Crazy Quilts
History - Techniques - Embroidery Motifs

Author: Cindy Brick
Pages: 159
Page size: 9" x 11"
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Cover: Hard
Item Code: 4G40278
Weight: 2.30lbs.

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"Crazy quilts are the one thing in life where more is more." - Nancy Kirk, Crazy Quilt Society founder

Silks, velvets, brocades, stains, elaborate embroidery motifs and intricate decorative stitches. The opulence of the Crazy quilts is a tribute to its beauty as well as to the dedication and care of the quilter.

In Crazy Quilts, author Cindy Brick unravels, for the first time in quilting literature, the fascinating history of this popular quilt style, from its earliest origins, to its Victorian heyday, to its role in modern-day quilting. In addition to the interesting history, Brick includes a step-by-step tour for making a Crazy quilt. She offers straightforward instructions for three piecing methods, expert advice and tips, and bonus material including essential stitches and classic embroidery motifs to use on your own Crazy quilt.

Featuring stunning color photography plus a patchwork of vintage advertisements, postcards and more, this definitive history and how-to guide represents Crazy quilting at its luxurious best!

About the Author

Cindy Brick is an editor, designer and writer who travels the world teaching about quilting and quilt history. A former editor for Quilter's Newsletter, she is also an American Quilter's Society-certified textiles appraiser and professional quilt restorer. She has written more than a hundred magazine articles and four books, including Hanky-Panky Crazy Quilts, The Stitcher's Language of Flowers and the Fabric Dating Kit. Her next book, Hanky-panky with a Flourish, will also be released in 2008. She contributed to nearly all of Encyclopedia Britannia's quilt-related entries; she also consulted for three television specials on quilts and was on simply Quilts to explain her Hanky Panky quilt method. She is the "Old Things Considered" columnist for McCall's Vintage Quilts and a frequent contributor to other magazines, newsletters and online listservs.

Cindy lives and works in Castle Rock, Colorado, with her family and two spoiled Weimaraners.

Instruction Page

Olde Fashion Romance

Hankie
&
Heirloom Sewing for Quilters

Crazy Quilts

Beaded Crazy Quilting
by Cindy Gorder

Crazy Quilts

Linda Causee

Crazy Quilts

J. Marsha Michler

The Magic of Crazy Quilting
2nd Edition
by J Marsha Michler

Karla Alexander

Stack the Deck Series & Baby Quilts

3-D Flowers in

Ribbonwork

& Dimensional Fabric

Ribbonwork & Crazy Quilts

Hand

Judith Baker Montano

Beads, Charms & Silk

in Bead & Charm Index

Embellishment Village
Charms

(42) Hand-Dyed Ribbon Cards

by Hand-Dyed Hobbies

3 ribbons 3.25 yds. each = 9.75 yds. per card

Ribbon is 0.5 in. wide

42 Color Card Families Available

Threads excellent for Crazy Patch by Hand or Machine

Superior
Glitters
(hologram metallic)

YLI Reflections
10 colors

Superior
Metallics

Superior
Razzle Dazzle
Heavy Metallic Twist
for Hand, Crazy Quilting or Bobbinwork

Wonderfil Thread
Dazzle
woven through with metallic
Heavy Rayon for Hand, Crazy Quilting, or Bobbinwork

Pearl Crown Rayon
by YLI

Multi's
Embellishments
by YLI