Juli hosted a giveaway on her blog A Crazy Quilting Adventure a couple of weeks ago. Once again, my random number won! I’m enjoying this streak of wonderfully good fortune I’ve had lately. (and continue to give God the glory for blessing me richly…) Juli gave away a yummy, strawberry pincushion she made herself and a fabric pack of the winner’s choice from her Etsy shop. I opted to have Juli pick the fabric pack. She sent red of which I had very little. It’s funny how that worked! Check out her blog and see the cool platypus Juli made and entered into a crazy quilting contest…and won! Thank you, Juli! I love my strawberry and will make good use of the generous, red fabric pack. I love the touch a handwritten note adds.
Friday evening I received an email from a yahoo group friend telling me about a great teaching video she found online. You get three guess what the subject is… She asked if I would be interested in it. Today a video arrived in the mail…drop-shipped from the seller. It is 160 minutes of crazy quilt instruction, ideas, eye candy…what a treat! Thank you, Pam. I look forward to watching it…over and over. You are such a sweetheart! (If you are interested in the video, check back later when the new crazy quilt resource page I am building appears.)
And now for my WIP…
Last week I shared my first naked fancy fabric block. It’s not complete, but I’ve spent between twenty-five to thirty hours working on it during the evening hours over the past week. The butterfly is pinned, because I am not sure it will remain there. The square is laying in a place I pass by frequently so I can glance over and see how the butterfly placement strikes me. We’ll see. I wasn’t sure how I would like working on the slick, fancy fabrics, because I am a 100% cotton kind of girl, but I’ve really enjoyed the finery feel as I stitched. Working on this square has caused me to see the need of keeping a journal of the blocks I make and embellish. The thread colors I chose to use in this square are very similar to colors in my stash I did not choose to use. I did not write down the numbers and found it very difficult, if not impossible, to match the color when it came time to use that particular thread again…hence I was not always successful. From here on out a record of the color used in each seam will be noted in a journal. It’s a good thing there are no rules set in stone when crazy quilting…
This morning a class taught by Christen Brown on crazy quilt embellishing began. I’m excited about being part of the class, because Christen turns out beautiful work. She makes it look effortless…The class is four weeks long (online) so my fancy fabric WIP block will take a back seat for a while. I’m sure to pick it up and work on it from time to time, but the bulk of my stitching efforts will be focused on the class. Hopefully we will see some great improvements in my work. 
Until next time…
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
BEAUTIFUL!!! This will be absolutely stunning when you start sewing blocks together.
KAT
Thank you, Kathy. So glad to see you. This morning I made some changes to the WIP. I removed all the buttons. The white just wasn’t getting it for me. I’ve decided not to use the butterfly, at least at this point. In the center of the large flower motif I used the encrusted bead stitch to make a center. I think it looks way better than the white button did. I’ll post another picture of the block later showing the changes. Thank you for dropping by…and especially for leaving a comment. oxo Judy
Love the resources you have found!!
When my new “artsy” group meets at my home next month, I decided we should do some crazy quilt blocks- inspired by….hhmmm, I wonder who!!!!!???
I’m sure loving it, Pat. Today I actually found a shop in Hattiesburg that carries beautiful thread to die for…
I’m sure you will post pictures when you get yours made.
oxo Judy