The crazy quilt handbook

✍ Scribed by Montano, Judith Baker

• Publisher: C & T Pub
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 84
• Edition: Revised, 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Embellishments (Embroideries: cross-stitch, outline embroidery, satin stitch, crewel embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, punchneedle embroidery ; Calligraphy ; Fabric painting ; Fabric dyes; Marbleizing ; Photography on fabric ; Ribbons and roses ; Beads ; Knots and other things ; Laces, doilies, and hankies) -- Projects (Needlecase pocket ; Heart bag ; Weeping heart needlecase ;Heart pendant ; Heart belt ; Oval needlecase ; Crazy quilt painting ; Chicken bumble pincushion ; Sabre pouch ; Heirloom collage ; Victorian pillow ; Fancy crazy quilt wall hanging) -- Stitch dictionary (Straight stitch ; Couching ; Colonial knot ; French knot ; Buttonhole stitch ; Closed buttonhole stitch ; Satin stitch ;Fly stitch ; Herringbone stitch ; Feather stitch ; Chevron stitch ; Cretan stitch ; Lazy daisy stitch ; Chain stitch ; Running stitch ; Stem stitch ; Fans ; Webs ; Spiders ; Free-form trees ; Left-handed stitches).;Crazy quilt definitions -- Recollections (Links with the past ; Trailblazers) -- Historical perspective: the crazy quilt legacy -- Revival (Interior design and accessories ; Family heirlooms and mementos ; Friendship quilts ; Jewelry and clothing ; Create your own look) -- Getting started (Color ; Repetition and balance ; Texture, pattern, and solids: selecting fabric) -- Crazy quilt how-to: laying the foundation (Plastic window templates ; Antique method ; The Montano methods: Montano centerpiece method ; Montano fan method) -- Problem solving (Fans ; Pre-piecing ; Overlapping) -- Design elements for successful crazy quilting (Adapting crazy quilting to garment patterns ; Begin with a bigger base ; Design placement).;Includes how-to information.

✦ Table of Contents

Crazy quilt definitions --
Recollections (Links with the past
Trailblazers) --
Historical perspective: the crazy quilt legacy --
Revival (Interior design and accessories
Family heirlooms and mementos
Friendship quilts
Jewelry and clothing
Create your own look) --
Getting started (Color
Repetition and balance
Texture, pattern, and solids: selecting fabric) --
Crazy quilt how-to: laying the foundation (Plastic window templates
Antique method
The Montano methods: Montano centerpiece method
Montano fan method) --
Problem solving (Fans
Pre-piecing
Overlapping) --
Design elements for successful crazy quilting (Adapting crazy quilting to garment patterns
Begin with a bigger base
Design placement). Embellishments (Embroideries: cross-stitch, outline embroidery, satin stitch, crewel embroidery, silk ribbon embroidery, punchneedle embroidery
Calligraphy
Fabric painting
Fabric dyes
Marbleizing
Photography on fabric
Ribbons and roses
Beads
Knots and other things
Laces, doilies, and hankies) --
Projects (Needlecase pocket
Heart bag
Weeping heart needlecase
Heart pendant
Heart belt
Oval needlecase
Crazy quilt painting
Chicken bumble pincushion
Sabre pouch
Heirloom collage
Victorian pillow
Fancy crazy quilt wall hanging) --
Stitch dictionary (Straight stitch
Couching
Colonial knot
French knot
Buttonhole stitch
Closed buttonhole stitch
Satin stitch
Fly stitch
Herringbone stitch
Feather stitch
Chevron stitch
Cretan stitch
Lazy daisy stitch
Chain stitch
Running stitch
Stem stitch
Fans
Webs
Spiders
Free-form trees
Left-handed stitches).

✦ Subjects

Patchwork;Quilting;Crazy quilts;Fancy work;Patterns;Nonfiction;Patchwork -- Patterns;Quilting -- Patterns