Crazy quilt clothes

June 21, 2013 As if life isn’t crazy enough, Kaye and I have gotten hooked playing with crazy quilt stitches and blocks. Since we love twilling, we decided to start adding other stitches to our twilling projects which then led to playing with all kinds of crazy quilt stitches, which in turn, led to experimenting with silk ribbon embroidery and beads. Oh, the beads! The crazy quilt blocks I have been working on are made with brighter, more modern looking fabric which lends itself perfectly to…

by HEIDI EMMETT Thank you, THANK YOU, to all of you who have enjoyed creating a COZY and want to make more!!! And thank you for sending pictures and comments. Here are a few for this week. Above is…

2 posts published by designsbyheidi during November 2021

Description Apologies for the bad lighting and rather blurry photos... An over-Christmas-break project and my first attempt at any type of embroidery. I bought a book on crazy quilting by J. Marsha Michler a while back and had been wanting to try it ever since; the two trees embroidered on the ends--French knots make great foliage!--are her design, straight out of the book. Way to be creative, eh? I had to buy most of this fabric since I didn't actually have a bunch of purple scraps lying…

Crazy Patchwork Dressing Gown

by HEIDI EMMETT Today, I want to share some finished Cozy’s by my students from a past class as well as those who have purchased the pattern on their own. What’s a COZY you ask? It is a…