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Million Little Stitches: The Crazy Quilt Journal Textile Book, Embroidery Journal, Quilt Journal, Fabric Journal, Crazy Quilt Stitches, Fabric Books, Quilting Embroidery, Cereal Boxes, Creative Textiles

I participated in the Crazy Quilt Journal Project 2012 and I decided that the crazy quilt block made each month would accompany and wherever possible highlight the events which were my life in 2012. All the pages were stitched into a fibre journal of 2012. I recycled fabric from laundry bags for the pages and the fabric of a pair of lightweight denim trousers was used to make the cover. Cardboard from cereal boxes were sandwiched between the pages to give better shape to the pages and most…

Patchwork, Journal Quilts, Fiber Collage, Surface Ornamentation, Couching Stitch, Crazy Quilt Stitches, Embroidery Beads, Alabama Chanin, Crazy Patchwork

It was a horrible night filled with storm force winds and even the dogs refused to go for a walk this morning. So it was a quick trip around the garden for us and back into the house to recover. The worst seems to be over and I'm uploading my Journal Quilt now just in case we have power issues later. It's amazing to think I've come to the end of my Klimt inspired journal quilts. These were all made for a challenge by the Contemporary Quilt Group and the group set the size to 12 x 8". We were…

Textile Art Embroidery, Crazy Patchwork, Free Motion Embroidery, Fabric Journals, Fabric Purses, Needlework Embroidery, Fibre Art, Patchwork Bags, Fabric Projects

A couple of my friends asked me to make some iPad covers a while back, so that's what I've been doing for the last few days on my sewing machine. I've used mostly batiks, and some of my own hand dyed and or surface designed fabric and a whole lot of fun free motion quilting. I really like how the black thread pops on those bright colours. You'll also notice I've added one of my faux tie-dye circles to the closure flap on each of the covers. Too bad I don't have an iPad...sigh...

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