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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • INTRODUCTION
  • The Basics
  • Ten Ways to Patch a Crazy Quilt:
    • Antique Method
    • Landscape Method
    • Confetti Piecing Method
    • Right Sides Together
    • Strip Patching
    • Make a Pattern and English Paper Piecing
    • Collage Method
    • Topstitch Applique
    • Two-sided Topstitch Applique
    • Stained Glass Method
  • GALLERY
  • Embroidered by Hand
  • 100 EMBROIDERY STITCHES:
    • Backstitches
    • Blanket Stitches
    • Bullion Knots
    • Chain Stitches
    • Coral Stitches
    • Couching and Running Stitches
    • Cretan Stitches
    • Cross Stitches
    • Feather Stitches
    • Fishbone Stitches
    • Fly Stitches
    • French Knots
    • Herringbone Stitches
    • Lazy Daisy Stitches
    • Outline Stitches
    • Satin Stitches
    • Square and "V" Stitches
    • Straight Stitches
  • EMBELLISHMENTS:
    • Applique
    • Beads
    • Buttons
    • Cigarette Silks
    • Cordings
    • Tassels
    • Fabrications
    • Fans
    • Laces
    • Monograms
    • Motif Embroideries
    • Punchneedle
    • Ribbonwork
    • Silk Ribbon Embroidery
    • Woven Patches
    • Spiders and Webs
  • SURFACE WORK:
    • Silk Dyes
    • Painting Fabric
    • Marbling
    • Stamping
    • Stencils
    • Rubbings
    • Foiling
    • Photo Transfer and Inkjet Printing
  • Machine Methods
  • Styles of Crazy Quilts
  • Finishing a Quilt
  • Appendix
  • Sources
  • INDEX

Title: Crazy Quilting: The Complete Guide
Editors: J. Marsha Michler
Format/Publication Date: HC:2008
Publisher: Krause Publications, Iola, WI
Language: English
Page Count: 256
Book Dimensions(ht. x w.): 7 3/4" x 6 3/4"
ISBN: 0896895203

SUMMARY- When I first saw the physical size of the book, I thought "Oh,oh." I flipped to the embroidery stitches section and thought, "well, shoot." My only knock on the first book of hers I picked up was the size of the gallery pictures - they were too small to see the amazing detail that is always present in crazy quilts. I had hoped with more room, she'd expand her gallery. Wh‎ile I didn't get what I wanted, I did get something interesting. Her gallery consists of small-scale projects using the ten methods she lays out for patching a crazy quilt - and they work. I can see enough detail to keep me interested, and the idea of applying crazy quilting to small projects to test the different ways is very appealing. You're going to want Dorothy Bond's book for the embroidery stitches, though Ms. Michler lays out a pretty good guide for 100 of them(Ms. Bond gives you 1,000). All the other information is also well organized and well presented. If you are fascinated by crazy quilting and want a better overview, this is where you go.