To create an embellished block:
1. Cut a six-inch piece of muslin to use as a foundation to
piece a crazy quilt block using the pattern given (Figure 1).
The 6-inch muslin will give you some leeway in squaring up your
finished piece just in case your stitching causes the block to
be pulled out of shape.
Figure 1
2. Baste around the block on the dotted line. This will be
your sewing line.
3. Embellish as desired: be careful not to put your embellishments
too close to the stitching line. The block pictured uses some
of the ideas presented in the Winter 2001 Issue of Quilting
Arts.
Stitches & Threads used for Motifs:
Lily Pad Buttonhole Stitch with Evergreen Wildflowers
Lily Pad Flowers Japanese Ribbon Stitch with
Double Dipped Rachel
Iris Flowers Lazy Daisy with a Straight Stitch
threaded underneath the Lazy Daisy in Soie Cristale 6010
Iris Stems Stem Stitch in Soie Cristale
5013
Yellow flowers Lazy Daisy with Straight Stitches
in Soie Cristale 4003
White Flowers (under Frog charm) Colonial Knots
in Soie Cristale 0057
White Flower Stems - Lazy Daisy in Evergreen Wildflowers
Cattail Tops Chenille - Cinnamon, wrapped around
the stem, leaving a bit of the stem showing at the top
Cattail Stems Stem Stitch in Soie Cristale
5002
Birds Fly Stitch in Pebbles Wildflowers
Dragonfly Wings Lazy Daisy in Antica AT-3
Butterfly Tatted using Vanilla Wildflowers. Pistal
Stitch for Antenna and Bullion
Stitched Body in Vanilla Wildflowers
Stitches along Seams Buttonhole with Lazy Daisy
in Impressions 5123, with yellow beads from Beadin Path
in Freeport, ME
Stitches along Seams Maidenhair Stitch in Pebbles
Wildflowers
Suppliers of embellishments:
Charms:
Frog - Beadworks, Boston, MA.
Turtle - Evening Star Designs
Beads:
Dragonfly, Center of Lily Pad Flowers, and Pink Seed Beads all
from Evening Star Designs
Yellow Beads Beadin Path, Freeport, ME
To find out how to make your embellished block into a needlecase,
see the Winter 2001, Volume one, Number one issue of Quilting
Arts.
About the Designer - Ena
Flynn:
Ena Flynn has been quilting for more than 10 years and became
interested in crazy quilting after seeing a silk ribbon demonstration
at a local shop 5 years ago. She joined the Evening Star Designs
crazy quilt club, but was afraid to cut the fabric! After attending
a workshop taught by craxy quilt artist Jan Benander, she acquired
the courage she was lacking and has never looked back! Look for
more of Ena's designs and projects in upcoming issues of Quilting
Arts.
About Quilting Arts:
Quilting Arts is a new magazine celebrating the arts
of embellished quilting and the related textile arts. Embroidery,
beading, silk ribbon work, fabric dying, crazy-piecing, and embellishing
with mixed-media, - Quilting Arts covers a wide
range of skills, includes exceptional how-to articles and photographs
of quilts, answers readers' questions, features guest teachers,
and explores popular vintage and contemporary fabrics, embellishments,
and motifs. Beading, silk ribbon work and intricate surface embroidery
are featured in the debut issue. Beginning with our premiere
issue in January 2001, Quilting Arts is published
quarterly and starting in 2002, six times a year. For
subscription information click here: http://www.quiltingarts.com
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Patricia Chatham Bolton
Editor-in-Chief
Quilting Arts Magazine LLC
http://www.quiltingarts.com
P.O. Box 685
Stow, MA 01775
