[Nfb-krafters-korner] Crazy Quilting

[lappland]

linda,
i have been thinking about quilting for a long time and would love to hear 
what your cousin has to say about it.
Sincerely,
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "River Woman" <riverwoman at zoominternet.net>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crazy Quilting


> Yes, these are the quilts that I love - they are ABSTRACT and very 
> contemporary looking, but they are VERY OLD in tradition.  I have a cousin 
> in Southern Ohio who has one that has been evaluated as "priceless" by a 
> museum - dates back to 1700s -
>
> I am wondering if my cousin would like to be a guest talking about quilts 
> some discussion night - she has been making excellent quilts for over 30 
> years and is well known for them.  Would anyone be interested? Would you 
> like me to ask her? Let me know if youthink that this would be of 
> interest.
>
> Lynda River Woman
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Blindhands at aol.com>
> To: <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 11:30 AM
> Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Crazy Quilting
>
>
>> Have any of you heard of Crazy Quilt?  I had done some poking around
>> several years back on this and fooled with some blocks.  I don't know a 
>> lot
>> about it and would like to learn more.  So how about having a discussion 
>> in
>> October?  Those of you who know anything about it can come and share. 
>> Those
>> who don't know, but willing to do some research on surfing the net and
>> finding what you can about it can come and share that.
>>
>> I found a wonderful website that has descriptions of how to do different
>> embroidery stitches that people use on the crazy quilts.
>>
>> _http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html_
>> (http://inaminuteago.com/stitchindex.html)
>>
>>
>> Let's plan a Monday Night Discussion in October and maybe we can do a
>> quilting class or have a quilting chat after the first of the year.
>>
>> Let me know your thoughts on this.  Quilting does not need to be done 
>> just
>> by machine many folks hand sew their pieces together.
>>
>> Just a note:  Crazy Quilts are made by sewing pieces of fabric to a
>> foundation piece.  It can be done by squares or sewing it to one large 
>> foundation
>> piece.  You can use an array of different fabrics and you can  create
>> patterns and designs or justrandomly sew the pieces on.  Then you  adorn 
>> it by
>> embellishing it with embroidery, buttons, bows, lace as much or as 
>> little as
>> you want.
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> _www.KraftersKorner.org_ (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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