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.
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.
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.