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Seam Treatment Series

Seam Treatment Series

I would like to introduce my new seam treatment series. BUT first, let’s start with a bit of history. My crazy quilting journey began about fifteen years ago. At the time I had retired from commuting, long 13-hour days and had started working part-time from home. I had quilted for several years branching out into…

Silk Perle

Silk Perle

  • Silk perle is non-divisible 3 ply twisted filament silk
  • Comparable between a size 8 and size 5 perle cotton
  • hand dyed in a pale orange blend
  • skeins are 10 meters/10.94 yards
Rayon Lace Applique

Rayon Lace Applique

When I first began crazy quilting, I found the more I learned, the more I found new and different products I could combine in my creative outlet. One of these products is lace appliques available in various shapes and sizes. While some are cotton, many are rayon which absorbs dyes beautifully, allowing vast colour options…

Embellishing Straight Stitches
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Embellishing Straight Stitches

Today we’re continuing our foundation seam treatment series, discussing how straight stitches can be used for embellishing your crazy quilts. I hope you will see the endless possibilities when using straight stitches – you can do a lot! As I did previously with the herringbone stitch, I will be sharing different examples of seam treatments…

Embellished Stitching

Embellished Stitching

Today, we’re featuring embellished stitching as a variation of the basic herringbone stitch that we had written about last month The herringbone pattern offers many opportunities for embellished stitching. The base fabric for this stitch is polyester in a lavender shade. The bottom is pale peach silk. Once again I always start my seam treatments…