Crazy Patchwork

by Wilhoit

Celebrate every month of the year with Crazy Patchwork by Alice Wilhoit. Alice shows you how to create a basic foundation-pieced crazy patch block with fabrics representing any one of the 12 months, gemstones and flowers. Next, you ll learn how to embellish the blocks with style, your style! Use laces, ribbons, trims, buttons, beads, charms, trinkets, jewelry, and more. Make one-of-a-kind quilts everyone will adore. Crazy Patchwork also includes directions to make a pillow, mantle scarf or block suitable for framing. You will be able to make gifts to commemorate births, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, graduations, and more! The sky's the limit on the versatility of this easy-to-make crazy patchwork quilt project. Want something different? Follow the directions to make a pillow, mantle scarf, or block suitable for framing and gifting. Alice Wilhoit has taught quiltmaking for 20 years, and was inspired to write this book for her favorite student beginners to give them a personalized start in creating their own works of art. The mother of seven grown children and grandmother to six, she lives with her husband, Bill, in McKinney, Texas.

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2009

Reviews

[Terri · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent book. The author mainly shows how to make one quilt. She does give basics on how to make a simple patchwork block, and from there a quilt.