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    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting
    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting
    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting
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    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting

    By Valerie Bothell

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    “Anyone with an interest in needlework (beginners and experts alike) will make plenty of use of this nifty anthology of stitches.”—Publishers Weekly
     
    Choose from over 500 crazy-quilt seam treatments, each with a detailed photo and guide for the basic stitches included. Learn 61 basic embroidery stitches, including silk ribbon and beaded stitches, through step-by-step photos, plus get crazy-quilt block piecing instructions and helpful information on tools and supplies. Then put it all together in a gorgeous, intricate sampler. Join the author’s popular Facebook group, Joyful Embellishments, to stitch along with fellow embroiderers.
     
    “Bothell, a crazy quilting specialist with more than 20 years of experience, helps others whose imaginations might fail when decorating the seams of quilts in this delightful collection of stitches.”—Publishers Weekly
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateDec 1, 2017
    ISBN9781617455520
    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam: Complete Guide to 500 Embroidery-Stitch Combinations, Perfect for Crazy Quilting

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      This book is perfect for someone looking for stitch variations. It is full of ideas for crazy quilts, and for those who love embroidering on felt. And taking those stitches you know to a new level.

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    Joyful Daily Stitching Seam by Seam - Valerie Bothell

    Introduction

    Welcome to the wonderful world of joyful embellishments!

    I have been a crazy quilter for over twenty years—I never get tired of it! My eye has always been drawn to different embroidery stitches used in vintage quilts. I love to see how creative quilters were with their needle and thread.

    Several years ago, I had the opportunity to view one of the best-known crazy quilts, My Crazy Dream, which is owned by the International Quilt Study Center & Museum in Lincoln, Nebraska. It was made by Mary M. Hernandred Ricard between the years of 1877 and 1912. There were several things that surprised me about this crazy quilt, the main one being that it wasn’t finished! There were places where the embroidery had been marked with a pencil but hadn’t been completed. The stitching that is complete is beautiful, intricate, and creative—all things that I admire.

    When I talk about making crazy quilts, people often seem to think that crazy quilting is too time-consuming, a lot of work, and maybe not even worth the effort. Then I think about Mary Ricard working on a crazy quilt for more than 35 years. Why did she spend so much time on that quilt? The answers may vary for each quilter, but I know why I work on crazy quilts: because I love it and it soothes my soul.

    Several years ago, I went through a fairly tough time and decided to challenge myself by making a crazy quilt in which every seam would have a different stitch combination. I started with a center section composed of 9 pink blocks. The quilt kept growing with the addition of a bright green border with 16 blocks. About 6 months later, I decided to add an outer purple border with 24 blocks.

    At first the project seemed overwhelming, but I decided to think about it in smaller increments. I am very goal oriented, so I did the math. I realized that if I did 1 seam a day for 5 days a week, I would have a little over 250 seams done by the end of 1 year!

    As I stitched on my blocks every day and completed the goals I had made for myself, the tough time faded away; my heart began to heal. I also ended up with a beautiful crazy quilt composed of 49 blocks and 500 different stitch combinations.

    It is my hope that, as you make your way through the stitches in this book, you will find joy—and healing, if needed—by taking the time to do a little stitching every day.

    —Valerie Bothell

    Crazy Quilt Piecing

    The 49 blocks included in my crazy quilt were made using the Montano Centerpiece Method. In addition to this method, I have also included the Montano Fan Method as an option if you would like to mix the two different piecing methods in your quilt. I made each block 6½˝ × 6½˝ so that I could easily take them with me in a small bag.

    montano centerpiece method

    1. Cut a 5-sided fabric shape, and pin it right side up in the center of a muslin square.

    2. Cut a rectangular piece that fits on one side of the center fabric.

    3. Pin the rectangular piece wrong side up, aligning it with the straight edge. Sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Press open.

    4. Working clockwise, cut the next piece of fabric. It should be long enough to cover the rectangular piece of fabric and the next side of the 5-sided shape.

    5. Pin the piece wrong side up and sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Trim the excess fabric from the seam and press open.

    TIP

    To make the block more interesting, start cutting different fabric shapes other than the rectangular shape you started with.

    6. Repeat Steps 2–5 for the third, fourth, and fifth sides of the 5-sided shape.

    7. Continue working clockwise until you have completely covered the muslin.

    TIP

    It is always a good idea to repeat some fabrics a couple of times in a block. Strategically place them so that the block looks balanced.

    8. Trim the outside edges even with the muslin square. Sew around the perimeter of the block ⅛˝ from the edge. This keeps the outer edges of the fabric in place.

    TIP

    You can give a block a crazier look by sewing together two pieces of fabric and then treating them as one piece when you sew them in place.

    montano fan method

    1. Cut a 5-sided fabric shape with a 90° corner. Pin it to the upper left corner of a muslin square, right side up.

    2. Working clockwise, cut a rectangular piece that fits on the top right raw edge of the 5-sided shape. Pin the rectangular piece wrong side up, aligning it with the straight edge of the 5-sided shape. Sew an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Press open.

    3. Cut a third piece of fabric. It should be long enough to cover the previous rectangular piece of fabric and align with the next side of the 5-sided shape. (Some of the rectangle will extend beyond this new piece and will be trimmed later.) Pin the piece wrong side up and sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Trim the excess fabric from the seam of the previous piece, and press open.

    TIP

    To make the block more interesting, start cutting different fabric shapes other than the rectangular shape you started with.

    4. Cut a fourth piece of fabric long enough to cover the bottom edge of the first corner piece. Pin into place on the right edge, and sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Trim the excess fabric from the seam and press open.

    5. Working counterclockwise, cut a piece of fabric to cover part of the bottom edge of the piece you attached in Step 4. Pin in place, and sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Trim the excess fabric from the seam and press open.

    6. Cut another piece of fabric long enough to cover most of the bottom edges of the last 2 pieces that you added. Pin in place, and sew with an ⅛˝ seam allowance. Trim the excess fabric from the seam and press open.

    7. Continue piecing the block counterclockwise until you reach the right edge of the muslin square. When you reach the edge, begin to work clockwise until you have covered the muslin.

    8. Trim the outside edges even with the muslin square. Sew around the perimeter of the block ⅛˝ from the edge.

    TIP

    You can give a block a crazier look by sewing together two pieces of fabric and then treating them

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