a lot of people also label a scrappy quilt as "crazy" quilting so you'll some of that as well.

You can also go to webshots or photobucket or flickr and search for "crazy quilt" which should result in a fair amount of pictures.

FWIW, if you're thinking of buying a book on the subject, I think Judith's are the best. JMHO. ;) ;)

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Brenda, go to
www.cqmag.com
The crazy quilt eye candy and information is great. Also the site offers lots of web sites to. You can lose a whole day just looking.
Donna, a crazy quilter
Picture of quilt is one I worked on for our guilds raffle. I made 2 blocks and sewed it all together by hand.

OMG now to start stashing embelishments.

MANY THANKS! I found lots and lots of lovelies there!

Oh my gosh. That is beautiful.

WOW that is beautiful.

How did I miss this picture?

That is stunning work. I love the setting you chose for the blocks. And the motifs in the setting triangles are divine.

Can I ask how you bound it? With the velvet?
Or it is birthed - turned inside out?
And how was it sewing the velvet - did you sew the borders on hand as well?

I have a project that's stalled as I contemplate what to do with the borders. I already bought the velvet.

Thanks for any information you can provide.

Thanks for the nice compliments. The quilt was birthed. Working with the velvet was a nightmare. Originally a group of us got together and machine sewed it together. The gal in charge just said, "make it work" as we all complained how hard it was to sew. All seams were sewn but the last row and i foolishly volunteered to take home and complete. Then the nightmare began. Seams were all over the place. There were many places the seam did not catch and the stitching size was all over the place. Not acceptable for a raffle quilt so I hand picked every stitch and took it completely apart. Then I sewed together by hand. I had to pin and re-pin every inch because all the velvet wanted to do was slip. I have a crazy quilt I am working on for myself and I will buy cotton velvet when I finally get it completed.
Donna

Yeah, I think that's what's causing my procrastination on this project.
Usually, I'm fearless, but this.....
I will forge ahead. Slowly, but with much trepidation.

Thanks so much for the information.

I might just contact you for more advice when I start working on it. :wink:

Feel free to contact. I took a class through my guild 2 years ago and got hooked. I belong to 2 bees and participate in a lot of block exchanges. I got tired that the quilts I made were being put together the same way. I love the process of arranging and re arranging my blocks to get a different quilt than the one the directions are for. But crazy quilting gave me complete freedom and being the only one in my groups that does this, mine are all unique. And what you do is never wrong. I will post a few of my blocks this evening. Don't hesitate to get started. It is so much fun and I repeat, what ever you do, it is always correct.
Donna
Donna

Hi MTS, this is my first crazy quilt block. Once I start embellishing, it is almost impossible to stop. "More is always better " to me. The hardest thing for me was the embroidery. I never liked to embroider and my knowledge of stitches....well, good thing there are books with good instructions. I also belong to a cq bee and Connie, head bee keeper is very well versed in making stitches. I tend to match colors and had to learn high contrast works much better on cq blocks. Though it is still a struggle. But I love making my blocks.
Donna

Thanks for all the encouragement! I'm still "chicken" and haven't tried my hand at any of this yet... Just love seeing the beautiful cq's others have made so far. Pretty quilts!