Today's postcardFinally, after a long dry spell, I have a completed small quilt. I wanted to make a wedding quilt for a special friend and decided on a crazy quilt block since I've noticed that people gravitate toward them. I deviated from the traditional crazy quilt by using my hand-dyed fabrics and very little hand stitching, some machine embroidery, lots of beads.
Not a large project at all, but it feels good to have something completed..JPG)
The large bead in the center is made with fabric, fused with Wonder Under, rolled around a bamboo skewer, and wrapped with wire..JPG)
The machine stitching on the piece second from the right spells "love" over and over..JPG)
I've seen this woman made large-scale gardens, hauling dirt and rocks. As I worked, I realized that this quilt looks like her gardens, including the white beads that are rather like a rock path.
The quilt is so neat! Clever the way you work these things into your schemes! Anybody would be happy to receive this gift, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteJanice
Hi Connie, I could have sworn that I left a comment on this post...anyway, I love your block here ! Crazy quilts ought to be what ever the creator wants them to be.. I think your embellishments are awesome and the colors devine, it does have a garden/flower feel.
ReplyDeletePS. Cute block the little Olivia made too.