Crazy Quilting In A Weekend: 25 home decor projects that you can make in no time

by Flora Roberts

It's creative madness with the oldest style of American patchwork-crazy quilts! Crazy Quilting in a Weekend revives the best of this tradition with a series of 25 beautiful, contemporary projects. Create lively designs that work as practical pieces for special gifts, personal accessories, or home accents. Projects are fully illustrated with over 295 step-by-step illustrations throughout. The comprehensive "Techniques" section offers a start-to-finish quilting course, with a focus on stitching and creating embellishments and embroideries. Also included is a master class on choosing and using the best fabrics, tips on budgeting and re-using expensive fabrics, and ideas on how to create effects that are eclectic yet stylish.

Genres: Crafts

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Amberwench]

A variety of country cute patterns with clear instructions, this book provides plenty of was to use up a basket of scraps on an lazy weekend.

Note: The pieced fabrics often show fancy embroidery as was traditional on Crazy Quilts, but this book has zero info on the how-to's of that aspect. If you want the traditional Crazy Quilt look, you'll want to check out an embroidery pattern sampler book along with this one.

[Wallis]

I love the variety of pattern ideas for using crazy quilting. The book also describes the techniques for crazy quilting, and many of the embroidery stitches for crazy quilting.
I'm not a huge fan of the colors and patterns of the fabric she used, but I have many references and ideas for using my own color and fabric patterns.
Looking forward to many hours creating with this book!

[Judi]

Surprizingly original ideas and uses for crazy quilting. A great way to use up small scraps of fabric to make something original and unique.

[Terri]

Book is ok. I was looking for more about quilts. This book concentrates on making decor projects. Only thing that really interested me is making the summer hat. Really cute.

[Jeanine]

Lots of good ideas and inspiration.