Crazy quilting....gotta love it
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
ok maybe some don't , but I do....I dug out my grandmother's old rotting (The silk was "shattering") crazy quilt and after a year of seperating out all the squares, painstakingly replacing all the bad pieces and reembroidering all the seams....then I'm adding a bunch of embroidery and embellishments that she didn't have time for - this was made late in life and she never got around to it....I'm finally getting it done. Ok, I lie...it's about 1/2 done, but it's fun to watch it grow.
The interesting thing is that in doing a crazy quilt I realized I needed a wide range of skills: applique, embroidery, SRE, quilting, fabric knowledge, all sorts of stuff....SO, here I am, branching off and learning all sorts of new skills. My new favorite is applique! I love it....very cool and fun. Oh, did I mention I do everything by hand? I think it's my connection in the daily world to technology that leads me to adore doing handwork.
